Four Newcastle Falcons players starred in Saturday’s 44-5 victory over Oxford University at Iflley Road as the squad prepare for their 2024 U20 Six Nations Championship campaign. 

Ben Douglas, Jacob Oliver, Ben Redshaw and Oliver Spencer all featured for Mark Mapletoft’s side, who ran in eight tries to secure victory. 

Oliver, Redshaw and Spencer all crossed the whitewash for tries, and despite not crossing for a try of his own, Douglas was influential in several England scores. 

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England U20s’ Six Nations tournament gets underway against Italy U20 on Friday February 2, and tickets for their fixtures against Wales and Ireland are available to purchase now: 

Fri Feb 9 v Wales U20, The Recreation Ground, 7:15pm KO 

Fri Mar 8 v Ireland U20, The Recreation Ground, 7:15pm KO 

ENGLAND U20s

15 Ioan Jones, 14 Toby Cousins, 13 Ben Waghorn, 12 Sean Kerr, 11 Ben Redshaw, 10 Rory Taylor, 9 Ben Douglas; 1 Cameron Miell, 2 Craig Wright, 3 Billy Sela, 4 Olamide Sodeke, 5 Junior Kpoku, 6 Finn Carnduff (captain), 7 Henry Pollock, 8 Zach Carr. 

Replacements 

16 Jacob Oliver, 17 Scott Kirk, 18 James Halliwell, 19 Joe Bailey, 20 Jack Bennett, 21 Max Blinkhorn, 22 Kane James, 23 Josh Bellamy, 24 Malelili Satala, 25 Oliver Spencer. 

OXFORD UNIVERSITY MEN’S BLUES 

15 Sam Reynolds, 14 Hector Skipworth, 13 Wolfe Morn, 12 Luke Wyllie, 11 Tom Mewes, 10 Archie King, 9 Jack Hamilton; 1 Harry Pratt, 2 Harry Scoble, 3 Michael Fankah, 4 Seth Dockery, 5 Matt Cook, 6 Edward Blake, 7 Zenden Rozenbroek, 8 Jack Glover (captain). 

Replacements 

16 Noah Zenios, 17 Jack Botham, 18 Joel Anjorin, 19 George Fowler, 20 George Morgan, 21 Vasco Faria, 22 Harry Bridgewater, 23 Paddy Mayhew, 24 Ben Scher, 25 Finlay Ryan-Phillips. 

Enjoy the full match highlights below: