2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

The 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the tenth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in Georgia by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations played in the tournament, which was held in Tbilisi and Kutaisi from 31 May to 18 June.[1][2]

2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
Tournament details
Host Georgia
Date31 May – 18 June 2017
Teams12
Final positions
Champions New Zealand
Runner-up England
Third place South Africa
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Tries scored239 (7.97 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Tiaan Falcon (69)
Most triesSouth Africa Juarno Augustus (7)
2016
2018

Teams

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The following teams participated in the 2017 World Rugby U20 Championship:

Pool Team No of Tournaments Position 2016 Position 2017 Previous best result Notes
A   Australia 10 6th 6th Runner-up (2010)
A   England 10 1st 2nd Champions (2013, 2014, 2016)
A   Samoa 7 DNP 12th Eighth (2014) Promoted from 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
Relegated to 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
A   Wales 10 7th 7th Runner-up (2013)
B   Ireland 10 2nd 9th Runner-up (2016)
B   Italy 8 11th 8th Eleventh (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016)
B   New Zealand 10 5th 1st Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015)
B   Scotland 10 8th 5th Eighth (2015, 2016)
C   Argentina 10 3rd 11th Third (2016)
C   France 10 9th 4th Fourth (2011, 2015)
C   Georgia 2 10th 10th Tenth (2016)
C   South Africa 10 4th 3rd Champions (2012)

Match officials

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The following officials will oversee the thirty matches:[3]

Pool stage

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The fixtures were released in September 2016.[4]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams advanced to finals
Teams in the 5–8th place play-offs
Teams in the 9–12th place play-offs

All times are in Georgian Standard Time (UTC+04)

Points were awarded in the Pool Stage via the standard points system:

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus scoring point for scoring 4 or more tries
  • 1 bonus losing point for losing by 7 or less points
  • 0 points for a loss above 7 points

If at completion of the Pool Stage two or more teams were level on points, the following tiebreakers were applied:

  1. The winner of the Match in which the two tied Teams have played each other;
  2. The Team which has the best difference between points scored for and points scored against in all its Pool Matches;
  3. The Team which has the best difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all its Pool Matches;
  4. The Team which has scored most points in all its Pool Matches;
  5. The Team which has scored most tries in all its Pool Matches; and
  6. If none of the above produce a result, then it will be resolved with a toss of a coin.

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
  England 3 3 0 0 128 58 +70 18 6 2 14
  Australia 3 2 0 1 76 63 +13 8 7 2 10
  Wales 3 1 0 2 93 78 +15 13 9 2 6
  Samoa 3 0 0 3 63 161 –98 7 24 1 1


Match 1 31 May 2017 England   74–17   Samoa Avchala Stadium  
13:00 Try: Crossdale (2) 2' m, 51' m
Mercer (2) 9' c, 34' c
Malins 12' m
Mitchell 21' m
Morris (2) 27' c, 67' c
Ibitoye (2) 38' c, 69' c
Street 42' m
Knight 60' c
Con: Malins (4/7) 10', 28', 35', 39'
Umaga (3/5) 61', 67', 70'
Match details Try: Filipo (2) 64' c, 72' c
Con: Paisami (2/2) 65', 73'
Pen: Ene (1/2) 25'
Referee:   Dan Jones


Match 4 31 May 2017 Australia   24–17   Wales Avchala Stadium  
20:30 Try: Hutchison 35' c
Johnson-Holmes 58' c
Perese 77' c
Con: Goddard (1/1) 36'
Nucifora (2/2) 60', 79'
Pen: Goddard (1/2) 30'
Match details Try: Lewis 4' c
Blacker 55' c
Con: Robson (2/2) 5', 56'
Drop: Robson (1/1) 76'
Referee:   Frank Murphy


Match 8 4 June 2017 Australia   33–26   Samoa Avchala Stadium  
15:30 Try: Hutchison 11' m
Riley 47' c
Tupou 54' m
McNamara 59' c
Con: Nucifora (1/2) 48'
Goddard (1/2) 59'
Pen: Nucifora (1/2) 15'
Goddard (2/2) 70', 80'
Match details Try: Teleʻa 17' c
Pohla (2) 42' m, 65' m
Con: Paisami (1/2) 19'
Pen: Paisami (1/3) 35'
Ene (2/2) 72', 76'
Referee:   Jaco van Heerden


Match 10 4 June 2017 England   34–22   Wales Avchala Stadium  
20:30 Try: Clegg 10' c
Ibitoye (2) 13' c, 28' c
Mitchell 65' c
Con: Malins (4/4) 10', 13', 30', 66'
Pen: Malins (1/2) 33'
Drop: Malins (1/1) 69'
Match details Try: Assiratti 39' c
Penalty try 48'
Goodchild 76' m
Con: Robson (1/1) 40'
Pen: Robson (1/1) 6'
Referee:   Pierre Brousset


Match 13 8 June 2017 Wales   54–20   Samoa Avchala Stadium  
13:00 Try: Rosser 10' c
Ward 20' c
Lewis-Hughes (2) 29' c, 49' m
Moore 39' c
Blacker 70' c
Griffiths 74' c
Goodchild 80' c
Con: B. Jones (5/6) 10', 20', 29', 40', 71'
Robson (2/2) 75', 80'
Match details Try: Pohla 56' c
Enoka 67' c
Con: Ene (2/2) 58', 68'
Pen: Ene (2/2) 5', 9'
Referee:   Jamie Nutbrown


Match 16 8 June 2017 England   20–19   Australia Avchala Stadium  
20:30 Try: Ibitoye 23' c
Street 51' c
Con: Malins (2/2) 24', 52'
Pen: Brophy-Clews (1/1) 7'
Malins (1/1) 78'
Match details Try: Tuipulotu 9' c
Con: Goddard (1/1) 10'
Pen: Goddard (3/4) 2', 15', 21'
Nucifora (1/2) 72'
Referee:   Mike Adamson

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 179 49 +130 26 7 3 15
  Scotland 3 2 0 1 69 86 –17 11 10 1 9
  Italy 3 1 0 2 64 106 –42 8 14 2 6
  Ireland 3 0 0 3 52 123 –71 5 19 2 2


Match 5 31 May 2017 New Zealand   42–20   Scotland AIA Arena  
13:00 Try: Faingaanuku (3) 2' c, 25' c, 80' m
Aumua 13' m
Papalii 45' m
Leger 50' c
Con: Falcon (3/6) 4', 25', 51'
Pen: Falcon (2/3) 43', 57'
Match details Try: Renwick 11' m
Graham 19' m
Henderson 66' c
Con: Henderson (1/1) 67'
Pen: Eastgate (1/1) 41'
Referee:   Tom Foley


Match 6 31 May 2017 Ireland   21–22   Italy AIA Arena  
15:30 Try: Nash (2) 41' m, 46' c
Con: Dean (1/2) 47'
Pen: Dean (2/3) 27', 63'
Frawley (1/2) 70'
Match details Try: Fischetti 10' m
Bianchi 16' c
Cioffi 76' c
Con: Rizzi (1/2) 18'
Cioffi (1/1) 77'
Drop: Rizzi (1/1) 28'
Referee:   Mike Adamson


Match 11 4 June 2017 Ireland   28–32   Scotland AIA Arena  
13:00 Try: Stafford 21' c
Kelly (2) 57' c, 75' m
Con: Dean (1/1) 22'
Tynan (1/2) 58'
Pen: Dean (2/2) 17', 51'
Tynan (1/1) 67'
Match details Try: McCann 28' c
Renwick 39' m
Graham 53' c
Eastgate 61' m
Nairn 68' m
Con: Eastgate (2/5) 29', 54'
Pen: Eastgate (1/1) 47'
Referee:   Dan Jones


Match 12 4 June 2017 New Zealand   68–26   Italy AIA Arena  
15:30 Try: Jordan 9' c
Leger 16' c
Clarke (2) 20' c, 42' c
Nareki 28' m
Ennor 32' c
Rakete-Stones 66' c
Tua 69' m
Choat 79' c
Con: Falcon (5/6) 10', 18', 21', 33', 42'
Leger (2/3) 67', 80'
Pen: Falcon (3/3) 4', 8', 52'
Match details Try: Cornelli 1' c
Cannone 14' c
Lamaro 38' c
Rollero 48' m
Con: Di Marco (3/4) 2', 15', 39'
Referee:   Pablo de Luca


Match 17 8 June 2017 Scotland   17–16   Italy AIA Arena  
13:00 Try: Nairn 6' m
Crosbie 15' c
Dodd 65' m
Con: Eastgate (1/2) 16'
Match details Try: Zanon 10' c
Con: Rizzi (1/1) 11'
Pen: Rizzi (3/3) 36', 50', 57'
Referee:   Nic Berry


Match 18 8 June 2017 Ireland   3–69   New Zealand AIA Arena  
15:30 Pen: Fitzgerald (1/1) 4' Match details Try: Clarke (3) 10' c, 36' m, 60' c
Jordan (3) 17' m, 23' c, 77' c
Ennor 21' c
Christie 42' c
Enari 43' m
McKay 67' c
Falcon 72' m
Con: Falcon (7/11) 11', 22', 25', 43', 61', 68', 77'
Referee:   Jaco van Heerden

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
  South Africa 3 2 1 0 133 51 +82 19 7 2 12
  France 3 2 1 0 103 48 +55 14 5 1 11
  Argentina 3 1 0 2 76 124 –48 10 16 2 6
  Georgia 3 0 0 3 40 129 –89 4 19 0 0


Match 2 31 May 2017 South Africa   23–23   France Avchala Stadium  
15:30 Try: Augustus (2) 1' c, 80' c
Con: Bosch (2/2) 1', 80'
Pen: Bosch (3/3) 6', 46', 62'
Match details Try: Buros 7' m
Dufour 27' c
Couilloud 41' m
Con: Ntamack (1/3) 28'
Drop: Ntamack (2/2) 48', 54'
Referee:   Nic Berry


Match 3 31 May 2017 Argentina   37–26   Georgia Avchala Stadium  
18:00 Try: Kremer 6' m
González 11' m
Ruiz 25' c
Sauze 61' c
Stávile 67' c
Con: Albornoz (2/4) 26', 62'
Daireaux (1/1) 68'
Pen: Albornoz (2/3) 44', 46'
Match details Try: Kveseladze 65' c
Tcheishvili 71' c
Con: Aprasidze (1/1) 66'
Gogoladze (1/1) 72'
Pen: Aprasidze (4/4) 5', 18' 33', 37'
Referee:   Pierre Brousset


Match 7 4 June 2017 Argentina   25–26   France Avchala Stadium  
13:00 Try: Daireaux (2) 35' c, 44' c
Oviedo 67' m
Con: Carreras (1/1) 36'
Daireaux (1/2) 45'
Pen: Albornoz (1/1) 74'
Drop: Albornoz (1/1) 76'
Match details Try: Ngandebe 51' c
Boniface 64' m
Mauvaka 80' m
Con: Arrate (1/2) 52'
Pen: Ntamack (1/1) 3'
Arrate (2/2) 59', 71'
Referee:   Jamie Nutbrown


Match 9 4 June 2017 South Africa   38–14   Georgia Avchala Stadium  
18:00 Try: Augustus 16' c
Simelane (2) 34' c, 56' c
Libbok (2) 36' m, 69' c
Penxe 54' m
Con: Cilliers (2/3) 17', 35'
Bosch (2/3) 58', 70'
Match details Try: Tabidze 29' c
Gogoladze 64' c
Con: Aprasidze (2/2) 30', 65'
Referee:   Tom Foley


Match 14 8 June 2017 Argentina   14–72   South Africa Avchala Stadium  
15:30 Try: Luna 14' c
Malanos 29' c
Con: Albornoz (2/2) 14', 30'
Match details Try: Grobbelaar (2) 5' c, 9' m
Lombard (2) 16' c, 51' m
Willemse 35' m
Penxe 38' c
Augustus 42' c
Papier 57' c
Libbok 73' m
De Villiers 74' c
Cilliers 78' c
Con: Bosch (7/11) 6', 17', 38', 43', 58', 75', 79'
Pen: Bosch (1/2) 47'
Referee:   Frank Murphy


Match 15 8 June 2017 France   54–0   Georgia Avchala Stadium  
18:00 Try: Couilloud 2' c
Boniface 5' c
Mauvaka 11' c
Jalibert 36' c
Decron 48' m
Tolofua 52' c
Roumat 64' c
Pesenti 80' c
Con: Jalibert (6/7) 3', 6', 12', 37', 54', 65'
Arrate (1/1) 80'
Match details Referee:   Pablo de Luca

Current combined standings

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Overall Standings
Pool Pos Seed Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
B1 1   New Zealand 3 3 0 0 179 49 +130 26 7 3 15
A1 2   England 3 3 0 0 128 58 +70 18 6 2 14
C1 3   South Africa 3 2 1 0 133 51 +82 19 7 2 12
C2 4   France 3 2 1 0 103 48 +55 14 5 1 11
A2 5   Australia 3 2 0 1 76 63 +13 8 7 2 10
B2 6   Scotland 3 2 0 1 69 86 –17 11 10 1 9
A3 7   Wales 3 1 0 2 93 78 +15 13 9 2 6
B3 8   Italy 3 1 0 2 64 106 –42 8 14 2 6
C3 9   Argentina 3 1 0 2 76 124 –48 10 16 2 6
B4 10   Ireland 3 0 0 3 52 123 –71 5 19 2 2
A4 11   Samoa 3 0 0 3 63 161 –98 7 24 1 1
C4 12   Georgia 3 0 0 3 40 129 –89 4 19 0 0

Knockout stage

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9–12th place play-offs

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Semi-finals9th place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Ireland52
 
 
 
  Samoa26
 
  Ireland 24
 
 
 
  Georgia18
 
  Argentina25
 
 
  Georgia26
 
11th place
 
 
 
 
 
  Samoa 42
 
 
  Argentina53

Semi-finals

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Match 19 13 June 2017 Ireland   52–26   Samoa Avchala Stadium  
13:00 Try: Kelleher (2) 4' c, 60' c
Cooper 10' m
Wycherley 20' c
Dowling 38' c
Nash 40' m
Frawley 64' c
Doris 77' c
Con: Dean (6/8) 4', 20', 39', 61', 65', 78'
Match details Try: Solipo 32' m
Enoka 57' c
Ah See 68' c
Ielemia 80' c
Con: Ene (3/4) 58', 69', 80'
Referee:   Tom Foley


Match 20 13 June 2017 Argentina   25–26   Georgia Mikheil Meskhi Stadium  
15:30 Try: Delguy 16' m
Ferrario 41' c
Malanos 80' c
Con: Daireaux (2/2) 42', 80'
Pen: Albornoz (2/2) 10', 20'
Report[5] Try: Saghinadze 3' c
Spanderashvili 12' c
Con: Aprasidze (2/2) 4', 13'
Pen: Aprasidze (4/6) 25', 34', 38', 76'
Referee:   Jaco van Heerden

11th place game

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Match 25 18 June 2017 Samoa   42–53   Argentina Avchala Stadium  
12:00 Try: Paisami (2) 32' c, 71' c
Enoka 43' c
Moore 48' c
Fonoti 77' c
Pohla 80' c
Con: Paisami (5/5) 33', 44', 48', 71', 77'
Tinei (1/1) 80'
Match details Try: J. González 7' c
Delguy (2) 11' c, 36' c
L. González (2) 14' c, 60' c
Albornoz 45' c
Malanos 74' m
Con: Albornoz (6/7) 8', 12', 15', 37', 46', 61'
Pen: Albornoz (2/2) 2', 64'
Referee:   Pierre Brousset

9th place game

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Match 26 18 June 2017 Ireland   24–18   Georgia Mikheil Meskhi Stadium  
13:00 Try: Tynan 20' c
Doris 44' c
Boyle 49' c
Con: Dean (3/3) 21', 45', 50'
Pen: Dean (1/1) 73'
Match details Try: Gogichashvili 31' c
Aprasidze 54' c
Con: Aprasidze (1/1) 32'
Abzhandadze (1/1) 55'
Pen: Aprasidze (2/2) 27', 60'
Referee:   Pablo de Luca

5–8th place play-offs

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Semi-finals5th place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Australia42
 
 
 
  Italy19
 
  Australia17
 
 
 
  Scotland24
 
  Scotland29
 
 
  Wales25
 
7th place
 
 
 
 
 
  Italy24
 
 
  Wales25

Semi-finals

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Match 22 13 June 2017 Australia   42–19   Italy Avchala Stadium  
15:30 Try: Perese (3) 4' c, 8' c, 46' c
Goddard 53' c
Tuipulotu 55' c
Hewat 77' c
Con: Goddard (5/5) 5', 9', 48', 53', 56'
Nucifora (1/1) 78'
Match details Try: Dal Zilio (2) 34' m, 68' c
D'Onofrio 37' c
Con: Rizzi (2/3) 38', 69'
Pen: Di Marco (0/1)
Referee:   Dan Jones


Match 21 13 June 2017 Scotland   29–25   Wales Avchala Stadium  
18:00 Try: Graham (2) 20' c, 75' c
McCann 27' c
Hunter-Hill 34' m
Con: Eastgate (3/4) 21', 28', 76'
Pen: Eastgate (1/1) 55'
Match details Try: W. Jones 14' m
Nicholas 30' c
Robson 69' c
Con: Robson (2/3) 30', 70'
Pen: Robson (2/2) 51', 57'
Referee:   Pierre Brousset

7th place game

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Match 27 18 June 2017 Wales   25–24   Italy Avchala Stadium  
17:00 Try: Bradbury 29' c
Conbeer 38' m
P. Jones 67' c
Con: Robson (2/3) 30', 68'
Pen: Robson (1/1) 18'
P. Jones (1/1) 74'
Match details Try: D'Onofrio 41' c
Schiabel 61' m
Con: Rizzi (1/2) 42'
Pen: Rizzi (4/5) 6', 16', 33', 51'
Referee:   Jaco van Heerden

5th place game

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Match 28 18 June 2017 Scotland   24–17   Australia Avchala Stadium  
14:30 Try: Nairn 47' c
Shiel (2) 56' c, 80' c
Con: Eastgate (3/3) 49', 57', 80'
Pen: Eastgate (1/2) 38'
Match details Try: Goddard (2) 23' c, 59' c
Con: Goddard (2/2) 24', 60'
Pen: Goddard (1/2) 27'
Referee:   Jamie Nutbrown

Finals

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  England24
 
 
 
  South Africa22
 
  England 17
 
 
 
  New Zealand64
 
  New Zealand39
 
 
  France26
 
3rd place
 
 
 
 
 
  South Africa37
 
 
  France15

Semi-finals

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Match 23 13 June 2017 England   24–22   South Africa Mikheil Meskhi Stadium  
18:00 Try: Mercer (2) 2' c, 75' c
Mitchell 15' c
Con: Malins (3/3) 3', 16', 76'
Pen: Malins (1/2) 20'
Match details Try: Augustus (2) 9' c, 40' m
Van Heerden 55' c
Con: Bosch (2/3) 10', 56'
Pen: Bosch (1/1) 72'
Referee:   Frank Murphy


Match 24 13 June 2017 New Zealand   39–26   France Mikheil Meskhi Stadium  
20:30 Try: Jordan 6' c
Falcon 10' m
Papalii 23' c
Clarke 33' c
Aumua 45' c
Con: Falcon (4/5) 8', 24', 35', 46'
Pen: Falcon (2/2) 2', 77'
Match details Try: Couilloud 49' c
Pesenti 51' c
Mauvaka 63' m
Tauzin 69' c
Con: Arrate (3/4) 50', 53', 70'
Referee:   Mike Adamson

3rd place game

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Match 29 18 June 2017 South Africa   37–15   France Mikheil Meskhi Stadium  
15:30 Try: Van Heerden 15' c
Grobbelaar (2) 41' c, 65' m
Brits 52' c
Augustus 71' m
Con: Libbok (3/5) 15', 42', 53'
Pen: Libbok (2/2) 48', 60'
Match details Try: Mauvaka 27' m
Couilloud 77' c
Con: Couilloud (1/2) 77'
Pen: Couilloud (1/1) 34'
Referee:   Tom Foley

Final

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Match 30 18 June 2017 England   17–64   New Zealand Mikheil Meskhi Stadium  
18:00 Try: Earl 18' c
Mitchell 52' m
Bayliss 71' m
Con: Malins (1/3) 19'
Match details Try: Papalii 4' m
Rakete-Stones 9' c
Aumua (3) 25' c, 37' c, 60' m
Walker-Leawere 28' c
Jacobson (2) 40' c, 78' c
McKay 46' m
Christie 67' c
Con: Perofeta (7/10) 10', 27', 29', 39', 40', 67', 80'
Referee:   Nic Berry

References

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  1. ^ worldrugby.org. "Georgia to host World Rugby U20 Championship 2017". worldrugby.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Schedule announced for U20 Championship 2017 in Georgia". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. ^ worldrugby.org. "Match officials announced for U20 Championship". worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Schedule announced for U20 Championship 2017 in Georgia". World Rugby. 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  5. ^ worldrugby.org. "U20 Championship". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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