# 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

The 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the eleventh annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in France by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations played in the tournament, which was held in three cities from 30 May to 17 June.

## Teams

The following teams participated in the 2018 U20 Championship:
| Team | No. | Result (2017) | Best Result |
| Argentina | 11 | 11th | Third place (2016) |
| Australia | 11 | 6th | Runners-up (2010) |
| England | 11 | 2nd | Champions (2013, 2014, 2016) |
| France | 11 | 4th | Fourth place (2011, 2015, 2017) |
| Georgia | 3 | 10th | Tenth place (2016, 2017) |
| Ireland | 11 | 9th | Runners-up (2016) |
| Italy | 9 | 8th | Eighth place (2017) |
| Japan | 5 | — | Tenth place (2015) |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1st | Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017) |
| Scotland | 11 | 5th | Fifth place (2017) |
| South Africa | 11 | 3rd | Champions (2012) |
| Wales | 11 | 7th | Runners-up (2013) |
* ↑ Promoted from 2017 U20 Trophy

## Venues

The venues that play host to the tournament were as follows:
| Béziers | Narbonne | Perpignan |
| Stade de la Méditerranée | Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié | Stade Aimé Giral |
| Capacity: 18,555 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 14,593 |
| BéziersNarbonnePerpignanclass=notpageimage| Stadium locations within the southern french region of Occitanie. || |

## Pool stage

The Pool stage fixture was as follows:

### Pool A

    Team Pld W D L PF PA −/+ TF TA BP Pts  New Zealand 330013628+108193214  Wales 32015480–2651008  Australia 31029372+2112826  Japan 300336139–10362111

### Pool B

    Team Pld W D L PF PA −/+ TF TA BP Pts  England 330011733+84184315  Italy 32016295–33914210  Argentina 31027382–9101037  Scotland 30034991–4251411

### Pool C

    Team Pld W D L PF PA −/+ TF TA BP Pts  France 33009665+311310214  South Africa 32019290+21511311  Georgia 31026377–1481115  Ireland 30036180–1981222

### Pool stage standings

| Pos | Team | Pool | Pld | −/+ | Pts |
| Finals ||||||
| 1 | England | B | 3 | +84 | 15 |
| 2 | New Zealand | A | 3 | +108 | 14 |
| 3 | France | C | 3 | +31 | 14 |
| 4 | South Africa | C | 3 | +2 | 11 |
| 5–8th place play-offs ||||||
| 5 | Italy | B | 3 | –33 | 10 |
| 6 | Wales | A | 3 | –26 | 8 |
| 7 | Argentina | B | 3 | –9 | 7 |
| 8 | Australia | A | 3 | +21 | 6 |
| 9–12th place play-offs ||||||
| 9 | Georgia | C | 3 | –14 | 5 |
| 10 | Ireland | C | 3 | –18 | 2 |
| 11 | Scotland | B | 3 | –42 | 1 |
| 12 | Japan | A | 3 | –103 | 1 |

## Knockout stage
### 9–12th place play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Ireland | 29 |
| Scotland | 45 | | |
| Scotland | 45 | Scotland | 31 |
| | | Georgia | 39 |
| Georgia | 24 | Georgia | 39 |
| Japan | 22 | | |
| Japan | 22 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | Ireland | 39 |
| | | Japan | 33 |

#### Semi-finals

* 12 June 2018 16:00
| Ireland | 29–45 | Scotland |
| Try: Byrne 10' c Peter Sylvester 21' c O'Brien 61' c Daly 72' m Con: Byrne (2/2) 11', 22' Dean (1/2) 62' Pen: Byrne (1/1) 40' | | Try: Richardson (2) 24' c, 32' c Trotter 37' c Graham 48' c Rowe 55' c Onojaife 68' c Con: Chapman (6/6) 25', 33', 38', 49', 56', 69' Pen: Chapman (1/1) 7' |
* Stade Aimé Giral, Perpignan
* 12 June 2018 18:30
| Georgia | 24–22 | Japan |
| Try: Lomidze 13' c Tapladze (2) 38' m, 71' c Aprasidze 77' m Con: Aprasidze (2/4) 14', 72' | | Try: Ishida 7' c Vailea 29' c Yamasawa 42' m Con: Mori (2/3) 8', 30' Pen: Mori (1/2) 20' |
* Stade Aimé Giral, Perpignan

#### Eleventh place

* 17 June 2018 11:00
| Ireland | 39–33 | Japan |
| Try: Stewart 4' c Sheehan 10' m Sylvester 33' c O'Brien 76' m Con: Byrne (2/4) 5', 34' Pen: Byrne (5/6) 29', 43', 47', 49', 63' | | Try: Vailea (2) 15' c, 72' c Tsukayama 22' m Fifita (2) 55' c, 59' c Con: Mori (4/5) 16', 56', 60', 73' |
* Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers

#### Ninth place

* 17 June 2018 13:30
| Scotland | 31–39 | Georgia |
| Try: Smith 7' m Trotter (2) 14' c, 33' c Rowe 71' m Miller 75' c Con: Chapman (2/3) 15', 34' Thompson (1/2) 76' | | Try: Japaridze 2' m Marjanishvili (2) 21' c, 63' c Gigolashvili (2) 42' c, 55' c Con: Abzhandadze (4/4) 22', 43', 56', 64' Pen: Abzhandadze (1/1) 49', 79' |
* Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers

### 5–8th place play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Wales | 15 |
| Argentina | 39 | | |
| Argentina | 39 | Argentina | 15 |
| | | Australia | 41 |
| Italy | 15 | Australia | 41 |
| Australia | 44 | | |
| Australia | 44 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Wales | 34 |
| | | Italy | 17 |

#### Semi-finals

* 12 June 2018 14:00
| Wales | 15–39 | Argentina |
| Try: Conbeer 17' c Baldwin 32' m Con: Evans (1/2) 18' Pen: Evans (1/1) 53' | | Try: Nogues 23' m Penalty try 39' Carreras 41' c Molina 54' c Avellaneda 75' c Con: De La Vega Mendia (3/4) 42', 55', 76' Pen: De La Vega Mendia (2/6) 14', 62' |
* Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié, Narbonne
* 12 June 2018 16:30
| Italy | 15–44 | Australia |
| Try: D'Onofrio (3) 13' m, 20' m, 66' m | | Try: Hockings 17' m Stewart 28' c McReight (2) 42' c, 73' m Francis 61' c Kuenzle 75' c Con: Lonergan (3/4) 29', 43', 62' Harrison (1/2) 76' Pen: Lonergan (2/2) 23', 65' |
* Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié, Narbonne

#### Seventh place

* 17 June 2018 16:00
| Wales | 34–17 | Italy |
| Try: Conbeer 11' c Davis 23' c Penalty try 40' Llewellyn 67' c Con: Evans (3/3) 12', 24', 68' Pen: Evans (2/2) 3', 61' | | Try: D'Onofrio 19' c Taddia 64' m Romano 74' m Con: Rizzi (1/3) 20' |
* Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers

#### Fifth place

* 17 June 2018 14:00
| Argentina | 15–41 | Australia |
| Try: Carreras 14' c Grondona 70' m Con: De La Vega Mendia (1/2) 15' Pen: De La Vega Mendia (1/1) 46' | | Try: Hockings 8' c Maafu 21' c Ross 56' c Hansen 77' c Lucas 80' c Con: R. Lonergan (2/2) 9', 22' Harrison (2/2) 57', 78' Hockings (1/1) 80+1' Pen: Lonergan (2/2) 26', 51' |
* Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| England | 32 |
| South Africa | 31 | | |
| South Africa | 31 | England | 25 |
| | | France | 33 |
| New Zealand | 7 | France | 33 |
| France | 16 | | |
| France | 16 | Third place | Third place |
| | | South Africa | 40 |
| | | New Zealand | 30 |

#### Semi-finals

* 12 June 2018 19:00
| England | 32–31 | South Africa |
| Try: Parton 10' m Hardwick 15' c White 22' c Olowofela 60' c Con: Smith (3/4) 16', 23', 61' Pen: Smith (2/2) 39', 48' | | Try: Sandi 32' c Uys 44' m Nortjé 52' c Rass 67' m Ntlabakanye 74' c Con: Lombard (3/5) 33', 53', 75' |
* Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié, Narbonne
* 12 June 2018 21:00
| New Zealand | 7–16 | France |
| Try: Plummer 69' c Con: Plummer (1/1) 70' | | Try: Ntamack 42' c Con: Carbonel (1/1) 43' Pen: Carbonel (3/4) 30', 49', 63' |
* Stade Aimé Giral, Perpignan

#### Third place

* 17 June 2018 16:30
| South Africa | 40–30 | New Zealand |
| Try: Green (2) 1' c, 43' c Sandi 16' c Nortjé 61' m Simelane 63' c Ntlabakanye 74' c Con: Lombard (5/6) 2', 17', 44', 64', 75' | | Try: Renton 3' c Plummer 13' m Riedlinger-Kapa 28' c Clarke 80' m Con: Plummer (2/4) 4', 29' Pen: Plummer (2/4) 8', 24' |
* Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers

#### Final

* 17 June 2018 19:00
| England | 25–33 | France |
| Try: Olowofela (2) 40+1' m, 78' c Heyes 71' c Con: Grayson (2/3) 72', 79' Pen: Smith (2/2) 21', 63' | Report | Try: Woki 25' m Séguret 74' c Con: Carbonel (1/2) 75' Pen: Carbonel (7/7) 4', 19', 37', 41', 53', 56', 68' |
* Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers

## Statistics

The player statistics for the 2018 U20 Championship:

## Final placings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | −/+ | TF | TA |
| 1 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 106 | +39 | 16 | 14 |
| 2 | England | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 174 | 97 | +77 | 25 | 11 |
| 3 | South Africa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 163 | 152 | +11 | 26 | 19 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 84 | +95 | 24 | 10 |
| 5–8th place play-offs |||||||||||
| 5 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 178 | 102 | +76 | 23 | 13 |
| 6 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 127 | 138 | −11 | 17 | 17 |
| 7 | Wales | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 136 | −33 | 11 | 18 |
| 8 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 173 | −79 | 15 | 24 |
| 9–12th place play-offs |||||||||||
| 9 | Georgia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 126 | 130 | −4 | 17 | 19 |
| 10 | Scotland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 125 | 149 | −24 | 16 | 23 |
| 11 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 129 | 158 | −29 | 16 | 23 |
| 12 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 202 | −111 | 14 | 29 |