The World Rugby U20 Championship takes place in the Lombardia and Veneto regions of Italy, from 29 June to 19 July, 2025.
The 12 best teams in the world will contest the U20 Championship, split into three pools of four teams with the top side in each, together with the best runner-up, progressing to the semi-finals.
Media Accreditation
Accreditation is now open for applications – click here. The form is available in Italian and English (click ball in top right-hand corner for English)
Media Services
World Rugby will be providing match reports, rights-free photos for editorial usage and statistics during the tournament. This will be available via the U20 Championship Media Zone dashboard at www.world.rugby/media-zone/u20/dashboard
Contacts
World Rugby
Karen Bond, Media Services Manager: karen.bond@world.rugby / +353 86 049 2607
Team Media Managers
Argentina – Matias Vaccher: matias.vaccher@uar.com.ar / Bautista Tejerina bautista.tejerina@uar.com.ar
Australia – Evan Sieff: evan.sieff@rugby.com.au
England – Ryan Fitzgerald-Nolan: ryanfitzgerald-nolan@rfu.com
France – Pierre Baty: pierre.baty@ffr.fr
Georgia – Alexandre (Sandro) Ujmajurdze: a.ujmajuridze@rugby.ge
Ireland – Aoife Clarke: aoife.clarke@irfu.ie
Italy – Alessandro Ferri: alessandro.ferri@federugby.it
New Zealand – Ella Ferguson: ella.ferguson@nzrugby.co.nz
Scotland – Joe Anderson: joe.anderson@sru.org.uk
South Africa – Rayaan Adriaanse: rayaan@sarugby.co.za
Spain – Helena Lanuza Medina helena.lanuza@ferugby.es
Wales – Graeme Gillespie: GGillespie@wru.wales
