England national under-20 rugby union team

The England Under 20 rugby team are the newest representative rugby union team from England. They replace the two former age grade teams Under 19s and Under 21s. They compete in the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship and World Rugby Under 20 Championship.

England U-20
UnionRugby Football Union
Emblem(s)Red Rose
Ground(s)Twickenham
Coach(es)Alan Dickens (rugby union)
Top scorerTom Homer
Most triesJonny May
Team kit
Change kit
First international
England 28–15 Wales
(1 Feb 2008)
Largest win
England 109–0 United States
(13 June 2013)
Largest defeat
New Zealand 64–17 England
(18 June 2017)
World Cup
Appearances11 (First in 2008)
Best resultChampions (2013, 2014, 2016)

The head coach of the team is, Alan Dickens.[1]

World Rugby Under 20 Championship

Their first tournament was the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship, in which they took second place, being defeated by New Zealand 3–38 in the final.[2] The following year saw England finish runners up to New Zealand again at the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship.[3]

At the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship, they reached the Semi-finals after winning all of their pool stage games against Argentina, Ireland and France.[4] They lost the semi-final to Australia 16–28[5] and then lost against South Africa 22–27 to finish in 4th place.[6] England finished runners up to New Zealand again at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship.[7]

At the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship, England defeated New Zealand 33-21 in the semi final.[8] In the final against Wales, tries from Jack Nowell and Sam Hill saw England recover from a dozen point half-time deficit to become World Champions at junior level for the first time.[9]

England retained their title at the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship, defeating South Africa in the final.[10] The following year saw England lose in the final of the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship to New Zealand.[11] England hosted the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[12] They regained the title after defeating Ireland in the final.[13]

England were runners up to both New Zealand at the 2017 tournament[14] and hosts France at the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[15]

Championship record


Year Round Position Pld W D L PF PA
2008Runners-up2nd5401148104
2009Runners-up2nd540119379
2010Semi-final4th5302139107
2011Runners-up2nd5401153114
2012Pool Stage7th530212888
2013Champions1st540121973
2014Champions1st550018178
2015Runners-up2nd530215194
2016Champions1st550019361
2017Runners-up2nd5401169144
2018Runners-up2nd540117497
2019Pool Stage5th5401181147
Total12/123 Titles60470132,0291,186

Overall

All results, up to and including the 2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship and the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.

Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn % Won
Argentina3300
100%
Australia7610
85.71%
Canada1100
100%
Fiji1100
100%
France171160
64.71%
 Ireland201370
65.00%
Italy171700
100%
Japan2200
100%
New Zealand6150
16.66%
Samoa2200
100%
Scotland161420
87.50%
South Africa11830
72.72%
United States1100
100%
Wales161330
81.25%
Total12093270
77.50%

Current squad

England Under-20s elite squad for the 2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[16]

Player Position Club
Alfie Barbeary Hooker Wasps
Theodore Dan Hooker Saracens
Harvey Beaton Prop Saracens
Sam Crean Prop Saracens
Luke Green Prop London Irish
James Whitcombe Prop Leicester Tigers
Ben Donnell Lock London Irish
George Martin Lock Leicester Tigers
Hugh Tizard Lock Harlequins
Richard Capstick Back Row Exeter Chiefs
Jack Clement Back Row Gloucester
Rob Farrar Back Row Newcastle Falcons
Josh Gray Back Row Gloucester
Nahum Merigan Back Row Bath
JJ Tonks Back Row Northampton Saints
Rusiate Tuima Back Row Exeter Chiefs
Sam Maunder Scrum-half Exeter Chiefs
Raphael Quirke Scrum-half Sale Sharks
Jack van Poortvliet Scrum-half Leicester Tigers
George Barton Fly-half Gloucester
Tom Curtis Fly-half Sale Sharks
Will Haydon-Wood Fly-half Newcastle Falcons
Manu Vunipola Fly-half Saracens
Connor Doherty Centre Sale Sharks
Max Ojomoh Centre Bath
Gabriel Hamer-Webb Wing Bath
Tom Roebuck Wing Sale Sharks
Ollie Sleightholme Wing Northampton Saints
Joe Carpenter Full-back Sale Sharks
Noah Heward Full-back Worcester Warriors
Josh Hodge Full-back Newcastle Falcons
Freddie Steward Full-back Leicester Tigers

Management

Coaching Team:

Honours

Winners (3): 2013, 2014, 2016
Runners-up (6): 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018
Winners (6): 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
Grand Slam (3): 2008, 2011, 2017
Triple Crown (5): 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017

See also

References

  1. "Steve Bates to lead the RFU's England U20s programme". Sky Sports. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. "England U20 3-38 NZ U20". BBC Sport. 22 June 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. "England U20s suffer loss in Japan". BBC Sport. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  4. "England book semi-final date with Australia". ESPN Scrum. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  5. "New Zealand and Australia set up showdown". ESPN Scrum. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  6. "England settle for fourth as Baby Blacks triumph". Six Nations Rugby. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  7. "New Zealand U20 33-22 England U20". BBC Sport. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  8. "England Under-20s beat New Zealand to reach world final". BBC Sport. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  9. "Junior World Championship: Wales U20 15-23 England U20". BBC Sport. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  10. "Junior World Championship: England 21-20 South Africa". BBC Sport. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  11. "World Rugby U20 Championship: New Zealand 21-16 England". BBC Sport. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  12. "World Rugby U20 Championship: Manchester to host 2016 event". BBC Sport. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  13. "World Rugby U20 Championship 2016: England beat Ireland in final". BBC Sport. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  14. "World Under-20 Championship final: England 17-64 New Zealand". BBC Sport. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  15. "World Rugby U20 Championship: England lose out to France in final". BBC Sport. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  16. "England men U20s elite player squad for 2020 announced". England Rugby. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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