The World Rugby Junior World Championship takes place in the Georgian cities of Kutaisi and Tbilisi from 27 June to 18 July, 2026.
The 16 best teams in the world will contest the Junior World Championship, split into four pools of four teams. The four pool winners will progress to the semi-finals, while second-placed teams will compete for fifth to eighth place. Third and fourth-placed teams will contest rankings from ninth to 12th and 13th to 16th respectively, with seeding based on pool-stage competition points.
Media Services
World Rugby will be providing rights-free photos for editorial usage and statistics during the tournament. This will be available via the Junior World Championship Media Zone dashboard at www.world.rugby/media-zone/u20/championship/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 – Zach Colwell: zach.colwell@rugby.com.au
England – Ryan Fitzgerald-Nolan: ryanfitzgerald-nolan@rfu.com
Fiji – Sylvester Racule: sylvester.racule@fijirugby.net
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
Japan – Mayumi Seguchi: mayumi.seguchi@rugby-japan.or.jp
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
Uruguay – Agustin Bassoc: agustinbassoc@gmail.com
USA – Calder Cahill: ccahill@usa.rugby
Wales – Graeme Gillespie: GGillespie@wru.wales
