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England name squad for U20 Championship

05 Jun 2023

England under 20. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Lewis Chessum, brother of England senior international Ollie, is set to captain England under-20 at the World Rugby U20 Championship later this month after the 30-player squad was announced today.

Head coach Mark Mapletoft has named nine uncapped players in a squad that will travel to South Africa in pursuit of a fourth title.

The squad has been announced just days after England lost to Georgia for the first time in Tbilisi, and they will now prepare to take on Six Nations winners Ireland in their opening match of the Championship on June 24, before facing Fiji and Australia in Pool B.

Mapletoft said: “Congratulations to all players selected. The World Rugby U20 Championship is the peak of the age-grade calendar year and for many this will be the highlight of their rugby journeys so far.

“The players have learned a lot as a team and about themselves this year, including during our Six Nations campaign and on our recent tour of Georgia, and we’ll be better as a group for it. This is the first time since 2019 that the World Rugby U20 Championship has been played, so we’re very excited to take this squad to South Africa and test ourselves against the world’s best teams.

“Our squad reflects the diversity and strength of English rugby with every Premiership club represented, and we trust each player to play with pride every time they pull on an England shirt.”

England men’s World Rugby U20 Championship squad
Forwards
Afolabi Fasogbon (London Irish)
Archie McArthur (Gloucester)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
Chandler Cunningham-South (London Irish)
Craig Wright (Northampton Saints)*
Ethan Clarke (Harlequins)*
Finn Carnduff (Leicester Tigers)
Finn Theobald-Thomas (Gloucester)
Greg Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs)
Harry Browne (Harlequins)
Harvey Cuckson (Bath Rugby)*
James Halliwell (Bristol Bears)*
Lewis Chessum (Leicester Tigers)
Nathan Jibulu (Harlequins)
Nathan Michelow (Saracens)*
Tristan Woodman (Sale Sharks)
Zach Carr (Harlequins)*

Backs
Alex Wills (Sale Sharks)*
Cassius Cleaves (Harlequins)
Charlie Bracken (Saracens)
Connor Slevin (Harlequins)*
Jacob Cusick (Leicester Tigers)
Joe Jenkins (Bristol Bears)
Joseph Woodward (Leicester Tigers)
Louie Johnson (Newcastle Falcons)
Nye Thomas (Sale Sharks)
Rekeiti Ma’asi-White (Sale Sharks)
Sam Harris (Bath Rugby)
Tobias Elliott (Saracens)
Toby Thame (Northampton Saints)*

*Uncapped England U20 (note: matches during the recent tour of Georgia were friendlies and therefore not capped)

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Brendan Fanning: 'Leinster have the best-resourced squad in these islands but can’t make it pay.'

What is clear is that the Irish style has now been found out. France did so in the Six Nations and so should have England while Wales gave them an almighty fright. Irish teams bar Leinster are struggling in the URC. Irish rugby has been found out. If you can match them physically, deny them the ball, then 9 times out of ten, you will beat them. The decline has started and unless they have a reset, they will end up with what we have in Wales.

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Bob Salad II 53 minutes ago

Brendan Fanning: 'Leinster have the best-resourced squad in these islands but can’t make it pay.'

The second Freeman try was startling. Not just through its execution, but the alarming ease at which Saints easily shifted play and created what looked like a 5-3 overlap. Leinster had about 9 players loaded and lined up on the open side. Saints simply switched and broke.

During England’s recent run of close losses - which also employed a disfunctioning blitz D, one of the criticisms leveled at Borthwick was England were over trained and too reliant on playing within prescribed ‘systems’. Leinster may also be slipping into that trap.

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Bob Salad II 1 hour ago

Brendan Fanning: 'Leinster have the best-resourced squad in these islands but can’t make it pay.'

More is lost through indecision than wrong decision - Tony Soprano

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JWH 1 hour ago

Why former All Black believes the Wallabies will beat the B&I Lions

Just say you haven’t watched Suaalii, Ikitau, or that new Reds centre Pakeho play. Or Tate, or Potter. Get a grip. I hope you are pleasantly surprised. From my eyes, that’s how I see the teams and their players. If you could back up your claims that somehow the English centres are any better than the Australian ones, or any of your other 'claims’, I’ll be happy to prove you wrong, or at least attempt to.😁

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JWH 1 hour ago

Why former All Black believes the Wallabies will beat the B&I Lions

Seems a bit unfair to comment on a players fitness while you sit on rugby forums and write rude messages about them from the safet of your keyboard.

Bell absolutely demolished England last year, so yes, he is good at international level.

As for your last comment, just say you don’t know ball. Alaalatoa has been playing for YEARS for the Wallabies, and he just slipp(er)ed your mind?

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JWH 1 hour ago

Why former All Black believes the Wallabies will beat the B&I Lions

With my eyes, obviously. I’ve watched a lot of each of them this year and last, and you would lucky to have any of them, let alone all four, on the same team.

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JWH 1 hour ago

Why former All Black believes the Wallabies will beat the B&I Lions

They did, they implemented it very well against England last year if I recall. It’s hard to play at a fast tempo, that’s why less skilled teams (like England) choose to slow down the game to let their slow brains process the situation. Australia play heads-up rugby, and to do that effectively, they play fast so they can outwit the opposition. Against England, this worked very well, with quick distribution and identification of weaknesses.

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Ninjin 1 hour ago

Why former All Black believes the Wallabies will beat the B&I Lions

What more can you expect from a ‘rugby lite’ player anyway.

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JWH 1 hour ago

Why former All Black believes the Wallabies will beat the B&I Lions

Maybe go watch some rugby before you talk about these things.

Australia have shown some real class in SRP, and some really good players are coming to light. I think it’ll be a lot closer than most people think, but that’s just my opinion.

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Tommy B. 1 hour ago

Why former All Black believes the Wallabies will beat the B&I Lions

For the last couple of years the biggest challenge Tupou seems to have had is walking past a Kebab shop without going in, and Bell has done nothing at international level to justify his reputation gained at SRP level.

Who replaces him when he goes off, by the way? Slipper?

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Tommy B. 2 hours ago

Why former All Black believes the Wallabies will beat the B&I Lions

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Rugby is not won on paper, hence of course the WBs have a chance. But, anyone who believes the 8th ranked WBs have a better 30 man squad than the combination of the best of 3rd, 6th and 7th ranked teams needs to have their gas boiler checked to ensure there isn’t a leak.

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Tommy B. 2 hours ago

Why former All Black believes the Wallabies will beat the B&I Lions

But, Ninjin, you haven’t seen JWH’s ‘real’ rankings. Apparently, Oz have the best backrow in the world, bar none; better outside backs than everyone except France and NZ; better locks than England; better scrum halves than Argentina, England, Scotland and Fiji; and better centres than France, England, Scotland, NZ, Fiji and Italy.

I may, finally, have read it all now.😂🤣😂🤣😂

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Mzilikazi 2 hours ago

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Ryan was a man on fire last year, TL. Had that “Junkyard Dog “ following. I thought he should have gone on the EOYT tour for the experience. He is not the same player as last year on attack. Don’t recall the defence issues last year.

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Tommy B. 2 hours ago

Why former All Black believes the Wallabies will beat the B&I Lions