Wales U20 vs England U20 warm up match

[Epaminondas Pules]

England Men’s U20 XV:



15 Ben Redshaw (Newcastle Falcons, captain)
14 Noah Caluori (Saracens)
13 Campbell Ridl (Exeter Chiefs)
12 Will Knight (Gloucester)
11 Jack Cotgreave (Gloucester)
10 Josh Bellamy (Harlequins)
9 Joe Davis (Newcastle Falcons)
1 Ralph McEachran (Sale Sharks)
2 Louie Gulley (Exeter Chiefs
3 Ollie Streeter (Harlequins)
4 Aiden Ainsworth-Cave (Northampton Saints)
5 Olamide Sodeke (Saracens)
6 George Timmins (Bath)
7 Reggie Hammick (Saracens)
8 Connor Treacey (Bath)

Replacements:
16 Alfie Longstaff (Sale Sharks)
17 Tubuna Maka (Leicester Tigers)
18 Tye Raymont (Sale Sharks)
19 Charlie Barker (Saracens)
20 Kane James (Exeter Chiefs)
21 Oscar Beckerleg (Exeter Chiefs)
22 Jonny Weimann (Northampton Saints)
23 Ben Coen (Exeter Chiefs)
24 Tyler Offiah (Bath)
25 Nic Allison (Exeter Chiefs)
26 Frank McMillan (Harlequins)
27 Jack Bracken (Saracens)
28 Nick Lilley (Exeter Chiefs)

Wales U20 XV:



15 Lewis Edwards (Ospreys)

14 Ioan Duggan (Dragons)

13 Elijah Evans (Cardiff)

12 Elis Price (Scarlets)

11 Aidan Boshoff (Bristol Bears)

10 Harri Ford (Dragons)

9 Sion Davies (Cardiff)

1 Cam Tyler-Grocott (Cardiff)

2 Saul Hurley (Aberavon)

3 Owain James (Dragons)

4 Dan Gemine (Ospreys)

5 Kenzie Jenkins (Bristol Bears)

6 Ryan Jones (Dragons)

7 Caio James (Gloucester)

8 Evan Minto (Dragons, captain)

Replacements:

16 Evan Wood (Pontypool/Cardiff Met)

17 Louie Trevett (Bristol Bears)

18 Jac Pritchard (Scarlets)

19 Tom Cottle (RGC)

20 Luke Evans (Exeter Chiefs)

21 Deian Gwynne (Gloucester)

22 Harry Beddall (Dragons)

23 Logan Franklin (Dragons)

24 Lloyd Lucas (Cardiff)

25 Dylan Scott (Cardiff Met)

26 Steffan Emanuel (Cardiff)

27 Osian Darwin-Lewis (Cardiff)

28 Jack Woods (Bath)

29 Dylan Alford (Scarlets)

[Which Tyler]

I'd missed this - presumably as they're calling it the U20 XV - that means it's uncapped?
Do we know when the squad for the championship is due for announcement? usually early June isn't it?

[FKAS]

Presumably there's a few players that would be in the squad but are in or around the playoff teams squads and so not included. Like Tigers are a bit short on back three depth so Kinder and Pearson and probably retained.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Mid June usually.

Of note as well, Archie McParland is training with the wider squad

And please, for the love of everything holy, play Ollie Davies!!

[FKAS]

Mid June usually.

Of note as well, Archie McParland is training with the wider squad

And please, for the love of everything holy, play Ollie Davies!!

I was hoping he'd been held back by Sale as squad cover for the playoffs.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Mid June usually.

Of note as well, Archie McParland is training with the wider squad

And please, for the love of everything holy, play Ollie Davies!!

I was hoping he'd been held back by Sale as squad cover for the playoffs.

Sadly they’ve gone with Bellamy and Coen and seen Davies as surplus to requirements. Just what we need, a pair of mediocre 10s!

It’s our biggest weakness by far!

[Which Tyler]

Hopefully, it's the final chance for those 2 to stake a claim for 3rd choice behind Davies and Linegar for the actual championship

[fivepointer]

England U20 Men’s head coach Mark Mapletoft and assistant coach Andy Titterrell have named their match day squad to face Wales this Friday at Pontypool RFC (15:30 BST kick-off).

The sides meet in an uncapped preparation fixture ahead of the 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship in Italy at the end of the month. England then travel to Tbilisi to face Georgia on 14 June to conclude their pre-tournament schedule.

Former England U18 Men’s captain Ben Redshaw will lead the U20s for the first time, having been part of the squad that won the 2024 World Rugby Championship.

Noah Caluori, Jack Cotgreave, Will Knight and Ollie Streeter are set for their first U20 appearances, while replacements Charlie Barker, Alfie Longstaff and Frank McMillan could also earn a first run-out.

England begin their defence of the U20 World Championship against Scotland on Sunday 29 June, before facing South Africa and Australia in their remaining pool games.

Nice to see Streeter included. Knight seems to be one who the coaches like a lot and Cotgreave gets a go after his Prem outings. I assume it will be a much changed team against Georgia.

[FKAS]

Hopefully, it's the final chance for those 2 to stake a claim for 3rd choice behind Davies and Linegar for the actual championship

Ditch the pair and put Threlfall in as third choice for the competition. He's starting for Notts at 18 and looked alright in the PRC for Tigers. Won't lose anything for this time round and it means we'll have settled options for next year.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Actually I'm hearing Davies has a knock, but could / should be fit in time; if selected. I half take my despair back, other than they ignored him largely for the 6 Nations.

[Epaminondas Pules]

England U20 Men’s head coach Mark Mapletoft and assistant coach Andy Titterrell have named their match day squad to face Wales this Friday at Pontypool RFC (15:30 BST kick-off).

The sides meet in an uncapped preparation fixture ahead of the 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship in Italy at the end of the month. England then travel to Tbilisi to face Georgia on 14 June to conclude their pre-tournament schedule.

Former England U18 Men’s captain Ben Redshaw will lead the U20s for the first time, having been part of the squad that won the 2024 World Rugby Championship.

Noah Caluori, Jack Cotgreave, Will Knight and Ollie Streeter are set for their first U20 appearances, while replacements Charlie Barker, Alfie Longstaff and Frank McMillan could also earn a first run-out.

England begin their defence of the U20 World Championship against Scotland on Sunday 29 June, before facing South Africa and Australia in their remaining pool games.

Nice to see Streeter included. Knight seems to be one who the coaches like a lot and Cotgreave gets a go after his Prem outings. I assume it will be a much changed team against Georgia.

Redshaw was due to get the captaincy for the 6 Nations, but injury scuppered that.

And....Calouri is still a school kid, about to go through A levels.

Longstaff has been the No2 to Tuipolotu throughout age grades and is VERY good.

Great to see Streeter in the squad.

[Which Tyler]

Report from Pontypool (he's unimpressed by the slope)

14-47 2 mins to go. As a game it’s a bit runaway second half
I’m at the game, it’s rugby dictated to by the pitch!!

[FKAS]

Jack Kinder has posted a picture of him in a hospital bed so he's probably unlikely to feature this summer.

[Which Tyler]

Shame
Good player, and an awesome name for age-grade

[Which Tyler]

England U20 Men’s head coach Mark Mapletoft and assistant coach Andy Titterrell have selected their squad to face Georgia on Saturday at Avchala Stadium (15:00 BST kick-off).
The fixture will be streamed live on the Georgian Rugby Facebook channel.


15 Josh Bellamy (Harlequins, Rosslyn Park, 12 caps)
14 Noah Caluori (Saracens, Blackheath Rugby, uncapped)
13 Nick Lilley (Exeter Chiefs, Ivybridge RFC, 4 caps)
12 Nic Allison (Exeter Chiefs, Bishops Diocesan College, 4 caps)
11 Tyler Offiah (Bath Rugby, Ealing Trailfinders, 1 cap)
10 Ben Coen (Exeter Chiefs, Teignmouth RFC, 9 caps)
9 Jonny Weimann (Northampton Saints, Royston Rugby Club, 1 cap)

1 Ralph McEachran (Sale Sharks, Guildford RFC, 5 caps)
2 Alfie Longstaff (Sale Sharks, Sandal RUFC, uncapped)
3 Vilikesa Sela (Bath Rugby, Royal Wootton Bassett RFC, 10 caps)
4 Tom Burrow (c) (Sale Sharks, Morley RUFC, 5 caps)
5 Junior Kpoku (Racing 92, Saracens Amateurs, 13 caps)
6 George Timmins (Bath Rugby, Market Harborough RUFC, 5 caps)
7 Sam Williams (Leicester Tigers, Nottingham Corsairs RFC, uncapped)
8 Kane James (Exeter Chiefs, St. Peter’s RFC, 14 caps)

Replacements:
16 Louie Gulley (Exeter Chiefs, Crediton RFC, 5 caps)
17 Ollie Scola (Northampton Saints, Old Northamptonians RFC, 4 caps)
18 Ollie Streeter (Harlequins, Haywards Heath RFC, uncapped)
19 Aiden Ainsworth-Cave (Northampton Saints, Bedford Junior Blues, 4 caps)
20 Seb Kelly (Sale Sharks, Rochdale RFC, uncapped)
21 Olamide Sodeke (Saracens, Blackheath Rugby Club, 14 caps)
22 Jos Gilmore (Sale Sharks, Sandbach RUFC, uncapped)
23 Jack Bracken (Saracens, Barnet Elizabethans, 8 caps)
24 Ben Redshaw (Newcastle Falcons, West Park Leeds RFC, 8 caps)
25 Reggie Hammick (Saracens, Saints Rugby Peregian, uncapped)
26 Asa Stewart-Harris (Saracens, Old Albanians, uncapped)
27 Will Knight (Gloucester Rugby, Longlevens RFC, uncapped)
28 Campbell Ridl (Exeter Chiefs, Sharks, 2 caps)
29 Jack Cotgreave (Gloucester Rugby, Bideford RFC, uncapped)
30 Tye Raymont (Sale Sharks, West Park Leeds RFC, 5 caps)

[Epaminondas Pules]

England U20 Men’s head coach Mark Mapletoft and assistant coach Andy Titterrell have selected their squad to face Georgia on Saturday at Avchala Stadium (15:00 BST kick-off).
The fixture will be streamed live on the Georgian Rugby Facebook channel.


15 Josh Bellamy (Harlequins, Rosslyn Park, 12 caps)
14 Noah Caluori (Saracens, Blackheath Rugby, uncapped)
13 Nick Lilley (Exeter Chiefs, Ivybridge RFC, 4 caps)
12 Nic Allison (Exeter Chiefs, Bishops Diocesan College, 4 caps)
11 Tyler Offiah (Bath Rugby, Ealing Trailfinders, 1 cap)
10 Ben Coen (Exeter Chiefs, Teignmouth RFC, 9 caps)
9 Jonny Weimann (Northampton Saints, Royston Rugby Club, 1 cap)

1 Ralph McEachran (Sale Sharks, Guildford RFC, 5 caps)
2 Alfie Longstaff (Sale Sharks, Sandal RUFC, uncapped)
3 Vilikesa Sela (Bath Rugby, Royal Wootton Bassett RFC, 10 caps)
4 Tom Burrow (c) (Sale Sharks, Morley RUFC, 5 caps)
5 Junior Kpoku (Racing 92, Saracens Amateurs, 13 caps)
6 George Timmins (Bath Rugby, Market Harborough RUFC, 5 caps)
7 Sam Williams (Leicester Tigers, Nottingham Corsairs RFC, uncapped)
8 Kane James (Exeter Chiefs, St. Peter’s RFC, 14 caps)

Replacements:
16 Louie Gulley (Exeter Chiefs, Crediton RFC, 5 caps)
17 Ollie Scola (Northampton Saints, Old Northamptonians RFC, 4 caps)
18 Ollie Streeter (Harlequins, Haywards Heath RFC, uncapped)
19 Aiden Ainsworth-Cave (Northampton Saints, Bedford Junior Blues, 4 caps)
20 Seb Kelly (Sale Sharks, Rochdale RFC, uncapped)
21 Olamide Sodeke (Saracens, Blackheath Rugby Club, 14 caps)
22 Jos Gilmore (Sale Sharks, Sandbach RUFC, uncapped)
23 Jack Bracken (Saracens, Barnet Elizabethans, 8 caps)
24 Ben Redshaw (Newcastle Falcons, West Park Leeds RFC, 8 caps)
25 Reggie Hammick (Saracens, Saints Rugby Peregian, uncapped)
26 Asa Stewart-Harris (Saracens, Old Albanians, uncapped)
27 Will Knight (Gloucester Rugby, Longlevens RFC, uncapped)
28 Campbell Ridl (Exeter Chiefs, Sharks, 2 caps)
29 Jack Cotgreave (Gloucester Rugby, Bideford RFC, uncapped)
30 Tye Raymont (Sale Sharks, West Park Leeds RFC, 5 caps)

In bold are school kids, who are still U18s. Less unusual in the backs, though still rare, but a forward playing up is very rare!

[Epaminondas Pules]

Also noticed Gus Hall has not featured at all. Hoping he's not injured! McParland still training with the squad, and Ollie Davies almost fit.

[Puja]

7 Sam Williams (Leicester Tigers, Nottingham Corsairs RFC, uncapped)

In bold are school kids, who are still U18s. Less unusual in the backs, though still rare, but a forward playing up is very rare!

Is that not the 20 year old Sam Williams who played for us in the Prem cup? Or is there a second Sam Williams coming through with us, which would just be confusing.

Puja

[Epaminondas Pules]

7 Sam Williams (Leicester Tigers, Nottingham Corsairs RFC, uncapped)

In bold are school kids, who are still U18s. Less unusual in the backs, though still rare, but a forward playing up is very rare!

Is that not the 20 year old Sam Williams who played for us in the Prem cup? Or is there a second Sam Williams coming through with us, which would just be confusing.

Puja

Yes it is. I was having a senior moment and for some reason confused him with George Marsh. It's been a long week!

[Puja]

In bold are school kids, who are still U18s. Less unusual in the backs, though still rare, but a forward playing up is very rare!

Is that not the 20 year old Sam Williams who played for us in the Prem cup? Or is there a second Sam Williams coming through with us, which would just be confusing.

Puja

Yes it is. I was having a senior moment and for some reason confused him with George Marsh. It's been a long week!

I think we'll let you away with it this once!

Puja

[Epaminondas Pules]

Is that not the 20 year old Sam Williams who played for us in the Prem cup? Or is there a second Sam Williams coming through with us, which would just be confusing.

Puja

Yes it is. I was having a senior moment and for some reason confused him with George Marsh. It's been a long week!

I think we'll let you away with it this once!

Puja

Gracias senor

[FKAS]

Yes it is. I was having a senior moment and for some reason confused him with George Marsh. It's been a long week!

I think we'll let you away with it this once!

Puja

Gracias senor

To be fair Williams has been injured for at least a couple of months whilst Marsh has been playing for various age grade sides. I was surprised to see Williams back, thought he was done until pre season. Glad to see him get his chance as he misses out on the 6N because of that injury.

[Beasties]

Saw Ollie Streeter play recently, seemed a fair unit. U20?

[fivepointer]

Good win for the lads, 43-14.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Saw Ollie Streeter play recently, seemed a fair unit. U20?

Yes mate. First season out of school. Made Prem debut aged 18 a few weeks back