2023 New Zealand U20s
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WR U20 Championship dates and locations:
Cape Town and the Western Cape (South Africa) from 24 June-14 July 2023.Draw NZ U20s (dates & k/o times are NZT):
- Monday 26 June 2023, 2.00am (Paarl): v Wales
- Thursday 29 June 2023, 11.30pm (Paarl): v France
- Thursday 6 July 2023, 2.00am (Paarl): v Japan
NZ will need to finish in the top 4 to be able to progress to the final. That's going to be tough with France in our pool. That game will also kick-off at 1.30pm. What's the weather like that time of the year?
Full draw: https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/u20
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This is from World Rugby's media release about the WR U20 Championship and Trophy.
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World Rugby U20 tournaments return for the first time since 2019
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Pools and match schedules have been unveiled for both tournaments
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African continent to host two influential men’s age-grade competitions
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The U20 Championship, featuring the best 12 U20 nations in the world, will take place in Cape Town and the Western Cape (South Africa) from 24 June-14 July
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South Africa will host the U20 Championship two years in a row (2023 and 2024)
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The U20 Trophy will be contested by eight teams in Nairobi (Kenya) from 15-30 July
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World Rugby continues its U20 investment to increase rugby’s competitiveness globally
South Africa will host the World Rugby U20 Championship for the next two years (2023 and 2024). The 2023 edition will be the second time that South Africa welcomes the future stars of the game after 2012 when the Junior Springboks won on home soil. The age-grade tournament will be held from 24 June-14 July. Played over five match days in the Western Cape Wineland regions of Stellenbosch, Paarl and Wellington, the world’s best 12 nations have been placed into three pools and will all hope to clinch the coveted title and succeed two-time defending champions France. The team finishing last will be relegated to the World Rugby U20 Trophy next year.
The World Rugby U20 Championship 2023 participating teams are: Argentina, Australia, England, Fiji, France, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa and Wales.
No explanation in the media release as to why the tournament is held in South Africa, both in 2023 and 2024. I find it strange, to say the least.
Following the U20 Championship’s conclusion, Kenya will host the World Rugby U20 Trophy 2023 for the second time from 15-30 July, having previous staged the tournament in 2009. It will be the third time the tournament has been played in Africa with Zimbabwe having acted as hosts in 2016. Eight teams will battle over four match days at the Nyayo National Stadium with the eventual winner being promoted the U20 Championship in 2024.
The World Rugby U20 Trophy 2023 participating teams are: Scotland (relegated from the U20 Championship in 2019), Kenya (hosts), Hong Kong (Asia), Samoa (Oceania), Spain (Europe), Uruguay (South America) and two teams still to qualify through regional competition from North America and Africa.
World Rugby U20 tournaments return to Africa in 2023 | World Rugby
The World Rugby U20 Championship and U20 Trophy return for the first time since the pandemic with the tournaments hosted in South Africa (24 June-14 July) and Kenya (15-30 July) respectively.
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Have moved my post to another thread.
