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The '''England Under 20 rugby team''' are the newest representative [[rugby union]] team from [[England]]. They replace the two former age grade teams Under 19's and Under 21's. They are coached by the RFU's National Academy Coach, Mark Mapletoft. Their first tournament was the [[2008 IRB Junior World Championship]], in which they took second place, being defeated by New Zealand 3–38 in the final.<ref name="08WC">{{cite news| url=http://www.irb.com/jwc/news/newsid=2025684.html#final+new+zealand+england |title=Final: New Zealand 38–3 England |publisher=irb.com |accessdate=2008-07-22 |last=Clutton |first=Graham}}</ref> At the [[2010 IRB Junior World Championship]], they reached the Semi-finals after winning all of their preliminary round games against France, Argentina and Ireland. In the Semis they lost to Australia 16–28 and then lost against South Africa 22–27 to finish in 4th place. |
The '''England Under 20 rugby team''' are the newest representative [[rugby union]] team from [[England]]. They replace the two former age grade teams Under 19's and Under 21's. They are coached by the RFU's National Academy Coach, Mark Mapletoft. Their first tournament was the [[2008 IRB Junior World Championship]], in which they took second place, being defeated by New Zealand 3–38 in the final.<ref name="08WC">{{cite news| url=http://www.irb.com/jwc/news/newsid=2025684.html#final+new+zealand+england |title=Final: New Zealand 38–3 England |publisher=irb.com |accessdate=2008-07-22 |last=Clutton |first=Graham}}</ref> At the [[2010 IRB Junior World Championship]], they reached the Semi-finals after winning all of their preliminary round games against France, Argentina and Ireland. In the Semis they lost to Australia 16–28 and then lost against South Africa 22–27 to finish in 4th place. |
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In the [[2013 IRB Junior World Championship|2013]] competition England started strong with a 30–6 win over hosts France, and then lost to South Africa by 31–24 in their second game. England then went out and destroyed the USA by 109–0 in their final pool game. England qualified their pool and meet New Zealand in the semi final, England won 33–21 setting up a final against Wales which England won 23–15 with tries coming from [[Jack Nowell]] and [[Sam Hill (rugby union)|Sam Hill]].<ref>{{cite web|title=International Rugby Board|url=http://www.irb.com/jwc/matches/match=13964/index.html|publisher=International Rugby Board|accessdate=23 June 2013}}</ref> |
In the [[2013 IRB Junior World Championship|2013]] competition England started strong with a 30–6 win over hosts France, and then lost to South Africa by 31–24 in their second game. England then went out and destroyed the USA by 109–0 in their final pool game. England qualified their pool and meet New Zealand in the semi final, England won 33–21 setting up a final against Wales which England won 23–15 with tries coming from [[Jack Nowell]] and [[Sam Hill (rugby union)|Sam Hill]].<ref>{{cite web|title=International Rugby Board|url=http://www.irb.com/jwc/matches/match=13964/index.html|publisher=International Rugby Board|accessdate=23 June 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040759/http://www.irb.com/jwc/matches/match%3D13964/index.html|archivedate=6 January 2014|df=}}</ref> |
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==Overall== |
==Overall== |
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==External links== |
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| Union | Rugby Football Union | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Emblem(s) | Red Rose | ||
| Ground(s) | Twickenham | ||
| Coach(es) | Jon Callard | ||
| Top scorer | Tom Homer | ||
| Most tries | Jonny May | ||
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| First international | |||
 England 28–15 Wales  (1 Feb 2008) | |||
| Largest win | |||
England 109–0 United States  (13 June 2013) | |||
| Largest defeat | |||
 New Zealand 64–17 England (18 June 2017) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 7 (First in 2008) | ||
| Best result | Champions, 2013, 2014, 2016 | ||
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The England Under 20 rugby team are the newest representative rugby union team from England. They replace the two former age grade teams Under 19's and Under 21's. They are coached by the RFU's National Academy Coach, Mark Mapletoft. Their first tournament was the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship, in which they took second place, being defeated by New Zealand 3–38 in the final.[1] At the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship, they reached the Semi-finals after winning all of their preliminary round games against France, Argentina and Ireland. In the Semis they lost to Australia 16–28 and then lost against South Africa 22–27 to finish in 4th place.
In the 2013 competition England started strong with a 30–6 win over hosts France, and then lost to South Africa by 31–24 in their second game. England then went out and destroyed the USA by 109–0 in their final pool game. England qualified their pool and meet New Zealand in the semi final, England won 33–21 setting up a final against Wales which England won 23–15 with tries coming from Jack Nowell and Sam Hill.[2]
Overall
All results, up to and including the Six Nations Under 20s Championship (2015), and the World Rugby Under 20 Championship (2015).
| Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
 Australia |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
 Canada |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
 Fiji |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
 France |
13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
 Ireland |
13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
 Italy |
10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
 Japan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Zealand |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
 Samoa |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
 Scotland |
11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
 South Africa |
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| United States |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wales |
10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 81 | 64 | 17 | 0 |
Current squad
England Under-20's elite squad for the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[3]
Management
Coaching Team:
- Louis Deacon
- Ian Vass
- Tom Williams
Honours
- Winners (6): 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
- Grand Slam (3): 2008, 2011, 2017
- Triple Crown (5): 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017
See also
- England national rugby union team
- England women's national rugby union team
- England national rugby sevens team
- England Saxons
References
- ^ Clutton, Graham. "Final: New Zealand 38–3 England". irb.com. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^ "International Rugby Board". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "England name squad for World Rugby U20 Championship". RFU. Retrieved 14 May 2017.