Australian Under 20 Rugby Championship

Super U20s Championship
Sport Rugby union
Inaugural season

2014

(National U20s)


2016

(Super U20s)
Country Australia
Holders

Queensland

(2016)

The Super Under 20s Championship is an annual rugby union competition for men's junior teams from Australia's Super Rugby franchises.[1] The competition is hosted by the Australian Rugby Union and players must meet an under-20 age requirement.

History

National U20s

The first National U20 Rugby Championship was played in 2014,[2][3] and was contested by teams from New South Wales, Queensland and an Australian Barbarians side (selected from the other states and territories). National under-20 teams from the Pacific islands were also invited to play matches.[4][5]

The competition was played over two stages, with a Southern States U20 Championship held in March for teams from ACT, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, as well as New South Wales Country and Queensland Country.[6] A representative team from that tournament was selected to participate in the National U20 Championship's top division.[7]

Super U20s

In 2016, the Super Under 20s Championship was launched, with teams from Australia's five Super Rugby franchises competing.[1] Matches were scheduled as curtain-raisers to home games hosted by the Super Rugby teams, with the tournament played as a single round-robin followed by a final between the top two sides to determine the champion team.[1]

Teams

The teams playing in the Super Under 20s Championship for 2016 are:

Following the tournament, the Australian U20s team is selected from the best players. The Australian team competes in the Oceania U20 and World Rugby U20 championships.

Champions

National U20 Championship

Year Final Refs
Winner Score Runner-up
National Under 20s Championship
2014 New South Wales New South Wales round
robin 		Queensland Queensland [3]
2015 New South Wales New South Wales round
robin 		Queensland Queensland [8]
Super Under 20s Championship
2016 Queensland Queensland 35–5 Victoria (Australia) Melbourne Rebels [9]

Southern States U20 Championship

Year Winner Tournament location Refs
2014 Western Australia Western Australia Adelaide Airport Oval, SA [10]
2015 Western Australia Western Australia Adelaide Airport Oval, SA [11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Decent, Tom (17 February 2016). "Super Rugby 2016: ARU announces weekly U20s competition". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 18 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Grant, Lee (15 January 2014). "New Aussie Competitions—Part II: National Under 20 Competition". Green and Gold Rugby. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "NSW Win 2014 National U20 Championship". Australian Rugby. 27 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Dutton, Chris (9 November 2013). "Staniforth heads young guns list". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Findlay, Matt (19 February 2015). "Country colts (then maybe Australia call-ups) for Orange rugby trio". Central Western Daily. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Taylor, Nick (3 November 2014). "WA rugby thriving: Force chief". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Gardiner, James (28 January 2014). "Country calls on Hunter talents". Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "NSW wins National Under 20s Championship for second consecutive year". Australian Rugby. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Super U20s Championship to kick off in 2016". Australian Rugby. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "South Australian Under 20's exceed expectations in Southern States Championship". SA Rugby. 16 February 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Western Australia claim back to back Southern States Under 20s title". Australian Rugby. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

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