● Scotland have won four of their seven home games against Wales in the U20 Six Nations, including their last two in a row, all four of their wins have come by seven or fewer points, their three defeats have all come by 25+ points.
● Scotland have lost 22 of their last 23 U20 Six Nations matches (W1), including their last 11 in a row, however their sole victory in this run, which began in 2021, came against Wales in 2023, an 19-17 win at Scotstoun.
● Wales have now won back to back games in the U20 Six Nations for the first time since 2020, they’ve not won three on the spin in the Championship since an eight game winning spree between 2015 and 2017.
● Wales’ 20-18 victory over Italy in Round 2 marked their first win on the road in the U20 Six Nations since 2020 (23-22 v England), losing eight such games inbetween.
● Wales (37) and Scotland (42) have conceded fewer turnovers than any other sides in the 2025 U20 Six Nations, while Wales have also won 13 more turnovers than any other nation in this year’s Championship (30).
● Scotland (51%) and Wales (46%) have moved the ball 10+ metres laterally from a greater share of their attacking phases than any other sides in the 2025 U20 Six Nations; Scotland have also progressed the ball beyond the first receiver on a higher percentage of their phases than any other nation (31%).
● Scotland fly-half Matthew Urwin has assisted five line breaks in the 2025 U20 Six Nations, the joint-most of any player (also Angus Hall and Ben Coen) and is the only Scottish or Welsh player to have assisted multiple tries in the Championship (2).
● Wales’ Harry Thomas is the joint-top try scorer in this year’s U20 Six Nations (4, also Lyam Akrab) and has won the joint-most jackal turnovers of any player, alongside teammate Harry Beddall and Scotland’s Freddy Douglas (3 each).
● Welsh quartet Harry Beddall (65), Evan Minto (49), Harry Thomas (45) and Kenzie Jenkins (44) have completed more tackles than any other players in the 2025 U20 Six Nations; Beddall completed 34 against Ireland in Round 3, the first time a player has made 30+ in a Championship game since Opta have recorded this data (2012).
