Spencer and Redshaw start for England Under-20s

Wednesday 07 February 2024 Written by: Tom Grisedale

Newcastle Falcons will see four players feature for England Under-20s as head coach Mark Mapletoft and assistant coach Andy Titterrell named their side for the second round of the 2024 Under-20 Men’s Six Nations Championship.

England U20s take on Wales U20s with the Anglo-Welsh age-grade clash taking place at the Recreation Ground in Bath this Friday (9 February), kicking-off at 19:15 GMT.

The fixture will be streamed live on the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer.

Ben Redshaw takes on the 13 jersey and partners Oliver Spencer who starts at inside centre. Hooker Jacob Oliver and scrum-half Ben Douglas are both named on the bench.

All four Falcons were involved in England’s first round victory over Italy, with Redshaw assisting the opening try.

(left to right) Ben Redshaw, Ben Douglas, Jacob Oliver and Oliver Spencer

England U20 Men’s side to face Wales 

15 Ioan Jones (Gloucester Rugby) * 

14 Toby Cousins (Northampton Saints) * 

13 Ben Redshaw (Newcastle Falcons) * 

12 Ollie Spencer (Newcastle Falcons) * 

11 Alex Wills (Sale Sharks) * 

10 Rory Taylor (Gloucester Rugby) * 

9 Archie McParland (Northampton Saints) 

1 Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks) * 

2 Craig Wright (Northampton Saints) * 

3 Billy Sela (Bath Rugby) * 

4 Olamide Sodeke (Saracens) * 

5 Junior Kpoku (Racing 92) * 

6 Finn Carnduff (c) (Leicester Tigers) * 

7 Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints) * 

8 Nathan Michelow (Saracens) * 

Replacements 

16 Jacob Oliver (Newcastle Falcons) * 

17 Scott Kirk (Bath Rugby) * 

18 James Halliwell (Bristol Bears) * 

19 Joe Bailey (Exeter Chiefs) * 

20 Kane James (Exeter Chiefs)  

21 Ben Douglas (Newcastle Falcons) * 

22 Josh Bellamy (Harlequins) * 

23 George Makepeace-Cubitt (Rams RFC) 

*denotes a player previously capped at U20 level 

England U20 Men’s U20 Six Nations fixtures and results

2 February – Italy 11-36 England – 19:15 – Stadio Monigo, Treviso

9 February – England v Wales – 19:15 – The Recreation Ground.

23 February – Scotland v England – 19:15 – Hive Stadium, Edinburgh 

8 March – England v Ireland – 19:15 – The Recreation Ground.

15 March – France v England – 20:00 – Stade du Hameau, Pau