This weekend sees the Atlantic Youth Touch Cup take place at Nottingham University as some of the finest young Touch Rugby players from around the world gather for four days of intense competition across three age-groups at major international level.
NextGenXV will be live streaming all of the action on the main pitch as we continue with our aim to cover and promote all forms of rugby across each gender, and indeed our commitment to streaming all youth sport, with age-group, gender, and the shape of the ball no barrier to our commitment to help add to the excitement and enjoyment of youth and grassroots sport for all.
Touch Rugby is, of course, fast becoming one of the most important branches of rugby as people seek alternatives and additions to the contact game and the Atlantic Youth Touch Cup should highlight just what the game can offer.
Across Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (20th-23rd July) there will be five key competitions, the Women’s U20s, Men’s U20s, Women’s U18s, Mixed U18s, and Mixed U15s competitions, as well as non-Test status competitions and Men’s U18s and Mixed U20s level.
Competing across the various levels are the home nations, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Fellow Europeans, France and Belgium, and four nations that have put in some serious miles in the form of the Cayman Islands, China, South Africa, and the USA.
Live Schedule
The action starts on Thursday evening with three game to whet the appetite, before two full days of action on Friday and Saturday ahead of finals day on Sunday.
Thursday
5pm Mixed U15 – China v Wales
5.55pm Mixed U15 – France v Ireland
6.50pm Mixed U18 – Belgium v England
Friday
8.30am Women’s U18 – France v South Africa
9.25am Mixed U15 – Belgium v Wales
10.20am Mixed U18 – England v Wales
11.15am Mixed U15 – China v Ireland
12.10pm Men’s U20 – USA v France
1.05pm Women’s U20 – England v South Africa
2pm Mixed U18 – France v Ireland
2.55pm Men’s U18 – Ireland v Wales
3.50pm Women’s U18 – South Africa v Wales
4.45pm Women’s U20 – South Africa v USA
5.40pm Mixed U15 – USA v France
6.35pm Men’s U18 – England v Wales
Saturday
8.30am Men’s U20s – England v USA
9.25am Women’s U18s – England v Wales
10.20am Mixed U18s – South Africa v Ireland
11.15am Women’s U20s – USA v France
12.10pm Men’s U20s – England v South Africa
1.05pm Women’s U18s – England v South Africa
2pm Mixed U18s – Scotland v France
2.55pm Men’s U18s – England v Wales
3.50pm Mixed U20s – England v South Africa
4.45pm Mixed U18s – South Africa v Wales
5.40pm Mixed U15s – England v Cayman Islands
6.35pm Men’s U18s – England v Ireland
Sunday
8.30am Men’s U20s – 2nd v 3rd
9.25am Women’s U20s – 2nd v 3rd
10.20am Mixed U15s – 2nd v 3rd
11.20am Men’s U18s/Mixed U20s – 3rd v 1st
12.20pm Mixed U20s – England v South Africa
1.20pm Mixed U18 Final
2.20pm Mixed U15 Final
3.20pm Women’s U18 Final
Games will last 40 minutes, 20 minutes each way, though more time is allocated for knockout games to accommodate the possibility of the thrilling, but much feared, drop-off. The drop-off is the Touch Rugby equivalent of extra time, a further period of action if the scores are level after normal time with each side reduced from six players to four. Should the scores be level after that, the teams are reduced by a further player each and the game goes to golden point.
It is thrilling, it is exhausting, and it is played at a frightening pace. Much like the game of Touch Rugby itself!
Tune in to all the action on the NextGenXV YouTube Channel – www.youtube.com/nextgenxv – or open the embedded videos below:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
