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2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
Tournament details
Host Italy
Date2–20 June 2015
Teams12
Final positions
Champions New Zealand
Runner-up England
Third place South Africa
Fourth place France
2014 2016

The 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the eighth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised for the second time in Italy by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations played in the tournament, with matches hosted by Parma, Viadana, Calvisano and Cremona, host city of the final match. England went into the tournament as the two-time defending champions after they successfully defended their title in the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship (as the tournament was known through 2014). This was the first U20 Championship held after the sport's governing body changed its name from the International Rugby Board to the current World Rugby.

New Zealand won the title after a 21–16 win against England in the final.

Venues

The championship was held across four locations. Parma, Viadana and Calvisano hosted pool matches, with the latter two hosting semi-finals for each bracket (teams 1–4, 5–8 and 9–12). Cremona hosted the final and two of the remaining positional play-offs, with Calvisano hosting the others.

Location Venue Capacity
Cremona Stadio Giovanni Zini 20,641
Viadana Stadio Luigi Zaffanella 6,000
Calvisano Stadio San Michele 5,000
Parma Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi 5,000

Teams

The following teams participated in the 2015 World Rugby U20 Championship:

Pool Team No. of Tournaments Position 2014 Position 2015 Notes
A  England 8 1st 2nd Runners-up
A  France 8 6th 4th
A  Japan 3 DNP 10th Promoted from 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
A  Wales 8 7th 6th
B  Australia 8 5th 5th
B  Italy 6 11th 11th
B  South Africa 8 2nd 3rd Bronze Medal Winner
B  Samoa 6 8th 12th Relegated to 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
C  Argentina 8 9th 9th
C  Ireland 8 4th 7th
C  New Zealand 8 3rd 1st Champions
C  Scotland 8 10th 8th

Match officials

The following officials oversaw the thirty matches:

  • TMO Shaun Veldsman travelled to Italy for the semi-finals and the final.
Referees


Reserve or Assistant Referees
Television match officials

Pool stage

The playing schedule and pools were announced on 25 November 2014.

Key to colours in group tables
Teams advances to finals
Teams in the 5–8th place play-offs
Teams in the 9–12th place play-offs

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Points were awarded in the Pool Stage via the standard points system:

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus scoring point for scoring 4 or more tries
  • 1 bonus losing point for losing by 7 or less points
  • 0 points for a loss above 7 points

If at completion of the Pool Stage two or more teams were level on points, the following tiebreakers were applied:

  1. The winner of the Match in which the two tied Teams have played each other;
  2. The Team which has the best difference between points scored for and points scored against in all its Pool Matches;
  3. The Team which has the best difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all its Pool Matches;
  4. The Team which has scored most points in all its Pool Matches;
  5. The Team which has scored most tries in all its Pool Matches; and
  6. If none of the above produce a result, then it will be resolved with a toss of a coin.

Pld = matches played, W = matches won, D = draws, L = losses, PF = match points for, PA = match points against, PD = Points difference between match points for and match points against, TF = tries for, TA = tries against, BP = bonus points, Pts = pool points

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 96 35 +61 13 4 1 13
 England 3 2 0 1 107 53 +54 15 5 2 10
 Wales 3 1 0 2 92 52 +40 12 7 1 5
 Japan 3 0 0 3 17 172 –155 2 26 0 0


2 June 2015 France  19–10  Wales Stadio San Michele, Calvisano  
16:30 Try: Bonneval 7' m
Ramos 13' c
Blanc 57' c
Con: Ramos (2/3) 14', 58'
Stats Try: Smith 62' c
Con: Evans (1/1) 63'
Pen: Jones (1/2) 30'
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)


2 June 2015 England  59–7  Japan Stadio San Michele, Calvisano  
18:30 Try: Perkins 1' c
Walker 5' c
Townsend (2) 8' m, 31' m
Morris (2) 13' c, 18' c
Howe 38' c
Skinner 42' c
Witty 80' c
Con: Jennings (7/9) 2', 6', 14', 19', 39', 43', 80'
Stats Try: Penalty try 61' c
Con: Noguchi (1/1) 62'
Referee: Elia Rizzo (Italy)


6 June 2015 France  47–7  Japan Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
16:30 Try: Bethune 3' c
Delannoy 9' c
Doubrere 46' m
Cancoriet 61' c
Chat 63' c
Fouyssac (2) 67' c, 79 'c
Con: Belleau (2/2) 4', 10'
Meret (4/5) 62', 64', 68', 80'
Stats Try: Penalty try 17' c
Con: Noguchi (1/1) 18'
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)


6 June 2015 England  30–16  Wales Stadio San Michele, Calvisano  
20:30 Try: Clark 9' c
Packman 17' m
Townsend 27' c
Skinner 64' m
Con: Jennings (2/3) 10', 28'
Pen: Jennings (2/2) 1', 34'
Stats Try: Watkin 38' c
Con: Evans (1/1) 39'
Pen: Evans (3/3) 31', 41', 60'
Referee: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)


10 June 2015 England  18–30  France Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana  
16:30 Try: Chisholm 34' m
Penalty try 60' c
Con: Evans (1/1) 61'
Pen: Jennings (1/1) 23'
Evans (1/1) 66'
Stats Try: Penaud (2) 18' c, 25' c
Estorge 44' c
Con: Ramos (3/3) 19', 26', 45'
Pen: Ramos (2/2) 5', 70'
Drop: Meret (1/1) 77'
Referee: Gary Conway (Ireland)


10 June 2015 Wales  66–3  Japan Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana  
18:30 Try: Evans 6' c
Wyn Benham (2) 10' c, 31' c
Phillips 19' c
Adams (2) 40' m, 77' c
Beard 45' c
Howells 47' m
Belcher 65' c
Davies 72' c
Con: Evans (5/7) 6', 10', 20', 32', 46'
D. Jones (3/3) 66', 73', 79'
Stats Pen: Noguchi (1/1) 3' Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland)

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 119 26 +93 16 4 3 15
 Australia 3 2 0 1 78 83 –5 11 11 2 10
 Samoa 3 1 0 2 60 98 –38 7 14 0 4
 Italy 3 0 0 3 44 94 –50 7 12 2 2


2 June 2015 Australia  34–22  Samoa Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
18:30 Try: Gunn 10' m
Placid (2) 27' c, 68' c
Deegan 49' m
Kellaway 74' c
Con: Deegan (3/5) 28', 69', 75'
Pen: Deegan (1/2) 2'
Stats Try: Winterstein 40' m
Dowsing 64' c
Adams 71' c
Con: Falaniko (2/2) 65', 72'
Pen: Ioane (1/2) 18'
Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)


2 June 2015 South Africa  33–5  Italy Stadio San Michele, Calvisano  
20:30 Try: Van der Merwe 15' c
Penalty try 34' c
Liebenberg 37' c
Bothma 65' m
Van Wyk 78' c
Con: Thomson (3/3) 16', 35', 38'
De Beer (1/2) 79'
Stats Try: Agbasse 11' m Referee: Gary Conway (Ireland)


6 June 2015 South Africa  40–8  Samoa Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
18:30 Try: Du Toit 7' c
Jenkins 35' m
Liebenberg 46' m
Zas 49' c
Penalty try 80' c
Con: Thomson (2/4) 8', 50'
De Beer (1/1) 80'
Pen: Thomson (3/3) 4', 22', 40'
Stats Try: Leilua 66' m
Pen: Falaniko (1/1) 29'
Referee: Elia Rizzo (Italy)


6 June 2015 Australia  31–15  Italy Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
20:30 Try: Wilkin 31' c
Tuttle 34' c
Orr 37' c
Korczyk 63' c
Con: Deegan (4/4) 32', 35', 38', 64'
Pen: Deegan (1/1) 26'
Stats Try: Masato 22' m
Luus 66' c
Con: Minozzi (1/2) 67'
Pen: Minozzi (1/3) 4'
Referee: Juan Sylvestre (Argentina)


10 June 2015 Samoa  30–24  Italy Stadio San Michele, Calvisano  
18:30 Try: Leger 4'c
Falaniko 20' c
Tuiomanufili 69' c
Con: Falaniko (3/3) 5', 21', 71'
Pen: Falaniko (3/3) 15', 35', 59'
Stats Try: Giammarioli 2' c
Polledri 31' m
Ferraro 44' c
Zanetti 51' m
Con: Minozzi (2/4) 3', 45'
Referee: Will Houston (Australia)


10 June 2015 South Africa  46–13  Australia Stadio San Michele, Calvisano  
20:30 Try: Vermeulen 2' c
Nché 17' c
Ngcukana 43' c
Thomson 54' c
Jenkins 59' m
Zas 68' c
Con: Thomson (4/4) 4', 18', 44', 56'
De Beer (1/1) 69'
Pen: Thomson (2/2) 12', 36'
Stats Try: Paia'aua 62' m
Kellaway 78' m
Pen: Deegan (1/1) 8'
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 125 42 +83 16 3 2 14
 Ireland 3 2 0 1 45 61 –16 2 6 0 8
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 59 98 –39 6 11 1 5
 Argentina 3 0 0 3 51 79 –28 3 7 2 2


2 June 2015 Ireland  18–16  Argentina Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
16:30 Pen: Carbery (5/6) 3', 35', 40', 46', 55'
Quinlan (1/1) 80'
Stats Try: Portillo 42' c
Con: Miotti (1/1) 43'
Pen: Miotti (1/3) 5'
Boffelli (1/1) 77'
Drop: Miotti (1/1) 29'
Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland)


2 June 2015 New Zealand  68–10  Scotland Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
20:30 Try: Bridge 18' c
Li 23' c
Ioane 36' c
Gibson 40' c
Karpik 47' c
Jo. Goodhue 54' m
Cridge 60' c
Hunt 70' m
Faiane 76' c
Con: Hunt (7/9) 19', 24', 37', 42', 48', 61', 77'
Pen: Hunt (3/4) 6', 29', 68'
Stats Try: Carmichael 15' c
Con: Hutchinson (1/1) 16'
Pen: Hutchinson (1/1) 10'
Referee: Juan Sylvestre (Argentina)


6 June 2015 Ireland  24–20  Scotland Stadio San Michele, Calvisano  
16:30 Try: Dardis 11' m
Oliver 30' c
Con: Carbery (1/2) 31'
Pen: Carbery (3/3) 20', 42', 64'
Quinlan (1/1) 77'
Stats Try: Carmichael 61' c
Knott 80'
Con: Kinghorn (2/2) 62', 80'
Pen: Horne (2/2) 36', 45'
Referee: Will Houston (Australia)


6 June 2015 New Zealand  32–29  Argentina Stadio San Michele, Calvisano  
18:30 Try: Laulala 27' c
Wainui 36' m
Tahuriorangi 63' c
Ioane 65' c
Con: Hunt (1/2) 28'
Black (2/2) 64', 66'
Pen: Hunt (1/1) 14'
Black (1/1) 77'
Stats Try: Paolucci (2) 69', 74'
Con: Miotti (2/2) 70', 75'
Pen: Boffelli (3/5) 10', 17', 20'
Miotti (1/1) 61'
Drop: Ferro (1/2) 34'
Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)


10 June 2015 Argentina  6–29  Scotland Stadio San Michele, Calvisano  
16:30 Pen: Miotti (2/4) 21', 35' Stats Try: Nairn 44' c
Galloway 52' m
Wynne 68' m
Con: Kinghorn (1/3) 45'
Pen: Kinghorn (4/4) 5', 8', 19', 41'
Referee: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)


10 June 2015 New Zealand  25–3  Ireland Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana  
20:30 Try: Li (2) 17' m, 43' c
Gibson 47' c
Con: Black (2/3) 44', 49'
Pen: Black (2/2) 29', 40'
Stats Pen: Carbery (1/3) 15' Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

Standings after pool stage

Overall Standings
Pool Pos Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA BP Pts
B1 1  South Africa 3 3 0 0 119 26 +93 16 4 3 15
C1 2  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 125 42 +83 16 3 2 14
A1 3  France 3 3 0 0 96 35 +61 13 4 1 13
A2 4  England 3 2 0 1 107 53 +54 15 5 2 10
B2 5  Australia 3 2 0 1 78 83 −5 11 11 2 10
C2 6  Ireland 3 2 0 1 45 61 −16 2 6 0 8
A3 7  Wales 3 1 0 2 92 52 +40 12 7 1 5
C3 8  Scotland 3 1 0 2 59 98 −39 6 11 1 5
B3 9  Samoa 3 1 0 2 60 98 −38 7 14 0 4
C4 10  Argentina 3 0 0 3 51 79 −28 3 7 2 2
B4 11  Italy 3 0 0 3 44 94 −50 7 12 2 2
A4 12  Japan 3 0 0 3 17 172 −155 2 26 0 0

Knockout stage

9–12th place play-offs

 Semi-finals9th place
       
  
 
  Samoa12
  
  Japan29
  Japan21
  
  Argentina38
  Argentina46
 
  Italy5
 11th place
 
  
 
  Samoa19
 
  Italy20

Semi-finals

15 June 2015 Argentina  46–5  Italy Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana  
16:30 Try: Miotti 9' c
Velez (2) 13' c, 18' m
Bartoloni 31' c
Granella 40' m
Widmer 55' m
Gauna 72' c
Con: Miotti (3/5) 9', 14', 32'
Boffelli (1/2) 73'
Pen: Boffelli (1/3) 50'
Stats Try: Luus 44' m Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland)


15 June 2015 Samoa  12–29  Japan Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana  
18:30 Try: Kueffner-Mulitalo 51' c
Con: Falaniko (1/1) 52' c
Winterstein 60' m
Pen: Falaniko (1/2) 52'
Stats Try: Makisi 25' m
Noguchi 38' c
Horikosh 47' c
Penalty try 55' c
Con: Noguchi (3/4) 39', 48', 56'
Pen: Noguchi (1/1) 74'
Referee: Gary Conway (Ireland)

11th place game

20 June 2015 Samoa  19–20  Italy Stadio Giovanni Zini, Cremona  
16:30 Try: Tiatia 15' c
Con: Falaniko (1/1) 16'
Pen: Falaniko (4/8) 12', 19', 45', 60'
Stats Try: Penalty try (2) 57' c, 73' c
Con: Azzolini (2/2) 58', 74'
Pen: Azzolini (1/1) 3'
Minozzi (1/1) 24'
Referee: Gary Conway (Ireland)

9th place game

20 June 2015 Japan  21–38  Argentina Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana  
18:30 Try: Tatafu (2) 5' c, 51' c
Yatomi 33' c
Con: Noguchi (3/3) 6', 34', 52'
Stats Try: Deheza (2) 20' m, 39' c
Achilli 26' m
Larrague 58' c
Gauna 69' c
Boffelli 76' c
Con: Boffelli (4/6) 40', 59', 70', 77'
Referee: Elia Rizzo (Italy)

5–8th place play-offs

 Semi-finals5th place
       
  
 
  Australia31
  
  Scotland21
  Australia28
  
  Wales23
  Ireland12
 
  Wales22
 7th place
 
  
 
  Scotland9
 
  Ireland17

Semi-finals

15 June 2015 Australia  31–21  Scotland Stadio San Michele, Calvisano  
16:30 Try: Placid (2) 22' m, 54' c
Lealaiauloto-Tui 43' m
McInerney 47' c
Sandell 62' c
Con: Deegan (3/5) 48', 55', 63'
Stats Try: Coombes 5' c
Galloway 73' c
Penalty try 79' c
Con: Kinghorn (1/1) 6'
Horne (2/2) 74', 80'
Referee: Elia Rizzo (Italy)


15 June 2015 Ireland  12–22  Wales Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana  
20:30 Try: Gaffney 44'
Rock 72' m
Con: Carbery (1/2) 45'
Stats Try: Howells 8' m
Davies 14' c
Adams 19' c
Con: Evans (2/3) 15', 19'
Pen: Evans (1/1) 38'
Referee: Will Houston (Australia)

7th place game

20 June 2015 Scotland  9–17  Ireland Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana  
20:30 Pen: Kinghorn (2/4) 6', 24'
Horne (1/1) 69'
Stats Try: Fitzgerald (2) 9' c, 72' c
Con: Carbery (1/1) 10'
Ringrose (1/1) 73'
Pen: Ringrose (1/1) 50'
Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)

5th place game

20 June 2015 Australia  28–23  Wales Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana  
16:30 Try: Korczyk 5' c
Lealaiaulolo-Tui 19' c
Fainga'a 62' c
Placid 66' c
Con: Deegan (4/4) 6', 20', 63', 67'
Stats Try: Adams 14' m
Wyn Benham 68' m
Lewis 79' c
Con: Jones (1/3) 80'
Pen: Jones (2/3) 48', 56'
Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland)

Finals

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
  
 
  South Africa20
  
  England28
  England16
  
  New Zealand21
  New Zealand45
 
  France7
 3rd place
 
  
 
  South Africa31
 
  France18

Semi-finals

15 June 2015 New Zealand  45–7  France Stadio San Michele, Calvisano  
18:30 Try: Li (3) 11' c, 30' c, 53' c
Ioane (2) 27' c, 34' c
Goodhue 78' c
Con: Black (6/6) 12', 28', 31', 35', 54', 79'
Pen: Black (1/1) 4'
Stats Try: Castets 8' c
Con: Ramos (1/1) 9'
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)


15 June 2015 South Africa  20–28  England Stadio San Michele, Calvisano  
20:30 Try: Jaer 77' c
Du Plessis 79' c
Con: Thomson (2/2) 77', 79'
Pen: Thomson (2/3) 7', 20'
Stats Try: Chisholm 25' m
Penalty try 39' c
Tompkins 70' c
Con: Jennings (2/3) 40', 71'
Pen: Jennings (3/5) 4', 10', 54'
Referee: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

3rd place game

20 June 2015 France  18–31  South Africa Stadio Giovanni Zini, Cremona  
18:30 Try: Bonneval 11' m
Delannoy 42' m
Blanc 48' m
Pen: Meret (1/1) 8'
Stats Try: Du Toit 21' c
Jenkins 28' c
Du Preez (2) 33' c, 38' c
Con: Thomson (4/4) 22', 29', 35', 39'
Pen: Thomson (1/3) 66'
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

Final

20 June 2015 New Zealand  21–16  England Stadio Giovanni Zini, Cremona  
20:30 Try: Aso 25' m
Ioane 45' c
Con: Black (1/2) 46'
Pen: Black (3/4) 8', 36', 58'
Stats Try: Clark 3' c
Con: Jennings (1/1) 5'
Pen: Jennings (3/4) 12', 49', 56'
Referee: Will Houston (Australia)

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