2011 IRB Junior World Championship

2011 IRB Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host Italy
DateJune 10–26, 2011
Teams12
Final positions
Champions New Zealand
Runner-up England
Third place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Gareth Anscombe (84 points)
Most triesSouth Africa Arno Botha
New Zealand Charles Piutau
South Africa Francois Venter (6 tries)
2010 Argentina
South Africa 2012

The 2011 IRB Junior World Championship was the fourth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaced the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB). The winners were New Zealand, who won all the competitions held since the inaugural year in 2008.[1][2]

  1. ^ "New Zealand beat England in IRB Junior World Championship final". Guardian. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  2. ^ "New Zealand U20 33-22 England U20". BBC Sport. 27 June 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.