2023 World Rugby U20 Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Host | South Africa |
Venue | parl gymnasium |
Date | 24 June – 14 July 2023 |
Countries | 12 |
Teams | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions | France (3rd title) |
Runner-up | Ireland |
Third place | South Africa |
Fourth place | England |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 30 |
Tries scored | 259 (8.63 per match) |
Most tries | Nicolas Depoortère Macca Springer Caleb Tangitau Basa Khonelidze (5 tries) |
← 2019 2024 → |
The 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship was the 13th edition of the premier age-grade rugby union competition. The tournament is hosted in South Africa for the second time, previously being held in 2012.[1]
The 2023 under 20 competition (alongside the Trophy) was the first global U20 competition held since 2019, with the 2020 edition, scheduled to be held in Italy, cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing instability in the world following the pandemic delaying the return of the competition. There were however various regional U20 competitions with the Six Nations Under 20s Championship and Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship continuing to take place.
Venues
[edit ]Athlone | Stellenbosch | Paarl | |
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Athlone Stadium | Danie Craven Stadium | Paarl Gimnasium | |
Capacity: 34,000 | Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 2,000 | |
Teams
[edit ]The teams that participated in the tournament are listed in the table below, with a summary of their previous best results at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship included.
Team | No. | Result (2019) | Best Result |
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Argentina | 12 | 4th | Third place (2016) |
Australia | 12 | 2nd | Runners-up (2010, 2019) |
England | 12 | 5th | Champions (2013, 2014, 2016) |
Fiji | 8 | 11th | Sixth place (2011) |
France | 12 | 1st | Champions (2018, 2019) |
Georgia | 4 | 10th | Ninth place (2018) |
Ireland | 12 | 8th | Runners-up (2016) |
Italy | 10 | 9th | Eighth place (2017, 2018) |
Japan | 5 | — | Tenth place (2015) |
New Zealand | 12 | 7th | Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017) |
South Africa | 12 | 3rd | Champions (2012) |
Wales | 12 | 6th | Runners-up (2013) |
Match officials
[edit ]The following officials were named for the tournament, with an official panel of 10 referees designated to oversee the game. Assistant Referees for the pool stage were local South African referees, whilst in a World Rugby first, a TMO bunker was trialled whereby the Television Match Official focussed on the game, and a Split Screen Operator focussed on any yellow cards needing an upgrade to a red card.
- Referees
- Wales Ben Breakspear (Wales)
- Ireland Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
- Scotland Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
- South Africa Morné Ferreira (South Africa)
- Australia Reuben Keane (Australia)
- New Zealand Angus Mabey (New Zealand)
- Japan Takehito Namekawa (Japan)
- France Luc Ramos (France)
- Argentina Damian Schneider (Argentina)
- England Anthony Woodthorpe (England)
- Assistant Referees
- South Africa Christopher Allison (South Africa)
- South Africa Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)
- South Africa Griffin Colby (South Africa)
- South Africa Stephan Geldenhuys (South Africa)
- South Africa AJ Jacobs (South Africa)
- South Africa Phumzile Mbewu (South Africa)
- South Africa Dylen November (South Africa)
- Television match officials / Split Screen Operator
- Scotland Ben Blain (Scotland)
- Australia Brett Cronan (Australia)
- England Tom Foley (England)
- South Africa Quinton Immelman (South Africa)
- South Africa Marius Jonker (South Africa)
- Italy Matteo Liperini (Italy)
- Ireland Joy Neville (Ireland)
- New Zealand Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
- England Ian Tempest (England)
- Wales Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
- South Africa Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Pool stage
[edit ]Pool A | Pool B | Pool C |
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Pool A
[edit ]Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | −/+ | TF | TA | BP | Pts |
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France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 45 | +108 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 80 | +23 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 10 |
Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 89 | –3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 178 | –128 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
D. Edwards 26' c
M. Morse 37' c
Scarfe 79' c
Con: D. Edwards (3/4) 26', 38', 79'
Pen: D. Edwards (0/1) Try: Tangitau 7' m
Springer 45' m
Hainsworth-Fa’aofo 50' c
Clark 60' c
Con: Kemara (2/4) 51', 61'
Pen: Godfrey (1/1) 55'
Tuilagi (2) 19' c, 42' c
Jauneau 30' c
Liufau 67' c
Con: Reus (5/5) 8', 20', 31', 44', 68' Try: Penalty try 57'
Lakai 64' c
Con: Kemara (1/1) 65'
Lloyd 40' m
Florence 64' m
D. Edwards 75' c
Bradley 76' c
Hennessey 79' c
Con: D. Edwards (3/5) 17', 76', 78'
Wilde (1/1) 80'
Pen: D. Edwards (1/1) 3' Try: Nagashima (2) 21' c, 31' c
Oike 36' m
Con: Naramoto (2/3) 22', 32'
Hainsworth-Fa’aofo 24' c
Springer (3) 26' m, 33' c, 69' c
Wrampling-Alec 37' c
Kemara (2) 39' c, 46' m
Flanders 72' c
Stodart 76' m
Con: Kemara (2/4) 25', 33'
Godfrey (4/6) 38', 40', 69', 72' Try: Imano 4' c
Omoto 16' m
Nagashima 73' c
Con: Taira (1/2) 5'
Naramoto (1/1) 74'
Mondinat 18' c
Carbonneau 20' c
Julien 57' c
Moustin 78' m
Con: Mondinat (5/5) 10', 19', 22', 42', 58'
Reus (0/1)
Pen: Mondinat (1/1) 4' Try: Driscoll 40' c
Florence 47' c
Houston 71' m
Con: D. Edwards (2/3) 40+1', 48'
Pool B
[edit ]Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | −/+ | TF | TA | BP | Pts |
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Ireland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 71 | +40 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 63 | +46 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 89 | –11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 |
Fiji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 146 | –75 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
Penalty try 48'
Cusick (2) 52' c, 69' c
Con: Slevin (3/3) 24', 53', 71'
Pen: Slevin (2/2) 3', 67' Report Try: Prendergast 11' m
Hadden 21' m
McNabney 40' m
Quinn 56' m
McErlean 60' c
Cooney 64' c
Con: Prendergast (2/6) 61', 64'
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Bloomfield 18' m
Lancaster (2) 24' m, 68' c
Vaihu 34' c
Leahy 41' m
Gordon 66' c
Con: Gordon (2/5) 12', 35'
Bowen (2/2) 67', 69'
Pen: Bowen (1/1) 79' Try: Waqaicece 13 c'
Murray 38' c
Tagiveitaua 47' c
Nakalevu 56' c
Con: Armstrong-Ravula (4/4) 14', 39', 49', 58'
Pen: Armstrong-Ravula (3/3) 9', 22', 64'
Con: Bowen (1/1) 24'
Pen: Bowen (1/1) 26' Report Try: Nicholson 30' m
Gleeson 52' c
G. McCarthy 62' m
Mangan 80' c
Con: Prendergast (1/3) 53'
Oliver (1/1) 80+1'
Pen: Prendergast (2/2) 6', 40'
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Sheahan 10' m
Hadden 20' c
G. McCarthy (2) 55' c, 76' c
Osborne 66' c
Con: Lynch (3/4) 7', 21', 34'
Prendergast (3/3) 55', 66', 76' Report Try: McGoon 14' c
Armstrong-Ravula 38' m
Murray 41' m
Finau 48' m
Vonovono 80' m
Con: Armstrong-Ravula (1/4) 15'
Ralogaivau (0/1)
Pool C
[edit ]Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | −/+ | TF | TA | BP | Pts |
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South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 73 | +10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
Georgia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 50 | +23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 99 | –33 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
Julius 22' c
Hooker 70' c
Con: Smith (3/3) 7', 23', 72'
Pen: Smith (4/4) 3', 40', 66', 68' Try: Tsikhistavi 13' c
Tsirekidze 58' m
Babunashvili 74' m
Con: Khutsishvili (1/2) 14'
Kheladze (0/1)
Pen: Khutsishvili (2/2) 45', 63'
Julius 36' c
Markus 56' c
Else 60' c
Con: Khan (3/4) 38', 57', 61'
Pen: Khan (0/1) Try: Penalty try 8'
Gasperini 17' c
Gallorini (2) 45' c, 50' c
Con: Brisighella (3/3) 18', 46', 51'
Pen: Brisighella (1/1) 24'
Sante (1/1) 74'
Khonelidze 34' c
Con: Khutsishvili (2/2) 18', 36'
Pen: Khutsishvili (2/2) 43', 55'
Gallorini 44' c
Con: Brisighella (2/2) 21', 45'
Pen: Brisighella (1/2) 14' Try: Lomidze 9' c
Khonelidze (2) 28' m, 53' c
Tchamiashvili 77' m
Con: Khutsishvili (2/4) 11', 54'
Pen: Khutsishvili (2/2) 24', 35'
Pool stage standings
[edit ]Seedings for the knockout stage based on results from the pool stage:.[2]
Pos | Team | Pool | Pld | −/+ | Pts | |||||||||
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Finals | ||||||||||||||
1 | France | A | 3 | +108 | 15 | |||||||||
2 | Ireland | B | 3 | +40 | 13 | |||||||||
3 | South Africa | C | 3 | +10 | 9 | |||||||||
4 | England | B | 3 | +46 | 10 | |||||||||
5–8th place play-offs | ||||||||||||||
5 | New Zealand | A | 3 | +23 | 10 | |||||||||
6 | Georgia | C | 3 | +23 | 9 | |||||||||
7 | Wales | A | 3 | −3 | 7 | |||||||||
8 | Australia | B | 3 | −11 | 7 | |||||||||
9–12th place play-offs | ||||||||||||||
9 | Argentina | C | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
10 | Italy | C | 3 | −33 | 5 | |||||||||
11 | Fiji | B | 3 | –75 | 2 | |||||||||
12 | Japan | A | 3 | −128 | 0 |
Knockout stage
[edit ]9–12th place play-offs
[edit ]Semi-finals
[edit ]11th place
[edit ]9th place
[edit ]Waqaicece 41' c
Basiyalo (2) 53' m, 65' m
Con: Basiyalo (1/4) 42' Try: Soler Filloy 11' m
Minoyetti 20' m
Giudice 25' c
Chiavassa (2) 29' m, 68' c
Di Biase 33' c
Penalty try 47'
Con: Dicapua (3/6) 27', 35', 69'
5–8th place play-offs
[edit ]Semi-finals
[edit ]Tangitau (2) 19' c, 56' m
Wrampling-Alec 38' c
Taylor 44' m
Con: Kemara (2/5) 20', 39'
Pen: Kemara (1/1) 32'
Drop: Kemara (1/1) 40+1' Try: Craig (2) 15' m, 23' m
O'Donnell 27' m
Ryan (2) 46' c, 58' c
Leahy 51' m
Wilson 77' c
Con: McLaughlin-Phillips (3/7) 47', 59', 78'
Pen: McLaughlin-Phillips (1/1) 9'
Tchamiashvili 64' m
Kakhoidze 77' m
Con: Khutsishvili (0/3)
Pen: Khutsishvili (2/2) 4', 17' Try: Lloyd 38' c
Hennessey (2) 42' c, 50' c
Houston 54' m
De la Rua 70' c
Westwood 79' c
Con: D. Edwards (4/5) 37', 43', 51', 72'
Wilde (1/1) 80'
7th place
[edit ]5th place
[edit ]Morgan (2) 46' c, 65' c
Woodman 69' c
Williams 78' c
Con: D. Edwards (3/4) 47', 66', 70'
Wilde (1/1) 79' Try: O'Donnell (2) 8' m, 41' c
Macpherson (2) 30' m, 48' c
Bowron (2) 34' m, 62' c
Wilson 49' c
Pearce 72' c
Slack-Smith 76' c
Con: Bowron (6/9) 42', 48', 51', 63', 73', 77'
Finals
[edit ]Semi-finals
[edit ]Gleeson 49' c
Berman 68' c
Con: Prendergast (4/4) 38', 50', 61', 66'
Pen: Prendergast (1/1) 71' Try: Khan 45' c
Le Roux 75' m
Con: Smith (1/2) 46'
3rd place
[edit ]Final
[edit ]Final placings
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | −/+ | TF | TA |
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1 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 90 | +165 | 36 | 13 |
2 | Ireland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 156 | 133 | +23 | 23 | 19 |
3 | South Africa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 119 | –2 | 12 | 13 |
4 | England | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 155 | 137 | 18 | 21 | 20 |
5–8th place play-offs | ||||||||||
5 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 179 | 157 | +22 | 27 | 21 |
6 | Wales | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 159 | 167 | −8 | 24 | 25 |
7 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 188 | 149 | +39 | 28 | 23 |
8 | Georgia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 120 | 121 | −1 | 16 | 18 |
9–12th place play-offs | ||||||||||
9 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 147 | 101 | +46 | 20 | 10 |
10 | Fiji | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 134 | 215 | −81 | 19 | 33 |
11 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 137 | 167 | −30 | 19 | 23 |
12 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 97 | 268 | −171 | 14 | 41 |
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "World Rugby U20 tournaments return to Africa in 2023" (Press release). World Rugby. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "South Africa leave it late to deny Georgia an historic semi-final place at the U20 Championship". World Rugby. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023. The 2023 World Rugby U20 Championship tournament rules don't appear to have been published, but the seeding is consistent with the tournament rules for the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.