Under 20s World Championship 2019

This years iteration of the U20s World Championship is hosted by Argentina across two cities (Rosario and Santa Fe) from 4-22 June.



There are 12 participating nations drawn into three pools of four teams, based on rankings from the 2018 tournament.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
ARGENTINA	AUSTRALIA	GEORGIA
FIJI	ENGLAND	NEW ZEALAND
FRANCE	IRELAND	SOUTH AFRICA
WALES	ITALY	SCOTLAND

Scotland, who finished 10th in the previous Championship held in France, have their first game against South Africa on 4th June, followed by New Zealand on 8th June and Georgia on 12th June.

All round 2 matches take place on 17th June, with finals and play-off matches on 22nd June.

Full fixture list is here.

4th June	14:30	Scotland		v		South Africa
8th June	19:30	Scotland		v		New Zealand
12th June	14:30	Scotland		v		Georgia

Squad:

Props

Will Hurd (Cardiff Metropolitan University), 

Euan McLaren (Ayr), 

Andrew Nimmo (Glasgow Hawks), 

Murphy Walker (Stirling County), 

Mak Wilson (Melrose)

Hookers

Ewan Ashman (Sale Academy), 

Rory Jackson (Edinburgh Accies)

Locks

Cameron Henderson (Stirling County), 

Ewan Johnson (Racing 92 Academy), 

Marshall Sykes (Ayr)

Back Rows

Connor Boyle (Watsonians), 

Ross Bundy (Stirling County), 

Jack Hill (Durham University), 

Teddy Leatherbarrow (Sale Academy), 

Tom Marshall (Newcastle Academy), 

Kwagga van Niekirk (Golden Lions)

Scrum Halves

Roan Frostwick (Currie Chieftains), 

Murray Scott (Watsonians)

Stand Offs

Nathan Chamberlain (Bristol Academy), 

Ross Thompson (Glasgow Hawks)

Centres

Cameron Anderson (Wasps Academy),  

Grant Hughes (Stirling County), 

Robbie McCallum (Complutense Cisneros), 

Ollie Smith (Ayr)

Back 3

Jack Blain (Heriot’s), 

Matt Davidson (London Scottish), 

Rory McMichael (Heriot’s), 

Lomond McPherson (Watsonians)