2012 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

{{Infobox Six Nations Championship

| name = 2012 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| date = 3 February 2012 – 16 March 2012

| countries = {{ruu|20|ENG}}
{{ruu|20|FRA}}
{{ruu|20|IRE}}
{{ruu|20|ITA}}
{{ruu|20|SCO}}
{{ruu|20|WAL}}

| champions = {{ruu|20|ENG}}

| count = 3

| grand slam =

| triple crown = {{ruu|20|ENG}}

| tries =

| top point scorer =

| top try scorer =

| Player of the tournament =

| website =

| previous year = 2011

| previous tournament = 2011 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

| next year = 2013

| next tournament = 2013 Six Nations Under 20s Championship

}}

The 2012 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was a rugby union competition held between February and March 2012. England won the tournament and the Triple Crown.

Final table

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="width:8%;"|Position

! rowspan="2" style="width:18%;"|Nation

! colspan="4" style="width:32%;"|Games

! colspan="4" style="width:32%;"|Points

! rowspan="2" style="width:10%;"|Table
points

style="width:8%;"|Played

! style="width:8%;"|Won

! style="width:8%;"|Drawn

! style="width:8%;"|Lost

! style="width:8%;"|For

! style="width:8%;"|Against

! style="width:8%;"|Difference

! style="width:8%;"|Tries

1align="left"|{{ruu|20|ENG}}

|5

40116940+129308
2align="left"|{{ruu|20|FRA}}

|5

40110963+46118
3align="left"|{{ruu|20|IRE}}

|5

4018646+4078
4align="left"|{{ruu|20|WAL}}

|5

20389125−3684
5align="left"|{{ruu|20|SCO}}

|5

10459160−10162
6align="left"|{{ruu|20|ITA}}

|5

00560138−7870

=Results=

==Round one==

{{rugbybox

|date = 3 February 2012

|time = 19:30

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|SCO}}

|score = 3–59

|away = {{ruu|20|ENG}}

|pen1 = Leonard 2'

|try2 = Yarde (3) 10', 19', 25'
Clifford (2) 14', 66'
Penalty try 38'
Watson 56'
Walker (2) 72', 76'

|con2 = Ford 10', 14', 38', 56', 66', 72', 76'

|stadium = Firhill Stadium

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 3 February 2012

|time = 19:05

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|IRE}}

|score = 11–6

|away = {{ruu|20|WAL}}

|try1 = Layden 26'

|drop1 = Jackson 70'
McGrath 72'

|pen2 = Williams 66'

|drop2 = Davies 19'

|stadium = Dubarry Park

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 18 February 2012

|time = 14:00

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|FRA}}

|score = 19–5

|away = {{ruu|20|ITA}}

|try1 = Taofifenua 30'
Payen 44'
Jedreziak 78'

|con1 = Escande 31'
Selponi 78'

|try2 = Riccioli 71'

|stadium = Stade Pierre Rajon

}}

==Round two==

{{rugbybox

|date = 10 February 2012

|time = 19:05

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|WAL}}

|score = 28–15

|away = {{ruu|20|SCO}}

|try1 = R. Jones 12'
Morgan 31', 62'

|con1 = Davies 31', 62'

|pen1 = Davies 9', 26', 46'

|try2 = Farndale 69', 74'

|con2 = Leonard 74'

|pen2 = Leonard 16'

|stadium = Eirias Stadium

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 11 February 2012

|time = 14:15

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|FRA}}

|score = 12–13

|away = {{ruu|20|IRE}}

|pen1 = Otazo 2', 8', 47', 54'

|try2 = Horan 42'

|con2 = Jackson 42'

|pen2 = Jackson 20'
Hanrahan 72'

|stadium = Stade des Alpes

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 3 March 2012

|time = 14:00

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|ITA}}

|score = 7–42

|away = {{ruu|20|ENG}}

|try1 = Marazzi 38'

|con1 = Odiete 38'

|try2 = Hill 20'
Walker 25'
Robson (2) 32', 45'
Ransom 60'
Bassett 80'

|con2 = Slade (3) 20', 25', 32'
Bell (3) 45', 60', 80'

|stadium = Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini

}}

==Round three==

{{rugbybox

|date = 24 February 2012

|time = 19:45

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|ENG}}

|score = 40–9

|away = {{ruu-rt|20|WAL}}

|try1 = J. Bassett 23'
A. Watson 29',69'
L. Cowan-Dickie 56'
S. Hill 60'
M. Yarde 75'

|con1 = T. Bell (2) 23', 56'

|pen1 = T. Bell (2) 38',53'

|pen2 = S. Davies (2) 34', 40'

|drop2 = S. Davies 15'

|stadium = Twickenham Stoop

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 24 February 2012

|time = 19:30

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|SCO}}

|score = 21–30

|away = {{ruu|20|FRA}}

|try1 = Hidalgo-Clyne 40'
Sinclair 62'

|con1 = Leonard 40'

|pen1 = Leonard 25',28',56'

|try2 = Chateau 23'
Danty 31'
Domvo 35'
Placines 45'

|con2 = Ecochard 31',35'

|pen2 = Ecochard 10',75'

|stadium = Netherdale

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 24 February 2012

|time = 19:05

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|IRE}}

|score = 27–8

|away = {{ruu|20|ITA}}

|try1 = Henderson 67'
Layden 77'

|con1 = Jackson 77'

|pen1 = Jackson 11', 17', 20', 40', 49'

|try2 = Morsellino 63'

|pen2 = Della Rossa 7'

|stadium = Dubarry Park

}}

==Round four==

{{rugbybox

|date = 9 March 2012

|time = 19:05

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|IRE}}

|score = 26–0

|away = {{ruu|20|SCO}}

|try1 = Layden 3'
McGrath 63'
Conan 73'

|con1 = Jackson 64'

|pen1 = Jackson 13', 45', 46'

|stadium = Dubarry Park

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 9 March 2012

|time = 19:10

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|WAL}}

|score = 30–23

|away = {{Ru|ITA}}

|try1 = R. Evans 11'
Morgan 60'
, Baker 75'

|con1 = S. Davies 12'
J. Williams 61', 76'

|pen1 = S. Davies 19', 38', 42'

|try2 = Calabrese 5'
Sarto 35'

|con2 = Odiete 7', 36'

|pen2 = Apperley 10', 47', 67'

|stadium = Eirias Stadium

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 10 March 2012

|time = 19:45

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|FRA}}

|score = 12–8

|away = {{ruu|20|ENG}}

|pen1 = Ecochard 6', 23', 73', 79'

|try2 = Sisi 69'

|pen2 = Mills 2'

|stadium = Stade de la Rabine

}}

==Round five==

{{rugbybox

|date = 16 March 2012

|time = 19:30

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|ENG}}

|score = 20–9

|away = {{Ru|IRE}}

|try1 = A. Watson 1'
D. Robson 15'
M. Yarde 45'

|con1 = T. Heathcote 1'

|pen1 = T. Heathcote 29'

|pen2 = P. Jackson 8',32',61'

|stadium = Adams Park

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 16 March 2012

|time = 19:35

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|WAL}}

|score = 16–36

|away = {{Ru|FRA}}

|try1 = L. Morgan 56'

|con1 = S. Davies 56'

|pen1 = S. Davies 15', 35', 48'

|try2 = J. Poirot 7'br/> J. Kazubek 10'
É. Escande 40'
B. Fuster 51'
D. Domvo 78'

|con2 = É. Escande 7', 10', 40', 78'

|pen2 = É. Escande 4'

|stadium = Eirias Stadium

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 16 March 2012

|time = 18:00

|home = {{ruu-rt|20|ITA}}

|score = 17–20

|away = {{ruu|20|SCO}}

|try1 = L. Sarto 7'

|pen1 = S. Apperley 35', 54', 60', 75'

|try2 = M. Bennett 76'
H. Leonard 80'

|con2 = H. Leonard 76', 80'

|pen2 = H. Leonard 32', 36'

|stadium = Stade Calvisano, Brescia

}}

References