Kenya To Host 2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy
on day three of the HSBC Cape Town Sevens at Cape Town Stadium on 11 December, 2022. Photo credit: Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby
Kenya is set to host the World U20 Rugby Trophy 2023 following the conclusion of the U20 Championship.
The game which will start on 15th – 30 July, 2023, Kenya will be hosting the trophy battle for the second time since 2009.
In the wake of COVID-19, world U20 rugby competitions were halted and now will make debut in African countries; Kenya and South Africa.
Eight teams; Kenya, Hong Kong, Samoa, Spain, Uruguay, Scotland and two teams still to qualify through regional competition from North America and Africa, are one’s set to compete at Nyayo Stadium, in Nairobi.
The trophy battle at Nyanyo stadium will be four matches a day and the potential winner at the end of the championship, set to be promoted to U20 Championship 2024 as the one who come last, be relagated.
South Africa on its side will host the World Rugby U20 Championship for the next two years (2023 and 2024) as 2023 be its second to host the event since 2012 when the Junior Springboks, South Africa’s team won on home soil.
South Africa will host the World Rugby U20 Championship between 24 June-14 July , 2023 in Western Cape Wineland regions of Stellenbosch, Paarl and Wellington.
The World Rugby U20 Championship 2023 participating teams are: Japan, New Zealand, South Africa and Wales, Argentina, Australia, England, Fiji, France, Georgia, Ireland and Italy.
“We are thrilled to unveil our two exciting hosts for the World Rugby U20 Championship and U20 Trophy taking place later this year.
“South Africa and Kenya will provide the perfect stage for the return of our flagship U20 competitions that play such a crucial role in the development of young talents within our unions.
“The U20 Championship and Trophy have been hugely popular since their inception 15 years ago and have proven successful with countless stars moving on to play test rugby and shine on the biggest stage and many of them will be on display when Rugby World Cup 2023 kicks off in September.
“Africa is a significant growth region for rugby and I would like to thank our friends in Kenya and South Africa respectively for hosting in rugby’s bicentenary year. We look forward to seeing the 20 teams inspiring the African continent with breath-taking action” says World Rugby Chairman, Sir Bill Beaumont.
The competition since their birth, have nurtured superfluous talents and promoted the living standards of many young stars.
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