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England U20 name 12 uncapped players in squad to face Coventry

England U20s line up head of their round four game versus Ireland (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

England U20 boss Richard Mapletoft has named twelve uncapped players in his 25-player squad to face Coventry on Saturday, including seven in the starting XV.

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Off the back of a victorious Six Nations campaign in March, England will take on the Championship outfit at Butts Park.

The fixture comes two weeks before England face Georgia U20 in a two-match series in Tbilisi, which precedes the World Rugby U20 Championship in July in South Africa.

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Lock Tom Burrow will captain the U20 side in his first appearance having previously captained the U19 team.

Burrow is joined by plenty of his former U19 teammates in the squad, with coach Andy Titterell explaining how well the new players have been blooded into the squad in the recent camp.

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Penalty Goals
0
4
Tries
7
4
Conversions
4
0
Drop Goals
0
91
Carries
101
11
Line Breaks
5
21
Turnovers Lost
13
7
Turnovers Won
3

“This week marks the beginning of our summer schedule in the U20 Men programme ahead of what will be an exciting few months,” Titterell said.

“We’ve incorporated many new faces to our wider squad this week who are experiencing their first taste of U20 level rugby. It’s been an incredibly rewarding few days seeing the progress made from involvements in U18 and U19 programmes and Mark, the coaches and I are encouraged by our preparation.

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“Our principles of Speed, Attachment and Space have remained consistent to ensure further alignment with our capped and uncapped U20 players, which is imperative when facing a tough challenge in Coventry this week.”

England U20 XV
15 Ioan Jones (Gloucester Rugby, Minchinhampton RFC, 4 caps)
14 Will Glister (Northampton Saints, Buckingham Rugby Club, uncapped)
13 Oli Spencer (Newcastle Falcons, Epping Rams Rugby, 4 caps)
12 Charlie Myall (Leicester Tigers, Maidenhead Rugby Club, uncapped)
11 Alex Wills (Sale Sharks, Droitwich Rugby Club, 7 caps)
10 George Makepeace-Cubitt (Northampton Saints, Reading Abbey RFC, 4 caps)
9 Ollie Allan (Leicester Tigers, Hungerford RFC, uncapped)
1 Cameron Miell (Leicester Tigers, Paul Roos, uncapped)
2 James Isaacs (Saracens, Hemel Hempstead Camelot RFC, 2 caps)
3 James Halliwell (Bristol Bears, Thornbury Broncos Rugby Club, 9 caps)
4 Harvey Cuckson (Bath Rugby, Mold RFC, 1 cap)
5 Tom Burrow (c) (Sale Sharks, Morley RFC, uncapped)
6 Reuben Logan (Northampton Saints, Beaconsfield Rugby Football Club, uncapped)
7 George Timmins (Bath Rugby, Market Harborough RUFC, uncapped)
8 Zach Carr (Harlequins, Ironsides Rugby Club, 5 caps)

Replacements
16 Jacob Oliver (Newcastle Falcons, Barnard Castle Rugby Club, 4 caps)
17 Ethan Clarke (Harlequins, Worthing RFC, 2 caps)
18 Billy Sela (Bath Rugby, Royal Wootton Bassett RFC, 5 caps)
19 Harry Browne (Harlequins, Rosslyn Park, 4 caps)
20 Arthur Green (Bath Rugby, Frome RFC, uncapped)
21 Archie McParland (Northampton Saints, Ruthin RFC, 4 caps)
22 Ben Coen (Exeter Chiefs, Teignmouth RFC, uncapped)
23 Angus Hall (Saracens, Sevenoaks Rugby Club, uncapped)
24 Malelili Satala (Leicester Tigers, Trentham RUFC, uncapped)
25 Conor Byrne (Harlequins, Old Wimbledonians RFC, uncapped)

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RedWarriors 38 minutes ago
The Springbok selection experiment is far from over

SA won two world cups but since 1987 there have been major issues with the draw and scheduling.


Lets look at Scotland and England. Scotland were ranked #9 immediately after RWC 2019.

They were ranked #7 a few months after and by 2023 they were ranked #5 in the world.

England were ranked #3 after RWC 2019 but by 2023 were #7 a full 3 ranking points behind Scotland.

There are 4 Pools. Because World Rugby used rankings from 2019, England were ranked #1 in their pool in with Argentina and Japan and Scotland were ranked #3 in their pool in with South Africa and Ireland. The pools went as youd expect: Scotland were eliminated and England got through to a QF where they got to play Fiji and scraped through to a semi.

At the end of that tournament England were now a full 3 ranking points ahead of Scotland. This wasn’t due to better rugby. It was entirely due to the draw.

Now England are in #6, Scotland are in #7 and England are favourites to be #1 Pool seeds (6 pool) in 2027 and Scotland will end up as #2 seeds.

In effect Scotland are still reeling from the draw in 2023 which was based on the rankings in 2027.

Considering the amount of admirable effort, money etc that Scotland have put into improving this is an utterly unforgivable outcome from World Rugby.

This isnt new Draw disasters and scheduling bias has been going on since the start.

The ONLY reason it is being dealt with now is because NZ and SA were affected and the world could see how ridiculous it was having the QFs with opponents that should be in SFs, and having great teams like Scotland not even qualify from their Pool.


(I don’t have beef with SA beyond their (and the Kiwis) high proportion of arrogant, brash supporters (see abuse directed at me above) and in the case of the NZ team, lack of respect for other teams.)

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RedWarriors 59 minutes ago
The Springbok selection experiment is far from over

Everyone agreed that the draw was absurd. NZ and SA were the most vocal in criticism before the Pool stages, but then the narrative changed after their squeeked through the QFs.

The reason you had to play France and England was because you lost to Ireland.

The draw helped you in that you got to play France in a QF where none of their players had knock-out winning experience. You play England first and then France, and your task becomes significantly harder. If you are also scheduled to play #5 ranked Scotland the week before France then you lose.


I thought Ireland did rise for the NZ match. Inside a week after Scotland and with resultant fatigue and injury. NZ prepared for a year for that match including identifying a potential infringemnt in Porters scrummaging which yielded 4 penalties. The NZ scrum coach remarked that the ref spent every scrum looking at Porter and not at NZ front row. Kudos, thats clever.


The fact we got within one score and went out attacking in their 22 shows we were right up for it. Particularly given NZ were so much better than SA in the final (except for the red).


Hats off to SA. But the idea that SA are a match for the great NZ team of the 2010s is ludicrous. SA were not the best team in there pool in both 2029 and 2023. They are average in between world cups. They have lost in 4 out of 5 matches against one opponent. Sorry but there it is.


(Anyone can spot a troll, using personal abuse against a person’s opinion being a pretty reliable indicator.)

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