Round six of the Gallagher Premiership promises to deliver another thrilling weekend of action, with teams looking to solidify their positions ahead of a break before the Test rugby returns in November.
Wales legend Leigh Halfpenny will make his Harlequins debut on Saturday against London Scottish at the Stoop in a pre-season friendly.
England flew out of South Africa last Saturday evening to Heathrow as the rightful champions, the consistency of their potent scrum and manipulative defence helping them to a deserved first title since 2016.
His preparations consisted of an on-the-fly drawn two-match series in Georgia before flying to South Africa where his English young guys carved a reputation for stickiness.
Coventry taught England U20s a valuable lesson as the club marked their 150th anniversary in style at Butts Park Arena.
Harlequins have completed a busy week of contract renewals by confirming the signatures of six academy players on new deals.
Mark Mapletoft and Andy Titterrell have made four changes to the England U20 starting XV that narrowly lost to Bath United last week to take on Oxford University in their final match before the U20 Six Nations.
South Africa U20 and England U20 will bring their World Rugby U20 Championships to a close this Friday with wholesale changes in their third place play-off encounter at Athlone Stadium.
England have named a starting XV to play Fiji on Thursday at the Junior World Championship showing a dozen changes from last Saturday’s opening-round draw with Ireland.