England U20 vs Coventry

[Epaminondas Pules]

ENGLAND U20 MEN’S TEAM TO FACE COVENTRY RFC
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)



ENGLAND U20 MEN PRE-WORLD RUGBY U20 CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES
25 May - Coventry RFC vs. England U20 Men – Butts Park Arena - 15:00 BST kick-off (Tickets available here)
7 June – Georgia U20 vs. England U20 Men - Avchala Stadium – Kick-off time TBC
12 June – Georgia U20 vs. England U20 Men - Avchala Stadium – Kick-off time TBC

[FKAS]

What the hell is a Market Harborough lad doing in the Bath academy! Ah, went to Milfield, had to Google that one.

Have they announced the squad for the tournament yet or this to test some of the possibles before the squad is announced?

[Banquo]

Be interesting- quite a coup for Cov

[Which Tyler]

What the hell is a Market Harborough lad doing in the Bath academy! Ah, went to Milfield, had to Google that one.

To be fair - he's been Bath pathway throughout

[FKAS]

What the hell is a Market Harborough lad doing in the Bath academy! Ah, went to Milfield, had to Google that one.

To be fair - he's been Bath pathway throughout

Which makes sense if they picked him up from school. Just odd that his club was Market Harborough which is the area of the county most of the Tigers players tend to live.

[francoisfou]

Be interesting- quite a coup for Cov

It’d be good to see Coventry back at the top in the next couple of seasons or so. Back in the good ol’ days (60s & 70s) the Cov pack put the fear of God into the opposition!!

[Epaminondas Pules]

Grabbed a couple of tickets to go and watch this as it’s fairly local. Should be fun.

[Banquo]

Be interesting- quite a coup for Cov

It’d be good to see Coventry back at the top in the next couple of seasons or so. Back in the good ol’ days (60s & 70s) the Cov pack put the fear of God into the opposition!!

hmmm.....odd club these days tbf

[francoisfou]

Be interesting- quite a coup for Cov

It’d be good to see Coventry back at the top in the next couple of seasons or so. Back in the good ol’ days (60s & 70s) the Cov pack put the fear of God into the opposition!!

hmmm.....odd club these days tbf

Really, in what way? Not having lived in the Midlands for 25 years, I must be missing the gossip.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Coventry:
Coventry Rugby: Wilson; Opoku, Wand, Hitchcock, Martin; Pellegrini, Chudley; Nairau, Poole, Salt; Anstey, Nkwocha; Ball, Kvesic, Owen.
Replacements: Ma’asi, Warren, Andrews, Nayalo, Stone, Lane, Mannion, Hutler, Mitchell, Ogden.

[FKAS]

Strong Coventry team there. Pellegrini at flyhalf went to the World Cup with Tonga, we all remember Matt Kvesic and Will Chudley from their Prem days. Chester Owen at 8 is former Tigers and has been getting good write ups. Wand at 13 is leaving Coventry this summer with some rumours he's off to a bigger side.

[fivepointer]

Cov won 54-40. Seems like the u20s came back well in the 2nd half.

Game available here -

https://www.youtube.com/live/KxmfspnY4wo

[Epaminondas Pules]

Game of two halves. First half was one way traffic. Cov were what they’ve been all season, which is very sharp. Their pack had England on toast and their lines of attack were beautiful. Took most of their better players off at half time and England came back into it. Some of the subs made a big difference.

Miell had a very, VERY long day at the office. Had his arse handed to him over and over again.

Cracking day though. Was Cov’s 150th year celebration game. Great atmosphere. All the England lads spent time galore with all the kids present.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Favourite moment was asking Ben Redshaw (who was there with the wider squad) for a picture with the youngest and he’s just look confused as fuck that anyone knew who he was. He’s a bloody big lad mind.

Conor Byrne scored a solo belter! And Will Chudley has still got it!

[Mellsblue]

Will Chudley has still got it!

Finishing School grad. He’ll never lose it.

[Banquo]

Will Chudley has still got it!

Finishing School grad. He’ll never lose it.

Been released by Cov, oddly

[Mellsblue]

Will Chudley has still got it!

Finishing School grad. He’ll never lose it.

Been released by Cov, oddly

I’d assumed that he was retiring when I saw the news.

[FKAS]

Miell had a very, VERY long day at the office. Had his arse handed to him over and over again.

Miell pulled out injured before the game, the YouTube coverage has Clarke starting at loosehead for England. Not a massive surprise, step up in physicality from age grade to senior rugby can be a jump.

[Epaminondas Pules]

That would explain a lot. Played the full 80 too! Would explain why AOF was on the bench.

[FKAS]

Poor sod, getting pumped at the scrum and having to play the full 80.

[Banquo]

Finishing School grad. He’ll never lose it.

Been released by Cov, oddly

I’d assumed that he was retiring when I saw the news.

yeah my bad, hadn't realised he was in his mid 60's

[FKAS]

ENGLAND U20 SQUAD FOR GEORGIA TOUR
Forwards

Joe Bailey
Finn Carnduff
Harvey Cuckson
Afolabi Fasogbon
James Halliwel
James Isaacs (Saracens, Hemel Hempstead Camelot RFC, 3 caps)
Kane James
Junior Kpoku (Racing 92, Saracens Amateurs, 4 caps)
Nathan Michelow
Cameron Miell (Leicester Tigers, Paul Roos, uncapped)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour
Henry Pollock
Billy Sela
Olamide Sodeke
George Timmins (Bath Rugby, Market Harborough RFC, uncapped)
Craig Wright

Backs

Ollie Allan (Leicester Tigers, Hungerford RFC, uncapped)
Josh Bellamy
Jack Bracken (Saracens, St Albans Rugby Club, uncapped)
Toby Cousins
Angus Hall (Saracens, Sevenoaks Rugby Club, uncapped)
Ioan Jones
Sean Kerr
George Makepeace-Cubitt (Northampton Saints, Reading Abbey RFC, 4 caps)
Archie McParland
Charlie Myall (Leicester Tigers, Maidenhead Rugby Club, uncapped)
Ben Redshaw
Oli Spencer (Newcastle Falcons, Epping Rams Rugby, 5 caps)
Ben Waghorn
Alex Wills

Taken from RFU website, unsure why there's half finished player details