U20s

20-year-old Brett Connon spoke to Talking Rugby about moving his to hometown club, his experiences with the Falcons and representing Ireland.

World Rugby on Wednesday has announced the schedule for the 2017 edition of U20 Championship to be held in Georgia.

England lifted their third World Rugby U20 Championship title in four years last month, capping a fantastic season for English rugby at club, age-grade and test levels.

Scotland U20's Callum Sheldon talks to TRU about the reason behind choosing to play for Scotland, the big decisions he has already had to make and university life at Leeds Beckett.

World U20 Championships runner-up Niall Saunders speaks exclusively to TRU about Ireland's recent campaign, his decision to pull on the famous green jersey and following in his father's footsteps.

The 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship in Manchester is now concluded, with England lifting the trophy on Saturday evening after a thoroughly impressive 45-21 victory over Ireland.

England were crowned deserving champions of the 2016 World Rugby U20s with an emphatic 45-21 victory over Ireland at the AJ Bell Stadium, writes Lewis Hughes.

After both recording disappointing U20 Six Nations performances earlier this year, England and Ireland will meet in the final of this year’s World Rugby U20 Championship.

The five nominees for the Player of the Tournament at the World Rugby U20 Championship have been announced. Vote by heading to facebook.com/WorldRugby

Georgia continued their impressive debut World Rugby U20 Championship campaign on Monday, beating Italy 18-17 and removing themselves from the forthcoming 11th place playoff.

England and Ireland set up a tantalising U20s title-decider with dominant wins over South Africa and Argentina respectively on Monday, writes Lewis Hughes reporting from the Manchester City Academy Stadium.

For years, New Zealand have been the dominant force in age-grade rugby.

England were poor in the U20 Six Nations. In fact, they were really, really bad.

In the third round of the World Rugby U20 Championship at the Manchester City Academy Stadium, Ireland trounced Georgia while Scotland and South Africa managed victories against Italy and France respectively.

Day three of the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship at the AJ Bell Stadium saw both Argentina and England confirm their places in the tournament semi-finals writes Lewis Hughes. However a narrow victory for New Zealand over Wales was ultimately not enough to secure the All Blacks’ progression into the next round, with wins across the city for Ireland and South Africa completing the top-four seeding for Monday’s knockout games.

After 35 minutes of Japan’s 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship, it was all sunshine and roses for the Baby Blossoms.

After finishing the 2015 U20 Six Nations in 3rd place and failing to set the tournament alight, it is fair to say expectations were low for Ireland heading into the World Rugby U20 Championship in Manchester.

On the opening day of the World Rugby U20 Championship there were thrills, spills and high drama writes Chris Heal as he looks back at the action from first round of games at the Manchester City Academy Stadium.