2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

2019 Under 20 Championship
Tournament details
Host	Argentina
Venue	2
Date	June 4–22
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	France
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	South Africa
Fourth place	Argentina
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the twelfth edition of the premier age-grade competition for rugby. The tournament was held in Argentina for the second time, having been hosted there in 2010.^[1]

Defending champions France won the under 20 title again in 2019, defeating Australia in a closely fought final by 24–23 at the Racecourse Stadium in Rosario.^[2] The city of Santa Fe also hosted matches in the 2019 championship.^[1]

Teams

The teams that participated in the tournament are listed in the table below, with a summary of their previous best results at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship included.^[3]

Team	No.	Result (2018)	Best Result
Argentina	12	6th	Third place (2016)
Australia	12	5th	Runners-up (2010)
England	12	2nd	Champions (2013, 2014, 2016)
France	12	1st	Champions (2018)
Georgia	4	9th	Ninth place (2018)
Ireland	12	11th	Runners-up (2016)
Italy	10	8th	Eighth place (2017, 2018)
Fiji	8	—	Sixth place (2011)
New Zealand	12	4th	Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Scotland	12	10th	Fifth place (2017)
South Africa	12	3rd	Champions (2012)
Wales	12	7th	Runners-up (2013)

Pool stage

The pool stage fixture was as follows:^[4]

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA	BP	Pts
Argentina	3	2	1	113	70	+43	15	8	3	11
France	3	2	1	94	80	+14	13	9	3	11
Wales	3	2	1	87	85	+2	10	11	1	9
Fiji	3	0	3	62	121	−59	8	18	1	1

Match 3	4 June	Argentina	25–30	Wales	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	13:00 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Minervino 11' c Isgro Alastra 44' m Mendy 60' c Con: Prisciantelli (1/2) 12' de la Vega Mendia (1/1) 60' Pen: Prisciantelli (1/2) 16' de la Vega Mendia (1/1) 77'	Report	Try: Morgan 28' m Conbeer 65' c Con: Evans (1/2) 66' Pen: Evans (6/6) 5', 36', 48', 51', 56', 75'	Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)

Match 5	4 June	France	36–20	Fiji	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	15:30 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Taofifenua 2' c Joseph (3) 26' m, 59' c, 73' c Coly 53' c Con: Smaili (4/5) 3', 54', 60', 75' Pen: Smaili (1/1) 15'	Report	Try: Ramasibana 36' c Waqaninavatu 66' c Con: Muntz (2/2) 39', 68' Pen: Muntz (2/2) 5', 13'	Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

Match 10	8 June	Argentina	41–14	Fiji	Club De Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada, Santa Fe
	13:00 AST (UTC–03)	Try: De La Vega Mendia 8' m Mendy 14' m Pedemonte 40' m Isgro Alastra 58' m Gurovich 64' c Gallo 67' c Penalty try 80+2' Con: De La Vega Mendia (2/6) 64', 68'	Report	Try: Waqa 43' c Loaloa 70' c Con: Kuruvoli (2/2) 44', 71'	Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

Match 9	8 June	France	32–13	Wales	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	13:00 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Carbonel 22' c Pinto 47' m Lebel 65' c Delbouis 80' c Con: Carbonel (3/4) 23', 66', 80' Pen: Carbonel (2/2) 14', 55'	Report	Try: Lewis (2) 5' m, 73' m Pen: Evans (1/1) 25'	Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

Match 16	12 June	Wales	44–28	Fiji	Club De Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada, Santa Fe
	13:00 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Reffell 4' m Buckland 12' c Lewis 36' c Lake 54' c Warren 67' c Davies 71' m Con: Evans (4/6) 13', 37', 55', 68' Pen: Evans (2/2) 35', 79'	Report	Try: Ramasibana 8' c Soqonawasaloa 17' c Rasaku (2) 48' c, 56' c Con: Kuruvoli (4/4) 9', 18', 49', 57'	Referee: Pali Deluca (Argentina)

Match 15	12 June	France	26–47	Argentina	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	13:00 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Delord 27' c Joseph 43' c Taofifenua 52' c Lebel 75' m Con: Carbonel (3/4) 28', 44', 53'	Report	Try: Gallo 10' c Garcia 12' c Gonzalez Samso 20' c Dimcheff 40' c Castro Callado 69' c Con: De La Vega Mendia (4/4) 11', 13', 21', 40+1' Roger Farias (1/1) 70' Pen: De La Vega Mendia (3/3) 2', 24', 48' Roger Farias (1/1) 61'	Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA	BP	Pts
Australia	3	2	1	114	85	+29	16	12	3	11
Ireland	3	2	1	97	85	+12	13	11	2	10
England	3	2	1	106	98	+8	14	14	1	9
Italy	3	0	3	49	98	−49	7	13	1	1

Match 2	4 June	Australia	36–12	Italy	Club De Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada, Santa Fe
	10:30 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Harris 7' c Lonergan (2) 40' c, 62' c Reilly 57' m Lolesio 66' c Con: Harrison (4/5) 7', 40', 63', 67' Pen: Harrison (1/1) 18'	Report	Try: Taddia 76' c Trulla 80' m Con: Da Re (1/2) 77'	Referee: Pablo Deluca (Argentina)

Match 6	4 June	England	26–42	Ireland	Club De Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada, Santa Fe
	15:30 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Sleightholme (2) 9' c, 46' m Seabrook 53' m Con: Vunipola (1/2) 10' Pen: Vunipola (3/3) 3', 26', 43'	Report	Try: Flannery 12' c Moore 27' c McCann (2) 51' c, 60' c Healy 67' c Hodnett 75' c Con: Flannery (2/2) 12', 28' Healy (4/4) 52', 61', 68', 76	Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

Match 8	8 June	Australia	45–17	Ireland	Club De Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada, Santa Fe
	10:30 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Tui 24' c Lucas 63' c Nawaqanitawase 65' c Frost (2) 67' c, 79' c Harrison 77' c Con: Harrison (6/6) 26', 64', 66', 68', 78', 80' Pen: Harrison (1/3) 5'	Report	Try: Casey 36' c Moore 57' c Con: Flannery (1/1) 37' Healy (1/1) 58' Pen: Flannery (1/1) 55'	Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)

Match 12	8 June	England	24–23	Italy	Club De Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada, Santa Fe
	15:30 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Coles 29' c Kenny 56' c Capstick 64' c Con: Hodge (3/3) 29', 57', 66' Pen: Hodge (1/1) 74'	Report	Try: Lai 44' m Capuozzo 49' m Garbisi 60' c Con: Garbisi (1/1) 61' Pen: Da Re (2/2) 10', 38'	Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

Match 14	12 June	Italy	14–38	Ireland	Club De Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada, Santa Fe
	10:30 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Fusco 40+4' c Penalty try 41' c Con: Garbisi (1/1) 40+5'	Report	Try: Milne 6' c Foley 14' c Allison 32' c Russell 36' c Baird 54' c Con: Healy (5/5) 7', 15', 33', 37', 55' Pen: Healy (1/1) 11'	Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

Match 18	12 June	England	56–33	Australia	Club De Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada, Santa Fe
	15:30 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Dingwall 4' c Sleightholme 8' c Hill (2) 20' c, 22' c De Glanville 31' c Hinkley 38' c Vunipola 50' c Willis 62' c Con: Hodge (8/8) 5', 9', 21', 23', 32', 39', 51', 63'	Report	Try: Losesio 10' c Lucas 15' m Harris 53' c McReight 70' c Tizzano 77' c Con: Harrison (2/3) 11', 54' McDonald (2/2) 71', 78'	Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA	BP	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	116	56	+60	18	8	2	14
New Zealand	3	2	1	114	71	+43	17	8	2	10
Georgia	3	1	2	50	105	−55	6	17	0	4
Scotland	3	0	3	64	112	−48	10	16	2	2

Match 1	4 June	South Africa	43–19	Scotland	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	10:30 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Horn 18' c Hendrikse (2) 37' c, 50' m Van der Mescht 68' c Nohamba 70' c Dube 80' c Con: Hendrikse (3/4) 19', 37', 68' Nohamba (2/2) 71', 80' Pen: Hendrikse (1/3) 10'	Report	Try: Walker 16' m Penalty try 40' Anderson 63' c Con: Thompson (1/2) 64'	Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Match 4	4 June	New Zealand	45–13	Georgia	Club De Rugby Ateneo Inmaculada, Santa Fe
	13:00 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Plumtree 14' c Herbert 17' m McLeod 36' c Faingaanuku 53' m Tupaea 62' c Dyer 72' c Mua 80' c Con: Reihana (5/7) 15', 37', 63', 72', 80'	Report	Try: Jincharadze 44' c Con: Gusharashvili (1/1) 45' Pen: Abzhandadze (2/2) 7', 27'	Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

Match 7	8 June	South Africa	48–20	Georgia	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	10:30 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Richardson (2) 10' c, 63' c Ntlabakanye 36' c Mbatha 40' c Pretorius 48' m Abrahams 58' m Davids 77' m Coetzer 79' m Con: Hendrikse (3/3) 11', 37', 40' Nohamba (1/3) 64'	Report	Try: Lashkhi (2) 26' m, 54' m Tchitchinadze 80' c Con: Abzhandadze (1/3) 80' Pen: Abzhandadze (1/2) 43'	Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)

Match 11	8 June	New Zealand	52–33	Scotland	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	15:30 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Uluilakepa 7' c Gregory 13' c Lalomilo (2) 24' c, 53' m Tupaea 27' m Williams 59' c Norris 62' c Plumtree 80' c Con: Burke (6/8) 8', 14', 25', 59', 63', 80'	Report	Try: McCallum 29' m Smith (2) 33' c, 44' c Ashman 66' c Blain 71' c Con: Chamberlain (2/3) 34', 46' Thompson (2/2) 67', 71'	Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

Match 13	12 June	Georgia	17–12	Scotland	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	10:30 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Abzhandadze 56' c Nioradze 73' c Con: Abzhandadze (2/2) 57', 74' Pen: Abzhandadze (1/1) 46'	Report	Try: Ashman (2) 4' c, 52' m Con: Thompson (1/2) 5'	Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

Match 17	12 June	South Africa	25–17	New Zealand	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	15:30 AST (UTC–03)	Try: Isaacs 7' m Van der Mescht 18' m Con: Hendrikse (0/2) Pen: Hendrikse (3/3) 15', 38', 40' Nohamba (2/2) 71', 78'	Report	Try: penalty try 44' Lalomilo 74' c Con: Burke (1/1) 75' Pen: Burke (1/1) 34	Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

Pool stage standings

Seedings for the knockout stage based on results from the pool stage:^[5]

Pos	Team	Pool	Pld	−/+	Pts
Finals
1	South Africa	C	3	+60	14
2	Argentina	A	3	+43	11
3	Australia	B	3	+29	11
4	France	A	3	+14	11
5–8th place play-offs
5	New Zealand	C	3	+43	10
6	Ireland	B	3	+12	10
7	England	B	3	+8	9
8	Wales	A	3	+2	9
9–12th place play-offs
9	Georgia	C	3	−55	4
10	Scotland	C	3	−48	2
11	Italy	B	3	−49	1
12	Fiji	A	3	–59	1

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

Semi-finals		9th place

17 June – 10:30 – Old Resian Club, Rosario

Scotland	19
		22 June – 13:00 – Old Resian Club, Rosario
Italy	26
		Italy	29
17 June – 13:00 – Old Resian Club, Rosario
		Georgia	17
Georgia	12

Fiji	8
		11th place

		22 June – 10:30 – Old Resian Club, Rosario

		Scotland	34

		Fiji	59

Semi-finals

Match 19	17 June	Scotland	19–26	Italy	Old Resian Club, Rosario
	10:30 AST (UTC–03)		Report

Match 20	17 June	Georgia	12–8	Fiji	Old Resian Club, Rosario
	13:00 AST (UTC–03)		Report

11th place

Match 25	22 June	Scotland	34–59	Fiji	Old Resian Club, Rosario
	10:30 AST (UTC–03)		Report

9th place

Match 26	22 June	Italy	29–17	Georgia	Old Resian Club, Rosario
	15:30 AST (UTC–03)		Report

5–8th place play-offs

Semi-finals		5th place

17 June – 10:30 – Racecourse Stadium, Rosario

New Zealand	7
		22 June – 10:30 – Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
Wales	8
		Wales	26
17 June – 15:30 – Old Resian Club, Rosario
		England	45
Ireland	23

England	30
		7th place

		22 June – 15:30 – Old Resian Club, Rosario

		New Zealand	40

		Ireland	17

Semi-finals

Match 22	17 June	New Zealand	7–8	Wales	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	10:30 AST (UTC–03)		Report

Match 21	17 June	Ireland	23–30	England	Old Resian Club, Rosario
	15:30 AST (UTC–03)		Report

7th place

Match 27	22 June	New Zealand	40–17	Ireland	Old Resian Club, Rosario
	13:00 AST (UTC–03)		Report

5th place

Match 28	22 June	Wales	26–45	England	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	10:30 AST (UTC–03)		Report

Finals

Semi-finals		Final

17 June – 13:00 – Racecourse Stadium, Rosario

Argentina	13
		22 June – 15:30 – Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
Australia	34
		Australia	23
17 June – 15:30 – Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
		France	24
South Africa	7

France	20
		3rd place

		22 June – 13:00 – Racecourse Stadium, Rosario

		Argentina	16

		South Africa	41

Semi-finals

Match 23	17 June	Argentina	13–34	Australia	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	13:00 AST (UTC–03)		Report

Match 24	17 June	South Africa	7–20	France	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	15:30 AST (UTC–03)		Report

3rd place

Match 29	22 June	Argentina	16–41	South Africa	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	13:00 AST (UTC–03)		Report

Final

Match 30	22 June	Australia	23–24	France	Racecourse Stadium, Rosario
	15:30 AST (UTC–03)		Report

Statistics

Statistics for the 2019 championship^[6] :

Most points^[7]
Pos	Player	Points
1	Josh Hodge	63
2	Louis Carbonel	52
3	Cai Evans	46
4	Joaquin De La Vega Mendia	45
5	Will Harrison	43
6	Ben Healy	41
7	Jaden Hendrikse	41
8	Ewan Ashman	35
9	Tedo Abzhandadze	34
10	Sanele Nohamba	33
11	Caleb Muntz	33
12	Paolo Garbisi	33

Most tries^[8]
Pos	Player	Tries
1	Ewan Ashman	7
2	Jordan Joseph	5
3	Jack Blain	4
3	Lachlan Lonergan	4
5	JJ van der Mescht	3
	Kaminieli Rasaku
	Lalomilo Lalomilo
	Ollie Sleightholme
	Ted Hill
	Thaakir Abrahams
	Tom Willis
	Tomi Lewis

Most conversions^[9]
Pos	Player	Conv
1	Josh Hodge	19
2	Will Harrison	13
3	Ben Healy	12
4	Caleb Muntz	10
4	Lalomilo Lalomilo	10

Most penalties^[10]
Pos	Player	Penalties
1	Louis Carbonel	11
2	Cai Evans	10
3	Joaquin De La Vega Mendia	7
4	Josh Hodge	5
4	Tedo Abzhandadze	5

Offloads^[11]
Pos	Player	Offloads
1	Jake Flannery	11
2	Osea Waqa	10
	Donovan Taofifenua
	Alivereti Loaloa
5	Leicester Fainga'anuku	9
5	Jordan Joseph	9
7	Ilaisa Droasese	8
8	Alessandro Fusco	7
9	Julien Delbouis	6
	Simione Kuruvoli
	Ange Capuozzo
	Fraser Dingwall

Clean breaks^[12]
Pos	Player	CB
1	Josh Hodge	11
2	Epeli Momo	10
	Mateo Carreras
	Mark Nawaqanitawase
5	Isaac Lucas	9
	Jack Blain
	Donovan Taofifenua
8	7 Players	8

Final placings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	−/+	TF	TA
1	France	5	4	0	1	138	110	+28	16	13
2	Australia	5	3	0	2	171	122	+49	23	15
3	South Africa	5	4	0	1	164	92	+72	24	11
4	Argentina	5	2	0	3	142	145	–3	18	17
5–8th place play-offs
5	England	5	4	0	1	181	147	+34	23	20
6	Wales	5	3	0	2	121	137	−16	15	18
7	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	161	96	+65	24	12
8	Ireland	5	2	0	3	137	155	−18	18	20
9–12th place play-offs
9	Italy	5	2	0	3	104	134	−30	15	17
10	Georgia	5	2	0	3	79	142	−63	10	22
11	Fiji	5	1	0	4	129	167	−38	18	25
12	Scotland	5	0	0	5	117	197	−80	18	29

References

^ ^a ^b "Argentina to host World Rugby U20 Championship 2019". World Rugby. 14 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "France edges Australia 24-23 to win U20 world rugby title". Japan Today. 24 June 2019. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019.
^ "WorldRugbyU20s". World Rugby. 14 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Schedule confirmed for World Rugby U20 Championship 2018". World Rugby. 15 February 2018.
^ "U20 Championship 2019 tournament rules". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ worldrugby.org. "Player Stats | World Rugby U20 Championship". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby U20 Championship". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby U20 Championship". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby U20 Championship : Le plus de transformations". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby U20 Championship : Most penalties". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby U20 Championship : Offloads". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby U20 Championship : Clean breaks". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.

External links

Official website

[Argentina-1] "Argentina to host World Rugby U20 Championship 2019". World Rugby. 14 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "France edges Australia 24-23 to win U20 world rugby title". Japan Today. 24 June 2019. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019.

[France-3] "WorldRugbyU20s". World Rugby. 14 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] "Schedule confirmed for World Rugby U20 Championship 2018". World Rugby. 15 February 2018.

[5] "U20 Championship 2019 tournament rules". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[6] worldrugby.org. "Player Stats | World Rugby U20 Championship". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[7] worldrugby.org. "World Rugby U20 Championship". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[8] worldrugby.org. "World Rugby U20 Championship". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[9] worldrugby.org. "World Rugby U20 Championship : Le plus de transformations". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[10] worldrugby.org. "World Rugby U20 Championship : Most penalties". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[11] worldrugby.org. "World Rugby U20 Championship : Offloads". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[12] worldrugby.org. "World Rugby U20 Championship : Clean breaks". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2019-06-23.

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