Falcons quartet on England U20s duty

Monday 08 January 2024 Written by: Mark Smith

Newcastle Falcons had four players on England Under-20s duty On Saturday as they took on Bath United.

Full-back Ben Redshaw and scrum-half Ben Douglas (pictured) started the game at Dings Crusaders RFC, with centre Oliver Spencer and hooker Jacob Oliver on the bench.

Bath led 28-7 at the interval, ending up 42-33 winners on the day.

Bath United: 15 Austin Emens, 14 Ruaridh McConnochie, 13 Louie Hennessy, 12 Max Wright, 11 Brendan Owen, 10 George Worboys, 9 Ieuan Davies, 1 Arthur Cordwell, 2 John Stewart, 3 Kieran Verden, 4 Will Jeanes, 5 Ewan Richards (captain), 6 Josh Bayliss, 7 Thompson Cowan, 8 Arthur Green

Replacements: 16 Ioan Emanuel, 17 Jasper Spandler, 18 Mikey Summerfield, 19 Eddie Erskine, 20 Mackenzie Graham, 21 Jack Bennett, 22 George Timmins, 23 Nahum Merigan, 24 Murdoch Lock, 25 Raff Weston, 26 Luke Graham, 27 James Short, 28 Rory Crum, 29 Dan Marias, 30 Josh Dingley.

England Under-20s: 15 Ben Redshaw (Newcastle Falcons), 14 Alex Wills (Sale Sharks), 13 Toby Cousins (Northampton Saints), 12 Ben Waghorn (Harlequins), 11 Sean Kerr (Harlequins), 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 Joe Bailey (Exeter Chiefs), 6 Nathan Michelow (captain – Saracens), 7 Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints), 8 Lucas Schmid (Harlequins).

Replacements: 16 Scott Kirk (Bath Rugby), 17 Jacob Oliver (Newcastle Falcons), 18 James Halliwell (Bristol Bears), 19 Junior Kpoku (Racing 92), 20 Finn Carnduff (Leicester Tigers), 21 Zach Carr (Harlequins), 22 Max Blinkhorn (Nottingham University), 23 Josh Bellamy (Harlequins), 24 Ollie Spencer (Newcastle Falcons), 25 Will Glister (Northampton Saints), 26 Ioan Jones (Gloucester Rugby).