# 2023 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

The 2023 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was the 16th Six Nations Under 20s Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship for players under 20 years of age. Ireland retained the championship, their fifth, winning all five matches as they had done in the last tournament to record a fourth Grand Slam. Ireland became the first team to win back-to-back Grand Slams in the history of the tournament.

## Participants

| Nation | Stadium | Stadium | Stadium | Head coach | Captain |
| Nation | Home stadium | Capacity | Location | Head coach | Captain |
| England | Twickenham Stoop Kingsholm Stadium Recreation Ground | 14,800 16,115 14,509 | London Gloucester Bath | Alan Dickens | Lewis Chessum |
| France | Stade Armandie Stade Charles-Mathon | 14,000 11,500 | Agen Oyonnax | Sébastien Calvet | Nicolas Depoortere |
| Ireland | Musgrave Park | 8,008 | Cork | Richie Murphy | Gus McCarthy |
| Italy | Stadio Comunale di Monigo | 5,000 | Treviso | Massimo Brunello | David Odiase |
| Scotland | Scotstoun Stadium | 9,708 | Glasgow | Kenny Murray | Duncan Munn Liam McConnell |
| Wales | Eirias Stadium | 6,080 | Colwyn Bay | Byron Hayward | Ryan Woodman |

## Table

| Pos | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Bonus points | Bonus points | Bonus points | Total points |
| Pos | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Tries | Loss | GSB | Total points |
| 1 | Ireland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 116 | +123 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 222 | 96 | +126 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 148 | 146 | +2 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | England | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 141 | 160 | −19 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Scotland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 234 | −144 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Wales | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 107 | 195 | −88 | 14 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Table ranking rules
* Four match points are awarded for a win.
* Two match points are awarded for a draw.
* A bonus match point is awarded to a team that scores four or more tries in a match or loses a match by seven points or fewer. If a team scores four tries in a match and loses by seven points or fewer, they are awarded both bonus points.
* Three bonus match points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (known as a Grand Slam). This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team reaches a minimum of 23 points, and thus always ranks over a team who won four matches in which they also were awarded four try bonus points and were also awarded two bonus points (a try bonus and a losing bonus) in the match that they lost for a total of 22 points.
* Tie-breakers
** If two or more teams are tied on match points, the team with the better points difference (points scored less points conceded) is ranked higher.
** If the above tie-breaker fails to separate tied teams, the team that scored the higher number of total tries in their matches is ranked higher.
** If two or more teams remain tied for first place at the end of the championship after applying the above tiebreakers, the title is shared between them.

## Fixtures
### Week 1

* 3 February 2023 18:30
| Italy | 27–28 | France |
| Try: Berlese 7' c Gallorini 24' m Rubinato 32' m Mey 51' m Douglas 83' m Con: Sante (1/4) 8' Bruniera (0/1) Pen: Sante (0/1) | Report | Try: Moustin 28' c penalty 38' Castro 71' m Con: Tarel (1/1) 29' Desperes (0/1) Pen: Tarel (2/3) 10', 20' |
* Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Referee: Reuben Keane (Australia)
* 3 February 2023 19:00
| Wales | 27–44 | Ireland |
| Try: Hennessey 9' c Morgan 18' m, 77' c Scarfe 52' m Con: D. Edwards (2/4) 11', 78' Pen: D. Edwards (1/1) 16' | Report | Try: O'Tighearnaigh 7' c P. McCarthy 31' c Nicholson 54' c, 65' m Quinn 61' m McErlean 80' c Con: Prendergast (3/5) 8', 32', 55' West (1/1) 82' Pen: Prendergast (2/2) 59', 73' |
* Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay Referee: Luc Ramos (France)
| FB | 15 | Cameron Winnett | 73' |
| RW | 14 | Llien Morgan |
| OC | 13 | Louie Hennessey |
| IC | 12 | Harri Ackerman |
| LW | 11 | Harri Houston | 68' |
| FH | 10 | Dan Edwards |
| SH | 9 | Archie Hughes | 68' |
| N8 | 8 | Huw Davies |
| OF | 7 | Luca Giannini |
| BF | 6 | Ryan Woodman (c) |
| RL | 5 | Jonny Green | 28' |
| LL | 4 | Liam Edwards | 60' |
| TP | 3 | Thomas Pritchard | 54' |
| HK | 2 | Sam Scarfe | 67' |
| LP | 1 | Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths | 67' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Isaac Young | 67' |
| PR | 17 | Freddie Chapman | 67' |
| PR | 18 | Ellis Fackrell | 54' |
| LK | 19 | Owain Evans | 28' |
| BR | 20 | Mackenzie Martin | 60' |
| BR | 21 | Harri Williams | 69' |
| WG | 22 | Harrison James | 73' |
| WG | 23 | Tom Florence | 68' |
| Coach: ||
| Byron Hayward ||
| FB | 15 | James Nicholson |
| RW | 14 | Morrison Mabope | 45' |
| OC | 13 | Hugh Cooney |
| IC | 12 | John Devine |
| LW | 11 | Hugh Gavin |
| FH | 10 | Sam Prendergast | 73' |
| SH | 9 | Fintan Gunne | 73' |
| N8 | 8 | Brian Gleeson |
| OF | 7 | Ruadhán Quinn | 67' |
| BF | 6 | James McNabney | 60' |
| RL | 5 | Conor O'Tighearnaigh |
| LL | 4 | Diarmuid Mangan |
| TP | 3 | Paddy McCarthy | 70' |
| HK | 2 | Gus McCarthy (c) | 73' |
| LP | 1 | George Hadden | 60' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Danny Sheahan | 73' |
| PR | 17 | George Morris | 60' |
| PR | 18 | Fiachna Barrett | 70' |
| LK | 19 | Evan O'Connell | 60' |
| FL | 20 | Jacob Sheahan | 67' |
| SH | 21 | Oscar Cawley | 73' |
| FH | 22 | Harry West | 73' |
| WG | 23 | Henry McErlean | 45' |
| Coach: ||
| Richie Murphy ||
* 3 February 2023 19:00
| England | 41–36 | Scotland |
| Try: Hathaway 2' m, 8' c, 14' m Cunningham-South 18' c Carnduff 24' c Elliott 68' c Con: Harris (4/6) 10', 19', 26', 70' Pen: Harris (1/2) 79' | Report | Try: McLeod 6' c Brown 31' c McConnell 44' c Con: Simpson (3/3) 8', 31', 45' Pen: Simpson (5/5) 13', 41', 56', 60', 63' |
* Twickenham Stoop, London Referee: Angus Mabey (New Zealand)

### Week 2

* 10 February 2023 19:00
| England | 32–25 | Italy |
| Try: Harris 8' m Ma'asi-White 12' c Elliott 38' m Cunningham-South 55' c Fasogbon 75' m Con: Harris (2) 13', 57' Pen: Harris 30' | Report | Try: Aminu 23' m, 64' m Gallorini 46' c Bozzoni 79' m Con: Bruniera 47' Pen: Sante 33' |
* Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)
* 10 February 2023 19:15
| Scotland | 18–17 | Wales |
| Try: Brown 9' m Penalty try 49' Pen: Afshar 29' King 69' | Report | Try: Morse 44' c Andrew 54' c Con: Edwards 45', 55' Pen: Edwards 52' |
* Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow Referee: Reuben Keane (Australia)
* 10 February 2023 20:00
| Ireland | 33–31 | France |
| Try: P. McCarthy 12' c Gavin 29' c Gleeson 69' c Con: Prendergast 13', 30', 70' Pen: Prendergast 10', 24', 42', 77' | Report | Try: Auradou 18' c Liufau 34' c Attissogbé 58' m Nouchi 61' m Benmegal 72' c Con: Raffy 19', 35' Reus 73' |
* Musgrave Park, Cork Attendance: 8,008 Referee: Angus Mabey (New Zealand)
| FB | 15 | Henry McErlean |
| RW | 14 | James Nicholson |
| OC | 13 | Hugh Cooney |
| IC | 12 | John Devine |
| LW | 11 | Hugh Gavin |
| FH | 10 | Sam Prendergast | 73' |
| SH | 9 | Fintan Gunne |
| N8 | 8 | Brian Gleeson |
| OF | 7 | Ruadhán Quinn | 56' 63' |
| BF | 6 | James McNabney |
| RL | 5 | Conor O'Tighearnaigh | 56' |
| LL | 4 | Diarmuid Mangan |
| TP | 3 | Paddy McCarthy | 70' |
| HK | 2 | Gus McCarthy (c) | 47' 55' |
| LP | 1 | George Hadden |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Danny Sheahan | 47' 55' |
| PR | 17 | George Morris | 56' 63' |
| PR | 18 | Fiachna Barrett | 70' |
| LK | 19 | Evan O'Connell | 56' |
| FL | 20 | Jacob Sheahan |
| SH | 21 | Oscar Cawley |
| FH | 22 | Harry West |
| WG | 23 | Rory Telfer |
| Coach: ||
| Richie Murphy ||
| FB | 15 | Louis Bielle-Biarrey | | 59' |
| RW | 14 | Théo Attissogbé |
| OC | 13 | Nicolas Depoortère (c) |
| IC | 12 | Émilien Gailleton |
| LW | 11 | Enzo Benmegal |
| FH | 10 | Tom Raffy | | 50' |
| SH | 9 | Léo Carbonneau |
| N8 | 8 | Marko Gazzotti |
| OF | 7 | Lenni Nouchi |
| BF | 6 | Oscar Jégou | | 74' |
| RL | 5 | Brent Liufau |
| LL | 4 | Hugo Auradou | | 65' 78' |
| TP | 3 | Zaccharie Affane | 29' | 71' |
| HK | 2 | Barnabe Massa | | 40' |
| LP | 1 | Louis Penverne | | 71' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Thomas Lacombre | | 40' |
| PR | 17 | Luca Tabarot | | 71' |
| PR | 18 | Maino Pakihivatau | | 71' |
| LK | 19 | Bastien Chinarro | | 65' 78' |
| FH | 20 | Mathis Castro | | 74' |
| SH | 21 | Hugo Reus | | |
| FH | 22 | Arthur Mathiron |
| WG | 23 | Mathis Ferté | | 59' |
| Coach: ||
| Sébastien Calvet ||

### Week 3

* 24 February 2023 19:15
| (1 BP) Italy | 27–44 | Ireland (1 BP) |
| Try: Quattrini 13' Botturi 47' Mey 58' Gasperini 69' Con: Sante (2) 48' 60' Pen: Sante 24' | Report | Try: Gleeson 3' Gunne 15' McNabney 29' Cooney 52' Telfer 77' Con: Prendergast (5) 4', 16', 29', 52', 78' Pen: Prendergast (3) 20', 40', 65' |
* Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Attendance: 4,504 Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
| FB | 15 | François Carlo Mey |
| RW | 14 | Alessandro Gesi |
| OC | 13 | Dewi Passarella |
| IC | 12 | Nicola Bozzo |
| LW | 11 | Matthias Douglas | | 27' |
| FH | 10 | Giovanni Sante | | 65' |
| SH | 9 | Sebastiano Battara | | 72' |
| N8 | 8 | Jacopo Botturi |
| OF | 7 | David Odiase |
| BF | 6 | Carlos Berlese | | 50' |
| RL | 5 | Pietro Turrisi | | 56' |
| LL | 4 | Alex Mattioli |
| TP | 3 | Marcos Gallorini | | 79' |
| HK | 2 | Giovanni Quattrini | | 69' |
| LP | 1 | Destiny Aminu | | 72' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Nicholas Gasperini | | 65' |
| PR | 17 | Samuele Taddei | | 72' |
| PR | 18 | Alex Artuso | | 79' |
| LK | 19 | Enrico Pontarini | | 56' |
| BR | 20 | Filippo Lavorenti | | 50' |
| BR | 21 | Filipp Bozzoni | | 27' |
| WG | 22 | Simone Brisighella | | 68' |
| WG | 23 | Valerio Siciliano | 72' |
| Coach: ||
| Massimo Brunello ||
| FB | 15 | Henry McErlean |
| RW | 14 | James Nicholson |
| OC | 13 | Hugh Cooney | 75' |
| IC | 12 | John Devine | 65' |
| LW | 11 | Hugh Gavin |
| FH | 10 | Sam Prendergast |
| SH | 9 | Fintan Gunne | 75' |
| N8 | 8 | Brian Gleeson | 69' |
| OF | 7 | Ruadhán Quinn | 56' |
| BF | 6 | James McNabney |
| RL | 5 | Conor O'Tighearnaigh |
| LL | 4 | Diarmuid Mangan |
| TP | 3 | Paddy McCarthy | 70' |
| HK | 2 | Gus McCarthy (c) | 79' |
| LP | 1 | George Hadden | 60' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Danny Sheahan | 79' |
| PR | 17 | George Morris | 60' |
| PR | 18 | Fiachna Barrett | 70' |
| LK | 19 | Evan O'Connell | 56' |
| FL | 20 | Jacob Sheahan | 69' |
| SH | 21 | Oscar Cawley | 75' |
| FH | 22 | Harry West | 75' |
| WG | 23 | Rory Telfer | 65' |
| Coach: ||
| Richie Murphy ||
* 24 February 2023 19:15
| Wales | 21–37 | England (1 BP) |
| | Report | |
* Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay Attendance: 6,080 Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
* 24 February 2023 19:15
| (1 BP) France | 54–12 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* Stade Armandie, Agen Attendance: 10,411 Referee: Frederico Vedovelli (Italy)

### Week 4

* 10 March 2023 19:15
| (1 BP) Italy | 29–25 | Wales (1 BP) |
| | Report | |
* Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe (England)
* 10 March 2023 19:15
| Scotland | 7–82 | Ireland (1 BP) |
| Try: Tait 46' Con: Townsend 47' | Report | Try: Osborne 2' Barrett 6' G. McCarthy 15' Quinn (3) 20', 34', 64' Gunne 30' McNabney 41' Mangan 51' D. Sheahan 70' Telfer 75' Cawley 79' Con: Prendergast (7) 3', 7', 16', 22', 31', 35', 52' Lynch (4) 65', 71', 76', 79' |
* Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 2,792 Referee: Takehito Namekawa (Japan)
| FB | 15 | Dan King | 54' |
| RW | 14 | Logan Jarvie | 51' |
| OC | 13 | Duncan Munn (c) | 71' |
| IC | 12 | Kerr Yule |
| LW | 11 | Geordie Gwynn |
| FH | 10 | Luke Townsend |
| SH | 9 | Finlay Burgess | 35' |
| N8 | 8 | Jonny Morris | 40' |
| OF | 7 | Rudi Brown |
| BF | 6 | Liam McConnell (c) |
| RL | 5 | Harris McLeod | 54' |
| LL | 4 | Jake Parkinson |
| TP | 3 | Moby Ogunlaja | 51' |
| HK | 2 | Corey Tate | 66' |
| LP | 1 | Craig Davidson | 66' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Elliott Young | 66' |
| PR | 17 | Max Surry | 66' |
| PR | 18 | Robbie Deans | 51' |
| LK | 19 | Ruairaidh Hart | 54' |
| BR | 20 | Sam Derrick | 40' |
| BR | 21 | Charlie Clare | 35' |
| WG | 22 | Ben Salmon | 51' |
| WG | 23 | Andy McLean | 54' |
| Coach: ||
| Kenny Murray ||
| FB | 15 | Henry McErlean |
| RW | 14 | Andrew Osborne |
| OC | 13 | Hugh Cooney | 60' |
| IC | 12 | John Devine |
| LW | 11 | Hugh Gavin |
| FH | 10 | Sam Prendergast | 52' |
| SH | 9 | Fintan Gunne | 60' |
| N8 | 8 | Brian Gleeson | 68' |
| OF | 7 | Ruadhán Quinn |
| BF | 6 | James McNabney |
| RL | 5 | Conor O'Tighearnaigh | 51' 70' |
| LL | 4 | Evan O'Connell | 70' |
| TP | 3 | Fiachna Barrett | 50' |
| HK | 2 | Gus McCarthy (c) | 50' |
| LP | 1 | George Hadden | 50' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Danny Sheahan | 50' |
| PR | 17 | Paddy McCarthy | 50' |
| PR | 18 | Diarmuid Mangan | 51' |
| LK | 19 | Liam Molony | 66' |
| FL | 20 | Jacob Sheahan | 69' |
| SH | 21 | Oscar Cawley | 60' |
| FH | 22 | Matty Lynch | 52' |
| WG | 23 | Rory Telfer | 60' |
| Coach: ||
| Richie Murphy ||
* 10 March 2023 20:00
| England | 7–42 | France (1 BP) |
| Try: Harris 56' c Con: Harris (1/1) 57' | Report | Try: Drouet 35' c Gailleton 50' c Penverne 63' c Castro Ferreira 72' c Guilly 78' m Con: Reus (4/5) 36', 52', 64', 73' Pen: Reus (3/3) 12', 25', 49' |
* Recreation Ground, Bath Attendance: 11,083 Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)

### Week 5

* 19 March 2023 15:00
| Scotland | 17–40 | Italy |
| | Report | |
* Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow
* 19 March 2023 18:00
| Ireland | 36–24 | England |
| Try: Gavin (2) 3', 58' Gleeson (2) 26', 53' Hadden 50' Gunne 78' Con: Prendergast (3) 27', 54', 60' | Report | Try: Elliott (2) 15', 75' Jenkins 70' Con: Harris 16' Worsley (2) 70', 76' Pen: Harris 57' |
* Musgrave Park, Cork Attendance: 8,008 Referee: Adriaan Jacobs (South Africa)
| FB | 15 | Henry McErlean | 52' 60' |
| RW | 14 | James Nicholson |
| OC | 13 | Hugh Cooney |
| IC | 12 | John Devine | 70' |
| LW | 11 | Hugh Gavin |
| FH | 10 | Sam Prendergast |
| SH | 9 | Fintan Gunne | 79' |
| N8 | 8 | Brian Gleeson |
| OF | 7 | Ruadhán Quinn | 62' |
| BF | 6 | James McNabney |
| RL | 5 | Conor O'Tighearnaigh |
| LL | 4 | Diarmuid Mangan | 70' |
| TP | 3 | Paddy McCarthy | 67' |
| HK | 2 | Gus McCarthy (c) | 79' |
| LP | 1 | George Hadden | 67' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Danny Sheahan | 79' |
| PR | 17 | George Morris | 67' |
| PR | 18 | Fiachna Barrett | 67' |
| LK | 19 | Joe Hopes | 70' |
| FL | 20 | Liam Molony | 62' |
| SH | 21 | Oscar Cawley | 79' |
| FH | 22 | Harry West | 70' |
| WG | 23 | Andrew Osborne | 52' 60' |
| Coach: ||
| Richie Murphy ||
| FB | 15 | Sam Harris | 67' |
| RW | 14 | Cassius Cleaves |
| OC | 13 | Rekeiti Ma'asi-White | 56' 67' |
| IC | 12 | Joseph Woodward | 67' |
| LW | 11 | Tobias Elliott |
| FH | 10 | Monty Bradbury |
| SH | 9 | Charlie Bracken | 67' |
| N8 | 8 | Chandler Cunningham-South |
| OF | 7 | Greg Fisilau |
| BF | 6 | Finn Carnduff | 60' |
| RL | 5 | Lewis Chessum (c) |
| LL | 4 | Danny Eite | 67' |
| TP | 3 | Afolabi Fasogbon | 54' |
| HK | 2 | Finn Theobald-Thomas | 67' |
| LP | 1 | Archie McArthur | 54' 80' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Nathan Jibulu | 67' |
| PR | 17 | Asher Opoku-Fordjour | 54' 80' |
| PR | 18 | Tim Hoyt | 54' |
| LK | 19 | Rob Carmichael | 67' |
| FH | 20 | Tristan Woodman | 60' |
| SH | 21 | Nye Thomas | |
| FH | 22 | Sam Worsley | 67' |
| WG | 23 | Joe Jenkins | 58' |
| Coach: ||
| Alan Dickens ||
* 19 March 2023 21:00
| France | 67–16 | Wales |
| | Report | |
* Stade Charles-Mathon, Oyonnax