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Junior Wallabies

Union	Rugby Australia
Coach(es)	Jason Gilmore
Team kit
First international
Australia 81–12 Canada (6 June 2008)
Largest win
Australia 86–0 Canada (5 June 2009)
Largest defeat
Australia 17–62 New Zealand (21 June 2010)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 2008)
Best result	Runners-up, 2010

Logo 2008–2017

The Junior Wallabies is the national under-20 team that represents Australia in rugby union. The team has been competing at the annual World Rugby U20 Championship since it began in 2008, replacing the previously held under-19 and under-21 championships. The team also competes at the Oceania U20 Championship as of 2015.

Australia's highest finish at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship was as runner-up in 2010 after losing to New Zealand in the final.^[1][2] The team finished third in 2011 by beating France in the third place playoff,^[3] and fourth in 2009 after losing to South Africa 32–5 in the third place playoff.^[4]

Team name

The Junior Wallabies name was incorporated into the Australian under-20 crest prior to the 2018 season, but the name was also previously applied to several other teams in the history of Australian rugby.^[5][6] In the era of amateur rugby from the 1950s onwards, the Junior Wallabies team was selected from uncapped players to play against touring Test sides,^[7][8] or to represent Australia on goodwill tours to Asia and the Pacific.^[9][10] Media publications sometimes also used the name 'Junior Wallabies' to refer to age-graded national teams such as the Australian under 19 side,^[11]Australian Schoolboys,^[12][13] and later the Australian under 20 team.^[14][15]

Overall record

Summary for all under 20 matches at the World and Oceania championships up to and including the 2017 World Junior Championship:

Opposition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	% Won
Argentina	3	1	0	2	33%
Canada	2	2	0	0	100%
England	6	1	0	5	17%
Fiji	4	4	0	0	100%
France	6	3	0	3	50%
Ireland	2	1	0	1	50%
Italy	3	3	0	0	100%
Japan	1	1	0	0	100%
New Zealand	9	1	0	8	11%
Samoa	6	6	0	0	100%
Scotland	6	4	0	2	67%
South Africa	3	1	0	2	33%
Tonga	3	3	0	0	100%
Wales	3	3	0	0	100%
Total	58	35	0	23	60%

Results

2018

2018 World Championship

Match	Score	Opposition
Pool match	–	Wales
Pool match	–	Japan
Pool match	–	New Zealand
Play-off	–
Play-off	–

2018 Oceania Championship

Match	Score	Opposition
Round 1	–	Fiji
Round 2	–	Tonga
Round 3	–	New Zealand

2017

2017 World Championship – 6th place

Match	Score	Opposition
Pool match	24–17	Wales
Pool match	33–26	Samoa
Pool match	19–20	England
Play-off	42–19	Italy
5th place play-off	17–24	Scotland

2017 Oceania Championship – 2nd place

Match	Score	Opposition
Round 1	43–20	Samoa
Round 2	32–24	Fiji
Round 3	6–43	New Zealand

2016

2016 World Championship – 6th place

Match	Score	Opposition
Pool match	10–15	Scotland
Pool match	38–10	Italy
Pool match	13–17	England
Play-off	35–19	Scotland
5th place play-off	24–55	New Zealand

2016 Oceania Championship – 2nd place

Match	Score	Opposition
Round 1	10–30	New Zealand
Round 2	25–24	New Zealand

2015

2015 World Championship – 5th place

Match	Score	Opposition
Pool match	33–5	Samoa
Pool match	31–15	Italy
Pool match	13–46	South Africa
Play-off	31–21	Scotland
5th place play-off	28–23	Wales

2015 Oceania Championship – 2nd place

Match	Score	Opposition
Round 1	33–10	Samoa
Round 2	47–31	Japan
Round 3	29–46	New Zealand

2014 and earlier

IRB World Championships 2008 to 2014

2014 World Championship – 5th place Match Score Opposition Pool match 36–17  Argentina Pool match 24–38  England Pool match 29–3  Italy Play-off 53–16  Samoa 5th place play-off 34–27  France 2013 World Championship – 7th place Match Score Opposition Pool match 15–19  Ireland Pool match 10–14  New Zealand Pool match 46–12  Fiji Play-off 15–22  Argentina 7th place play-off 28–17  Ireland 2012 World Championship – 8th place Match Score Opposition Pool match 67–12 Scotland Pool match 3–15 Argentina Pool match 7–31 France Play-off 17–19 France 7th place play-off 13–17 England 2011 World Championship – 3rd place Match Score Opposition Pool match 54–7 Tonga Pool match 50–25 Fiji Pool match 25–31 France Semi-final 7–37 New Zealand 3rd place play-off 30–17 France 2010 World Championship – 2nd place Match Score Opposition Pool match 85–13 Scotland Pool match 67–5 Tonga Pool match 42–35 South Africa Semi-final 28–16 England Final 17–62 New Zealand 2009 World Championship – 4th place Match Score Opposition Pool match 86–0 Canada Pool match 40–6 Tonga Pool match 38–5 Wales Semi-final 17–31 New Zealand 3rd place play-off 5–32 South Africa 2008 World Championship – 5th place Match Score Opposition Pool match 81–12 Canada Pool match 53–17 Fiji Pool match 13–18 England Play-off 32–0 Samoa 5th place play-off 42–21 France

Squads

Current squad

TBA

Previous squads

Head coaches

• 2018–present: Jason Gilmore ^[20]


• 2017: Simon Cron ^[21]


• 2013–2016: Adrian Thompson ^[22]


• 2009–2012: David Nucifora ^[23][24]


• 2008: Brian Melrose ^[25]

See also

• Australian Under 20 Rugby Championship


• Australia national under-19 rugby union team


• Australia national under-21 rugby union team

References

External links

• Australia U-20