Australia national under-20 rugby union team
The Junior Wallabies is the national under-20 team that represents Australia playing rugby union. The team has been competing at the annual World Rugby U20 Championship since it began in 2008, replacing the previously held under-19 and under-21 championships. The team also competes at the Oceania U20 Championship as of 2015. Australia's highest finish at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship was as runner-up in 2010 and 2019. The team finished third in 2011 by beating France in the third place playoff, and fourth in 2009 after losing to South Africa 32–5 in the third place playoff. Team name
The Junior Wallabies name was incorporated into the Australian under-20 crest prior to the 2018 season, but the name was also previously applied to several other teams in the history of Australian rugby. In the era of amateur rugby from the 1950s onwards, the Junior Wallabies team was selected from uncapped players (with no age restriction) to play against touring Test sides or to represent Australia on goodwill tours to Asia and the Pacific. Media publications sometimes also used the name Junior Wallabies to refer to age-graded national teams such as the Australian under 19 side, Australian Schoolboys, and later the Australian under 20 team. Overall record
Summary for all under 20 matches at the World and Oceania championships up to and including the 2023 World Rugby Championship:

World Rugby U20 Championship record

Oceania Rugby U20 Championship record

Head coaches
 2008: Brian Melrose
 2009–2012: David Nucifora
 2013–2016: Adrian Thompson
 2017: Simon Cron
 2018–2019: Jason Gilmore
 2020–present: Nathan Grey

Honours
World Junior Championship
Runners-up (2): 2010, 2019

Oceania Junior Championship
 Winners (1): 2019
 Runners-up (4): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

See also

 Australian Under 20 Rugby Championship
 Australia national under-19 rugby union team
 Australia national under-21 rugby union team

References

External links
 Australia U-20

Rugby Australia Under 20
Oceanian national under-20 rugby union teams