England v Italy Junior World Championship 4th June 2012


By RFU Press Release
June 4 2012

England Under 20 have named their side to take on Italy in the IRB Junior World Championship opener on Monday, June 4 at the University of Western Cape Stadium, Cape Town, kick off 15.45 (BST), live on Sky Sports 2 HD.

England Under 20 name team for JWC opener
 
England Under 20 name squad for Italy
England Under 20 name squad for Italy

Head Coach Rob Hunter and Assistant Nick Walshe have given first Under 20 starts to Nathan Morris, Ross Harrison, David Sisi and Billy Vunipola, while Chris Walker captains the side for the fifth time.

Five of the match day squad (Yarde, Robson, Twomey, Mills and Ransom) played in the 2011 competition in Italy and Hunter says that their experience will be key.

“Having the guys here who understand how hard these games are in terms of physicality and pressure is very valuable. But we’re also lucky that the guys that have come in have a lot of Aviva Premiership and RFU Championship experience and that’s fantastic.”

England beat Italy 42-7 in this season’s Six Nations, but Hunter adds that the result in Rovigo back in March will bear no relevance come kick off time in South Africa.

“This is a different competition and we saw last year that sides can change over just a short amount of time. We’re a bit different to how we were in the Six Nations and I’m sure Italy will be too – they’re a good side and we’ve got a lot of respect for them.”

England Under 20 starting XV to take on Italy

15 Charlie Walker (Harlequins)
14 Marland Yarde (London Irish)
13 Sam Hill (Exeter Chiefs)
12 Tom Heathcote (Bath Rugby)
11 Josh Bassett (Bedford Blues)
10 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
9 Dan Robson (Gloucester Rugby)

1 Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Cheifs)
2 Nathan Morris (London Wasps)
3 Ross Harrison (Sale Sharks)
4 Sam Twomey (Harlequins)
5 Dominic Barrow (Leeds Carnegie)
6 David Sisi (Harlequins)
7 Chris Walker (Leeds Carnegie) (C)
8 Billy Vunipola (London Wasps)

Replacements

16 Max Crumpton (Saracens)
17 Alec Hepburn (London Wasps)
18 Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins)
19 George Merrick (Harlequins)
20 Jack Clifford (Harlequins)
21 Ben Spencer (Saracens)
22 Ryan Mills (Gloucester Rugby)
23 Ben Ransom (Saracens)

England v Italy Junior World Championship 4th June 2012
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Date: 04/06/2012 07:36

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England Under 20 64 Italy Under 20 5
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Date: 04/06/2012 18:18

England Under 20 64 V 5 Italy Under 20

England Under 20 got their IRB Junior World Championship off to the perfect start with a nine-try 64-5 win against northern hemisphere rivals Italy, but captain Chris Walker says that there’s more to come.

Tries from Josh Bassett, two from Marland Yarde, Dan Robson, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Kyle Sinckler, Ryan Mills, Tom Heathcote and Sam Hill helped England to the win as fly half Henry Slade added 11 points with the boot and Heathcote eight.

It wasn’t all plain sailing for Head Coach Rob Hunter’s side, after Slade had put England 3-0 up, Italy enjoyed a spell of possession and their dominance was rewarded with an 11th minute try from wing Leonardo Sarto.


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