# 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

The 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, was the 10th series of the Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Wales were the defending champions. The competition was won by England, who completed a Grand Slam by winning all their five matches.
For the first time, the 2017 tournament used the bonus point system common to most other professional rugby union tournaments. As well as the standard four points for a win and two for a draw, a team scoring four tries in a match received an additional league table point, as did a team losing by seven or fewer points. Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) would also win the Championship, three bonus points were awarded for this achievement.

## Participants

| Nation | Stadium | Stadium | Stadium | Head coach | Captain |
| Nation | Home stadium | Capacity | Location | Head coach | Captain |
| England | Sandy Park Northern Echo Arena Franklin's Gardens | 12,600 10,000 15,249 | Exeter Darlington Northampton | Louis Deacon | Ben Earl |
| France | Stade des Alpes Stade Sapiac | 20,068 12,600 | Grenoble Montauban | | Florian Verhaeghe |
| Ireland | Donnybrook Stadium | 6,000 | Dublin | Nigel Carolan | Jack Kelly |
| Italy | Stadio Giovanni Mari Stadio Enrico Chersoni Stadio Santa Rosa | 5,000 2,500 | Legnano Prato Capoterra | | |
| Scotland | Broadwood Stadium | 8,086 | Cumbernauld | Sean Lineen | Callum Hunter-Hill |
| Wales | Parc Eirias | 6,080 | Colwyn Bay | Jason Strange | |

## Table

| Position | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Bonus points | Bonus points | Total points |
| Position | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Tries | Loss | Total points |
| 1 | England | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 53 | 136 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 27* |
| 2 | France | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 127 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | Wales | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 174 | 143 | 31 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Ireland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 122 | −11 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Scotland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 104 | 171 | −67 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 156 | −95 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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* England were awarded an extra 3 table points for achieving the Grand Slam.

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 3 February 2017 18:00 GMT (UTC+0)
| Italy | 5–27 | Wales |
* Stadio Giovanni Mari, Legnano Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Sean Gallagher
| FB | 15 | Massimo Cioffi |
| RW | 14 | Andrea Bronzini |
| OC | 13 | Ludovico Vaccari |
| IC | 12 | Marco Zanon |
| LW | 11 | Giovanni D'Onofrio |
| FH | 10 | Antonio Rizzi |
| SH | 9 | Charly Trussardi |
| N8 | 8 | Giovanni Licata (c) |
| OF | 7 | Lorenzo Masselli |
| BF | 6 | Jacopo Bianchi |
| RL | 5 | Edoardo Iachizzi |
| LL | 4 | Giordano Baldino |
| TP | 3 | Marco Riccioni |
| HK | 2 | Massimo Ceciliani |
| LP | 1 | Daniele Rimpelli |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Alberto Rollero |
| PR | 17 | Danilo Fischetti |
| PR | 18 | Giosuè Zilocchi |
| LK | 19 | Gabriele Venditti |
| FL | 20 | Nardo Casolari |
| SH | 21 | Emilio Fusco |
| FH | 22 | Michelangelo Biondelli |
| CE | 23 | Roberto Dal Zilio |
| Coach: ||
| Alessandro Troncon ||
| FB | 15 | Will Talbot-Davies |
| RW | 14 | Jared Rosser |
| OC | 13 | Ioan Nicholas |
| IC | 12 | Kieran Williams |
| LW | 11 | Ryan Conbeer |
| FH | 10 | Ben Jones |
| SH | 9 | Dane Blacker |
| N8 | 8 | Morgan Morris |
| OF | 7 | Will Jones |
| BF | 6 | Morgan Sieniawski |
| RL | 5 | Max Williams |
| LL | 4 | Alex Dombrandt |
| TP | 3 | Kieron Assiratti |
| HK | 2 | Ellis Shipp (c) |
| LP | 1 | Rhys Carré |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Corrie Tarrant |
| PR | 17 | Steffan Thomas |
| PR | 18 | Christian Coleman |
| LK | 19 | Jack Pope |
| N8 | 20 | Aled Ward |
| SH | 21 | Declan Smith |
| FH | 22 | Phil Jones |
| CE | 23 | Cameron Lewis |
| Coach: ||
| Byron Hayward ||
* Twenty Welsh players made their debuts.
* This was the 8th consecutive victory for Wales and their 13th win against Italy in 13 matches.
* 3 February 2017 20:30 GMT (UTC+0)
| (BP) Scotland | 19–20 | Ireland |
* Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Christopher Ridley (England)
| FB | 15 | |
| RW | 14 | |
| OC | 13 | |
| IC | 12 | |
| LW | 11 | |
| FH | 10 | |
| SH | 9 | |
| N8 | 8 | |
| OF | 7 | |
| BF | 6 | |
| RL | 5 | |
| LL | 4 | |
| TP | 3 | |
| HK | 2 | (c) |
| LP | 1 | |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | |
| PR | 17 | |
| PR | 18 | |
| LK | 19 | |
| FL | 20 | |
| SH | 21 | |
| FH | 22 | |
| WG | 23 | |
| Coach: ||
| Eddie Jones ||
| FB | 15 | |
| RW | 14 | |
| OC | 13 | |
| IC | 12 | |
| LW | 11 | |
| FH | 10 | |
| SH | 9 | |
| N8 | 8 | |
| OF | 7 | |
| BF | 6 | |
| RL | 5 | |
| LL | 4 | |
| TP | 3 | |
| HK | 2 | (c) |
| LP | 1 | |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | |
| PR | 17 | |
| PR | 18 | |
| N8 | 19 | |
| N8 | 20 | |
| SH | 21 | |
| FH | 22 | |
| WG | 23 | |
| Coach: ||
| Daniel Hourcade ||
* 4 February 2017 12:00 GMT (UTC+0)
| (BP) England | 59–17 | France |
* Sandy Park, Exeter Attendance: 6,836 Referee: Dan Jones
| FB | 15 | Tom Parton |
| RW | 14 | Joe Cokanasiga |
| OC | 13 | Max Wright |
| IC | 12 | Will Butler |
| LW | 11 | Sam Aspland-Robinson |
| FH | 10 | Max Malins |
| SH | 9 | Harry Randall |
| N8 | 8 | Ben Earl |
| OF | 7 | Zach Mercer (c) |
| BF | 6 | Ben Curry |
| RL | 5 | Nick Isiekwe |
| LL | 4 | Jack Nay |
| TP | 3 | Joseph Morris |
| HK | 2 | Joe Mullis |
| LP | 1 | Ollie Dawe |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Jamie Blamire |
| PR | 17 | Ciaran Knight |
| PR | 18 | Jake Pope |
| LK | 19 | Justin Clegg |
| FL | 20 | Josh Bayliss |
| SH | 21 | Alex Mitchell |
| CE | 22 | Jacob Umaga |
| WG | 23 | Gabriel Ibitoye |
| Coach: ||
| Jon Callard ||
| FB | 15 | Romain Buros |
| RW | 14 | Geoffrey Cros |
| OC | 13 | Nathan Decron |
| IC | 12 | Théo Millet |
| LW | 11 | William Iraguha |
| FH | 10 | Thomas Darmon |
| SH | 9 | Arthur Retière |
| N8 | 8 | Julien Ruaud |
| OF | 7 | Alexandre Roumat (c) |
| BF | 6 | Selevasio Tolofua |
| RL | 5 | Mickaël Capelli |
| LL | 4 | Florian Verhaege |
| TP | 3 | Corentin Chabeaudie |
| HK | 2 | Florian Dufour |
| LP | 1 | Mathis Dumain |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Étienne Fourcade |
| PR | 17 | Léo Aouf |
| PR | 18 | Ugo Boniface |
| FL | 19 | Kilian Bendjaballah |
| N8 | 20 | Baptiste Pesenti |
| SH | 21 | Baptiste Couilloud |
| FH | 22 | Anthony Fuertes |
| CE | 23 | Théo Dachary |
| Coach: ||
| Thomas Lièvremont ||

### Round 2

* 10 February 2017 18:00 GMT (UTC+0)
| (BP) Italy | 26–27 | Ireland |
* Stadio Enrico Chersoni, Prato Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Adam Jones
* 10 February 2017 19:15 GMT (UTC+0)
| Wales | 21–37 | England (BP) |
* Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Frank Murphy
* 10 February 2017 20:00 GMT (UTC+0)
| (BP) France | 36–8 | Scotland |
* Stade des Alpes, Grenoble Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sean Gallagher

### Round 3

* 24 February 2017 19:45 GMT (UTC+0)
| (BP) England | 46–0 | Italy |
* Northern Echo Arena, Darlington Attendance: 6,319 Referee: Sam Gove-White
* 24 February 2017 20:00 GMT (UTC+0)
| Ireland | 27–22 | France (BP) |
* Energia Park, Donnybrook, Dublin Attendance: 4,521 Referee: Tom Foley
* 24 February 2017 20:30 GMT (UTC+0)
| (BP) Scotland | 34–65 | Wales (BP) |
* Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld Referee: Thomas Charabas

### Round 4

* 10 March 2017 14:00 GMT (UTC+0)
| (BP) Italy | 13–18 | France |
* Stadio Santa Rosa, Cagliari Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Mikw Adamson
* 11 March 2017 18:15 GMT (UTC+0)
| (BP) England | 33–5 | Scotland |
* Franklin's Gardens, Northampton Attendance: 6,442
* 11 March 2017 19:45 GMT (UTC+0)
| (BP) Wales | 41–27 | Ireland |
* Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay Attendance: 2,700

### Round 5

* 17 March 2017 18:00 GMT (UTC+0)
| (BP) Ireland | 10–14 | England |
* Energia Park, Donnybrook, Dublin Referee: Pierre Brousset
* 17 March 2017 20:00 GMT (UTC+0)
| (BP) France | 40–20 | Wales |
* Stade Sapiac, Montauban Referee: Mike Adamson
* 17 March 2017 20:30 GMT (UTC+0)
| (BP) Scotland | 38–17 | Italy |
* Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld Referee: Frank Murphy

## Broadcasting rights

Some of the matches are broadcast on television by France 4 and Sky Sports.