Six Nations U18 Festivals confirmed for 2024

16 Feb 2024 | 3 min |

Six Nations U18 Festivals confirmed for 2024

Six Nations U18 Festivals will be held in Italy (Men) and Wales (Women) in Spring

The festivals will feature all Six Nations Unions in both festivals as well as Georgia and Portugal in the Men’s Festival for the first time. All matches will be available to watch on Six Nations channels.

Parma’s Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi will host the Six Nations U18s Men’s Festival, the first to be hosted in Italy. Tickets to all three match days (Saturday 30 March, Tuesday 3 April and Sunday 7 April) will be free of charge.

Jonathan Pendlebury, England U18 Men’s head coach, stated: "We're delighted to have our U18 Festival fixtures confirmed, we use this competition period as further opportunities to support, check and challenge learning and development for our U18 players.

"Bringing our squad to Italy is a chance to give them further positive overseas experiences on and off the pitch, it's a fantastic venue and the squad will be buzzing to take to the pitch.

"Having Georgia and Portugal incorporated into the tournament is a real positive step forward for age-grade rugby in Europe, and we look forward to the challenge of a strong Georgian side on matchday three following Wales and Scotland in game 1 and 2."

Colwyn Bay’s Stadiwm CSM will host the Six Nations U18 Women’s Festival, the first to be hosted in Wales. Tickets will be available at all three matchdays (Friday 29 March, Tuesday 2 April and Saturday 6 April) with tickets at £10 for adults and £5 for U16 spectators.

England U18 Women assistant coach Olivia Perry said: "We have our fixture against Ireland in preparation for the tournament, and the team have been building excellently with strong commitment on the training paddock.

"Our players have demonstrated a real development in recent camps which excites us as coaching staff, the group we possess this year is a determined one.

"We're eager to test ourselves against the best Europe has to offer in Colwyn Bay."