
Falcons quartet line up for England U20s
Newcastle Falcons’ Ben Redshaw and Ben Douglas start for England Under-20s on Saturday when they take on Oxford University.
The 2pm kick-off at Oxford’s Iffley Road sees Redshaw starting on the wing with Douglas at scrum-half.
Fellow Falcons Oliver Spencer and Jacob Oliver are named on the bench for the game, with all four having featured in last weekend’s 42-33 defeat against Bath United.
England U20s head coach Mark Mapletoft said: “There were a lot of positive spells and contributions from the lads against a tough Bath United side that have given us plenty of encouragement heading into Oxford and then Italy.
“We’re looking to really gel this squad away from the pitch and build momentum on it – we have an eager group of boys here that are keen to showcase their talents across a full 80 minutes.
“Rest assured, we as a group have put in a great deal of work at Bisham this past week aiming to match Oxford, who provided a stern test last year ahead of the Six Nations.”
England U20s team v face Oxford University (Saturday, 2pm, Iffley Road)
15 Ioan Jones (Gloucester Rugby)
14 Toby Cousins (Northampton Saints)
13 Ben Waghorn (Harlequins)
12 Sean Kerr (Harlequins)
11 Ben Redshaw (Newcastle Falcons)
10 Rory Taylor (Gloucester Rugby)
9 Ben Douglas (Newcastle Falcons)
1 Cameron Miell (Leicester Tigers)
2 Craig Wright (Northampton Saints)
3 Billy Sela (Bath Rugby)
4 Olamide Sodeke (Saracens)
5 Junior Kpoku (Racing 92)
6 Finn Carnduff (captain – Leicester Tigers)
7 Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints)
8 Zach Carr (Harlequins)
Replacements
16 Jacob Oliver (Newcastle Falcons)
17 Scott Kirk (Bath Rugby)
18 James Halliwell (Bristol Bears)
19 Joe Bailey (Exeter Chiefs)
20 Jack Bennett (Bath Rugby)
21 Max Blinkhorn (Nottingham University)
22 Kane James (Exeter Chiefs)
23 Josh Bellamy (Harlequins)
24 Malelili Satala (Leicester Tigers)
25 Ollie Spencer (Newcastle Falcons)
England U20s Six Nations fixtures
February 2 – Italy v England – 19:15 – Stadio Monigo, Treviso
February 9 – England v Wales – 19:15 – The Recreation Ground. Tickets available here.
February 23 – Scotland v England – 19:15 – Hive Stadium, Edinburgh
March 8 – England v Ireland – 19:15 – The Recreation Ground. Tickets available here.
March 15 – France v England – 20:00 – Stade du Hameau, Pau