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New South Wales
(2022)

The Under-19s Rugby Championship is an Australian

World Junior Championship and used an under-20 age requirement.[1]

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]

Logo for 2016–2017.

Super U20s

The Super Under 20s Championship was launched in 2016, with teams from Australia's five Super Rugby franchises competing.[8] 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.[8]

U19s Rugby Championship

In 2018 the competition was changed to an Under-19 championship played six months earlier in the lead in to the Junior Wallabies campaign for the Oceania and World Rugby tournaments.[1]

Teams

The teams playing in the Under-19s Rugby Championship are:

Following the tournament, an initial squad for the Junior Wallabies team is selected from the best players. The Australian team competes in the

World Rugby U20
championships.

Champions

Year # of
Teams 		Final Refs
Winner Score Runner-up
National Under 20s Championship
2014 4
New South Wales New South Wales
 round
robin 		Queensland Queensland [3]
2015 5
New South Wales New South Wales
 round
robin 		Queensland Queensland [9]
Super Under 20s Championship
2016 5 Queensland Queensland 35–5 Victoria (state) Melbourne Rebels [10]
2017 5 Queensland Queensland 49–19
New South Wales
 [11]
U19s Rugby Championship
2018 8 Brisbane City Queensland 41–7 Queensland Queensland Country [12]
2019 8 Brisbane City Queensland 43–19 New South Wales Sydney [13]
Tournaments cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic [14]
2022 5
New South Wales New South Wales
 44–31 Queensland Queensland [15]
2023 5
Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory
 20–12
New South Wales
 [16]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "U20s pathway flipped for 2018 and beyond". Rugby.com.au. 4 May 2018. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  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. ^ a b "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 14 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. ^ a b Decent, Tom (17 February 2016). "Super Rugby 2016: ARU announces weekly U20s competition". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  9. ^ "NSW wins National Under 20s Championship for second consecutive year". Australian Rugby. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Super U20s Championship to kick off in 2016". Australian Rugby. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Queensland win second straight U20s National Championship". Green and Gold Rugby. 2 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  12. ^ "URC: Cool-hand Lucas steers Brisbane City to under 19s national crown". rugby.com.au. 5 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Brisbane City win back-to-back URC titles". rugby.com.au. 12 October 2019. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  14. ^ Williamson, Nathan (26 September 2022). "Rugby Australia confirms expanded national U16 and U19 Championships". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Tahs topple Reds in National Championship Grand Final showdown". The Courier–Mail. 13 November 2022. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022.
  16. ^ Williamson, Nathan (5 November 2023). "ACT Brumbies take out Super Rugby U19s, Waratahs claim Super Rugby U16s | Latest Rugby News | RUGBY.com.au". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

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