2016 World Rugby U20 Championship - Tournament Thread

by **George Carlin** Mon Jun 06, 2016 8:22 am

First topic message reminder :

Can't see a tournament thread, so here we go.

The 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship will be the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams.

The event is being organised in England by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. A total of 12 nations will play in the tournament, which will be held at two venues in Greater Manchester—AJ Bell Stadium in Salford and Manchester City Academy Stadium in Manchester.

New Zealand will go into the tournament as defending champions.

Pool A: New Zealand, Wales, Ireland, Georgia

Match 5: 7 June 2016 Wales 25 - 26 Ireland
Match 3: 7 June 2016 New Zealand 55 - 0 Georgia
Match 10: 11 June 2016 New Zealand 24 - 33 Ireland
Match 11: 11 June 2016 Wales 10 - 9 Georgia
Match 17: 15 June 2016 Ireland v Georgia
Match 14: 15 June 2016 New Zealand v Wales

Pool B: England, Australia, Scotland, Italy

Match 2: 7 June 2016 Australia 10 - 15 Scotland
Match 6: 7 June 2016 England 48 - 10 Italy
Match 7: 11 June 2016 Australia 38 - 10 Italy
Match 12: 11 June 2016 England 44 - 0 Scotland
Match 16: 15 June 2016 Scotland v Italy
Match 15: 15 June 2016 England v Australia

Pool C: South Africa, France, Argentina, Japan

Match 1: 7 June 2016 France 15 - 24 Argentina
Match 4: 7 June 2016 South Africa 59 - 19 Japan
Match 8: 11 June 2016 France 46 - 14 Japan
Match 9: 11 June 2016 South Africa 13 - 19 Argentina
Match 13: 15 June 2016 Argentina v Japan
Match 18: 15 June 2016 South Africa v France

Good luck, everyone.

by mikey_dragon Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:19 pm

Score updates from all fixtures appreciated.

by trebellbobaggins Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:24 pm

NZ 24 - Ire 33

by Guest Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:27 pm

Fantastic result for Ireland, to beat the Baby Blacks after a 4 day turnaround. Best team for 3 quarters of the game.

by **RDW** Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:28 pm

Holy crap!

by eirebilly Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:29 pm

In dreamland, had high hops for this U20 team but I could not have imagined them beating the baby blacks. What a result thumbsup

by toml Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:39 pm

Ye feckin haa

What a performance.

by mikey_dragon Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:40 pm

Yikes that's a thumping score for Ireland, didn't expect much from them but boy I was wrong, and it's not often I'm wrong! And cheers lads, for giving NZ the motivation they need to give us a pumping Wink

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by Golden Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:44 pm

Wow missed the second half. Cant believe that score line who was standout?

by toml Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:45 pm

The Ireland loose head Andrew porter is a beast. Hopefully he'll get games at Leinster in the new season

by toml Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:46 pm

MOTM was James Ryan the captain. Looks like he could be an Ireland second row in a few years

by Golden Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:47 pm

toml wrote:The Ireland loose head Andrew porter is a beast. Hopefully he'll get games at Leinster in the new season

He's unlucky that there's 3 (if Healy ever recovers his form) very good players in front of him.

by Golden Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:48 pm

Ryan seems to get MOTM every second game. Hell get a lot of time for leinster next season

by toml Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:50 pm

Well he looks the real deal, McGrath can scrum and Healy was a great ball carrier. Porter looks like he could do both just as well if he continues to develop

by Golden Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:53 pm

There's Dooley who looked very good in his appearances too

by lostinwales Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:44 pm

Some very heavy showers up here in Manchester. Hope it doesn't ruin the rugby

by trebellbobaggins Sat Jun 11, 2016 6:32 pm

Now eng trying to do better against Scotland than back in the 6n where they got hammered. Scotland of course building on their victory over Aussie. It's a mountain to climb for the young England.

by **RDW** Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:14 pm

England racking up a cricket score against Scotland - just too much power and pace

by trebellbobaggins Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:14 pm

Currently 27-0 but a long long way to go.

It's be an upset if they manage after the year they've had and the Scotland defeat of Aussie midweek.

by marty2086 Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:16 pm

were unlucky the last try was given, why they didnt have a split screen view available is baffling

by **RDW** Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:20 pm

These scrums are almost becoming dangerous - Scotland getting annihilated

by trebellbobaggins Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:25 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:These scrums are almost becoming dangerous - Scotland getting annihilated

Staying in the game though, very muscular.

by trebellbobaggins Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:39 pm

34-0 for England now. It's quite a surprise after the 6N for me. Aussie will be a different proposition now they're warm I'd guess.

by nathan Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:43 pm

37 - 0

Great to see will evans get motm

by trebellbobaggins Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:44 pm

Final score England 44 Scotland 0

by **RDW** Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:44 pm

Shame that was such a humping with 0 points - hopefully we can dust ourselves down for the Italy game

by trebellbobaggins Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:45 pm

Surely can RDW, the Aussie win was no accident.

by **BigGee** Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:48 pm

Scotland massively overpowered and outgunned. They have defended bravely but that's about it.

I guess we should not be to surprised about that as we can really only compete with our strongest team out. I hope we can put a team together for Italy on Wednesday, it looks like we took a few casualties again. The 4 day turnarounds are pretty brutal.

Well done England, they look like they could go all the way.

by **RDW** Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:52 pm

Why is this tournament compressed so much? It is appalling from a player welfare point of view

by Welly Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:54 pm

This England setup is completely different to the setup in the 6N's.

New coach.
Premiership players.

by trebellbobaggins Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:57 pm

Cornish coach. Proper job.

by marty2086 Sat Jun 11, 2016 8:01 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:Why is this tournament compressed so much? It is appalling from a player welfare point of view

Its always been a strange approach, maybe trying to encourage rotation and open things up

by **RDW** Sat Jun 11, 2016 8:04 pm

It's not like the players have all been flogged all season playing top level rugby - it really isn't ideal

by The Great Aukster Sat Jun 11, 2016 9:26 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:Why is this tournament compressed so much? It is appalling from a player welfare point of view

Cost - the fewer nights in a hotel the better.

by lostinwales Sat Jun 11, 2016 9:41 pm

I was there this evening, and a lot of it was poor entertainment to be honest. Scotland had 2 kicks for goal in the first 5-10 minutes which they missed, and one kickable chance in the 2nd when they went for the corner. Their only effective attacking ploy seemed to be mauling from the lineout. They produced almost nothing else though had one short spell close to the England line which ended in yet another penalty (to England).

The scots were, as noted here, completely annihilated in the scrums in the first half. As far as memory serves they did get a couple of scrum penalties in the 2nd half when defending near their own line but early on I would not have been surprised if England had just started knocking on on purpose because it just end up being another penalty to them. It did mean that England went for scrum penalties rather than trying to move the ball from the scrum which probably didn't help the entertainment value (although it was fun to an extent).

So first half was mauling and kicking (and lead to both sons losing any interest). 2nd half more open but just one way

So from my limited viewpoint England front row hugely overpowered the Scots. England backs lively. Both wings good. Williams (12) very good indeed. Mallinder nailed his kicks, maybe tried the chip through too much. (1st attack he did so and no wonder try this time) didn't seem to do much more but does have huge presence.

Harry Randall (reserve scrum half) was fun to watch. Tiny compared to everyone else but moved the ball fast from the ruck every time and made I think one decent break too.

No complaints with Evans motm. Thought the rest of the backrow was anonymous but that maybe because they were just doing 'invisible' work. Mercer seemed to have more of an impact than Chick.

The ground is nice - and was fairly full. They said 5000 odd but I would guess that they lost some of the earlier spectators come evening. I know nothing of Wales Georgia but with a score of 10-9 I'd bet it was poor (probably had the worst of the rain too). One problem they seemed to have was that the roofs above the seating may be a bit low for Rugby. I saw 3 kicks go over the top. Son no.2 thought it was 6 total.

by Not grey and not a ghost Sat Jun 11, 2016 11:08 pm

Belated well done to the Irish boys. Went to bed at half time. Thought they were on top at the time. Well deserved.

by **Notch** Sat Jun 11, 2016 11:27 pm

Unbelievably, just catching up on the U20s now.

What a day- what a lovely day!

by SecretFly Sat Jun 11, 2016 11:37 pm

Best day in the History of the World, I think...officially???

Okay, so maybe that day God said "Let there be Light" shades it.............. just.

by Guest Sun Jun 12, 2016 12:20 am

Congratulations Ireland, what a night of rugby eh? Watched the U20s game and the Irish lads smothered the Baby Blacks. Well done, well deserved.

by TheMildlyFranticLlama Sun Jun 12, 2016 2:17 am

So Scotland have gone from high hopes to getting thoroughly pumped in a matter of days. Fairly standard then

by Exiledinborders Sun Jun 12, 2016 7:29 am

SecretFly wrote:Best day in the History of the World, I think...officially???

Okay, so maybe that day God said "Let there be Light" shades it.............. just.

I agree; all three England teams winning! Marvellous! I am surprised that you are so excited about it though.

by SecretFly Sun Jun 12, 2016 11:48 am

Exiledinborders wrote:
SecretFly wrote:Best day in the History of the World, I think...officially???

Okay, so maybe that day God said "Let there be Light" shades it.............. just.
I agree; all three England teams winning! Marvellous! I am surprised that you are so excited about it though.

Well these Best Days don't come around often in the World - another one was that asteroid strike that got rid of those pesky dinosaurs for us. But ya gotta celebrate them when they come around, even if it's ye olde Engerlond doing a f**king trible.

by Exiledinborders Sun Jun 12, 2016 5:43 pm

SecretFly wrote:
Exiledinborders wrote:
SecretFly wrote:Best day in the History of the World, I think...officially???

Okay, so maybe that day God said "Let there be Light" shades it.............. just.
I agree; all three England teams winning! Marvellous! I am surprised that you are so excited about it though.

Well these Best Days don't come around often in the World - another one was that asteroid strike that got rid of those pesky dinosaurs for us. But ya gotta celebrate them when they come around, even if it's ye olde Engerlond doing a f**king trible.

True! A great day for both England and Ireland.

Let's hope that next week it is a treble and Wales beat the All Blacks as well. It would be great to see the SH knocked off their perch.

by **George Carlin** Sun Jun 12, 2016 7:02 pm

OP updated.

Well done to Ireland - what a massive result.

Scotland rested half of their team so I am not too troubled by this. These are 18 year old kids, not seasoned professionals. If Scotland makes it to the next round it will be a huge boost for this young group and I am confident that they can do it. They will deserve it if they do.

by SecretFly Sun Jun 12, 2016 7:05 pm

Yeah, it's quite a tight schedule for young men and the aim is I think that coaches are forced to do that necessary rotation. At this level experience is premium for young guys trying to show what they have.

by PenfroPete Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:05 am

CAPITALS = Free-to-air (where appropriate

15:15 – Argentina U20 v Japan U20 – U20 World Championships - Sky Sports 3

15:15 – SCOTLAND U20 v ITALY U20 – U20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – TG4 plus Sky Sports 4

17:30 –NEW ZEALAND U20 v WALES U20 v – U20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – S4C plus Sky Sports 3

17:30 – IRELAND U20 v GEORGIA U20 – U20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – TG4 plus Sky Sports 4

19:45 - England U20 – v Australia U20 – U20 World Championships - Sky Sports 3

19:45 – South Africa U20 v France U20 – U20 World Championships - Sky Sports 4

by BamBam Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:07 am

England team to play Australia

15 Darren Atkins (Bath Rugby)
14 George Perkins (Saracens)
13 Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
12 Johnny Williams (London Irish)
11 Matt Gallagher (Saracens)
10 Harry Mallinder (Northampton Saints)
9 Harry Randall (Gloucester Rugby)

1 Lewis Boyce (Yorkshire Carnegie)
2 Jack Walker - captain (Yorkshire Carnegie)
3 Will Stuart (Wasps)
4 Stan South (Harlequins)
5 Huw Taylor (Worcester Warriors)
6 George Nott (Sale Sharks)
7 Will Evans (Leicester Tigers)
8 Zach Mercer (Bath Rugby)

Replacements:
16 Jack Singleton (Worcester Warriors)
17 Billy Keast (Exeter Chiefs)
18 Billy Walker (Saracens)
19 Jack Willis (Wasps)
20 Josh Bainbridge (Yorkshire Carnegie)
21 Max Green (Yorkshire Carnegie)
22 Max Malins (Saracens)
23 Max Wright (Yorkshire Carnegie)

by Exiledinborders Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:24 am

BamBam wrote:England team to play Australia

15 Darren Atkins (Bath Rugby)
14 George Perkins (Saracens)
13 Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
12 Johnny Williams (London Irish)
11 Matt Gallagher (Saracens)
10 Harry Mallinder (Northampton Saints)
9 Harry Randall (Gloucester Rugby)

1 Lewis Boyce (Yorkshire Carnegie)
2 Jack Walker - captain (Yorkshire Carnegie)
3 Will Stuart (Wasps)
4 Stan South (Harlequins)
5 Huw Taylor (Worcester Warriors)
6 George Nott (Sale Sharks)
7 Will Evans (Leicester Tigers)
8 Zach Mercer (Bath Rugby)

Replacements:
16 Jack Singleton (Worcester Warriors)
17 Billy Keast (Exeter Chiefs)
18 Billy Walker (Saracens)
19 Jack Willis (Wasps)
20 Josh Bainbridge (Yorkshire Carnegie)
21 Max Green (Yorkshire Carnegie)
22 Max Malins (Saracens)
23 Max Wright (Yorkshire Carnegie)

It is a pity Brophy-Clews is injured. Much as I think Mallinder has great potential, he is not a ten.

by **George Carlin** Wed Jun 15, 2016 2:43 pm

Much more settled looking Scotland side for the Italy game:

15. Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh Rugby)

14. Robbie Nairn (Harlequins)

13. Tom Galbraith (Melrose)

12. Matt McPhillips (Currie)

11. Ben Robbins (Currie)

10. Adam Hastings (Bath Rugby)

9. Hugh Fraser (Heriot’s)

1. Murray McCallum (Heriot’s)

2. Jake Kerr (Boroughmuir)

3. Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors)

4. Callum Hunter-Hill (Stirling County)

5. Scott Cummings CAPTAIN (Glasgow Warriors)

6. Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh Rugby)

7. Matt Smith (Glasgow Hawks)

8. Ally Miller (Melrose)

16. Lewis Anderson (Ayr)

17. Dan Elkington (Melrose)

18. George Thornton (Bishop Burton College)

19. Alex Craig (Hartpury College)

20. Lewis Wynne (Stirling County)

21. Scott Burnside (Boroughmuir)

22. Charlie Shiel (Currie)

23. Cameron Gray (Currie)

Come on, boys. Losing Graham and Hutchinson is not good but they have more than enough to win this.

by marty2086 Wed Jun 15, 2016 2:52 pm

James Ryan is out of Irelands squad for today with a hip injury and could miss their next game too, hopefully he's back could be a strong contender for World Player of the Year

by SecretFly Wed Jun 15, 2016 2:55 pm

marty2086 wrote:James Ryan is out of Irelands squad for today with a hip injury and could miss their next game too, hopefully he's back could be a strong contender for World Player of the Year

Just let's not do an 'Irish' on this. That's all I'm hoping. Slay the big guys and then get pumped by a minnow.

Irish Seniors and Juniors now have the real work to do as in not turning a few good weeks into slush.

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