England U20 name 12 uncapped players in squad to face Coventry

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.

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.

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.

“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.

“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)