International Rugby Board Autumn Nations Cup 2020

Final Standings

Place	Autumn Nations Cup 2020	P	W	D	L	PF	PA
1	England	4	4	0	0	104	39
2	France	4	3	0	1	105	42
3	Ireland	4	3	0	1	93	53
4	Scotland	4	2	0	2	87	70
5	Wales	4	2	0	2	78	74
6	Italy	4	1	0	3	68	102
7	Fiji	4	1	0	3	38	108
8	Georgia	4	0	0	4	34	119

Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	7th/8th Place
05.12.2020	Georgia	24	Fiji	38
	5th/6th Place
05.12.2020	Wales	38	Italy	18
	3rd/4th Place
05.12.2020	Ireland	31	Scotland	16
	Final
06.12.2020	England	22	France	19

Tables

Autumn Nations Cup	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TF-TA	TB-LB	Pts
Group A
England	3	3	0	0	82	20	10-2	1-0	13
Ireland	3	2	0	1	62	37	5-3	0-0	8
Wales	3	1	0	2	40	56	3-4	0-0	4
Georgia	3	0	0	3	10	81	1-10	0-0	0
Group B
France	3	3	0	0	86	20	10-1	2-0	14
Italy	3	1	0	2	50	64	6-9	1-0	5
Scotland	3	2	0	1	71	39	8-2	2-1	11
Fiji	3	0	0	3	0	84	0-12	0-0	0

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group A
13.11.2020	Ireland	32	Wales	9
14.11.2020	England	40	Georgia	0
21.11.2020	England	18	Ireland	7
21.11.2020	Wales	18	Georgia	0
28.11.2020	Wales	13	England	24
29.11.2020	Ireland	23	Georgia	10
	Group B
14.11.2020	Italy	17	Scotland	28
15.11.2020	France	28	Fiji	0
21.11.2020	Italy	28	Fiji	0
22.11.2020	Scotland	15	France	22
28.11.2020	Scotland	28	Fiji	0
28.11.2020	France	36	Italy	5

Report

Ireland began the Autumn Nations Cup 2020 with a 32-9 victory over Wales, while in the other game in Group A, England defeated Georgia 40-0. In Group B Scotland defeated Italy 28-17, while Fiji pulled out, France and Italy being awarded 28-0 walkover wins. After the impressive win over Wales Ireland struggled to a 7-18 defeat to England, while Wales won 18-0 against Georgia. In Group B Round 2 saw France win again, 22-15 over Scotland. The Final Round of Group games saw Ireland win by a disappointing score of 23-10 against Georgia, who scored their only points of the Group in the loss to the Irish. England, meanwhile topped the Group with a 24-13 victory over Wales. Group B waswon by France who won easily against Italy, 36-5. The Finals saw England take first place with a narrow 22-19 win over France, while Ireland had a big 31-16 win over Scotland to take third, with 5th going to Wales after victory Italy, and Fiji turning up despite COVID to defeat Georgia and take seventh place.

About the Autumn Nations Cup

The Autumn Nations Cup 2020 is an International Rugby Competition played across Europe in two Pools of four. Georgia and Fiji are taking part along with the Six Nations Unions of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy. The Format is two Groups of Four, each playing three matches, before the Finals, a single game for each Union based on their finishing position in the Group Tables – 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 and 4v4.

References

Logos

[1] FloRugby (2020) T5f8eff83960c0 [Internet] Available from: https://d2779tscntxxsw.cloudfront.net/5f8eff83960c0.png?width=1200&quality=80 [Accessed 21 November 2020]

Websites

[2] Autumn Nations Cup (2020) Table [Internet] Available from: https://www.autumnnationscup.com/table/ [Accessed 21 November 2020]

[3] Autumn Nations Cup (2020) Fixtures & TV [Internet] Available from: https://www.autumnnationscup.com/fixtures-tv/ [Accessed 21 November 2020]

[4] Autumn Nations Cup (2020) About Us [Internet] Available from: https://www.autumnnationscup.com/about-us/ [Accessed 21 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Malcolm O’Kelly.

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