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Falcons Help England Home

The Newcastle Falcons trio of Tom Catterick, Will Welch and Alex Gray warmed up for the Under-20s World Cup in Argentina by helping England beat Loughbrough University.

Wednesday's warm-up game saw Catterick and Welch both in the starting XV for the 29-11 victory, with Gray among the replacements.

England scored four tries in total, having led 24-6 at the break.

England U20:

Tom Catterick (Newcastle Falcons); Christian Wade (London Wasps), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby), Andrew Forsyth (Leicester Tigers), Marcus Watson (London Irish); Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby), Charlie Davies (Stade Francais); Joe Marler (Harlequins), Arthur Ellis (London Wasps), Shaun Knight (Gloucester Rugby), George Kruis (Saracens), Charlie Matthews (Harlequins), Will Welch (Newcastle Falcons), Jacob Rowan (Leeds Carnegie, Captain), Jackson Wray (Saracens).

Replacements:

Alex Waller (Northampton Saints), Jamie George (Saracens), Calum Green Leicester Tigers), Alex Gray (Newcastle Falcons), Sam Harrison (Leicester Tigers), Tom Casson (Harlequins), Rory Clegg (Harlequins), Tom Homer (London Irish), Sam Smith (Harlequins).

Loughborough Students:

Geraint Walsh; Kristian Cook, James Golledge, Joe Munro, Nathan Lambden; Matt Keville, Will Chudley; Jeremy Cunnew, Neil Sweeney, Matt Berry, Jon Aston, Will Warden (captain), Anders Nilsson, Dave Hughes, Phil Burgess.

Replacements:

Jack Steadman, Camilo Parilli, Tom Cobb, James Taylor, Jamie Cullen, Fred Silcock, Henry Pyrgos, George Drake, Ross Turner, Ashley Smith, Oscar Ward.

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