England U20 select Rice for Ireland Summer Series clash

The game takes place at the Payanini Centre, Verona, at 7pm BST on Tuesday 5 July.    

The starting fifteen remains largely unchanged from the team that faced France last week. 

Uncapped Alex Harmes will make his first appearance at left wing and blind side flanker, Ethan Staddon, moves from the bench to start the game this week.  

England men’s U20 head coach, Alan Dickens, speaking ahead of the the final pool game said: “The players really gave it their all against France and to score four tries and secure a bonus point was well deserved. 

“We know we will need to maintain focus on our discipline in the final pool game against Ireland who, as we experienced in the Six Nations Championship, are a strong side.” 

England U20 team 

15. George Hendy, Northampton Saints, Caps 5 
14. Iwan Stephens, Newcastle Falcons, Caps 3 
13. Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, Wasps, Caps 3  
12. Ethan Grayson, Northampton Saints, Caps 7  
11. Alex Harmes, London Irish, Caps 0 
10. Fin Smith, Worcester Warriors, Caps 7 
9. Charlie Bracken, Saracens, Caps 2 
1. Tumy Onasanya, Sale Sharks, Caps 2  
2. Ollie Fletcher, Newcastle Falcons, Caps 3 
3. Jevaughn Warren, Saracens, Caps 2 
4. Ewan Richards, Bath Rugby, Caps 9  
5. Lewis Chessum, Leicester Tigers, Caps 5 
6. Ethan Staddon, Bath Rugby, Caps 2 
7. Emeka Ilione, Leicester Tigers, Caps 8, Captain 
8. Toby Knight, Saracens, Caps 7  

Replacements
16. John Stewart, Bath Rugby, Caps 6 
17. Archie McArthur, Wasps, Caps 2 
18. Mikey Summerfield, London Irish, Caps 7    
19. Charlie Rice, Bristol Bears, Caps 4 
20. Chandler Cunningham-South, London Irish, Caps 5  
21. Greg Fisilau, Wasps, Caps 3 
22. Lucas Brooke, London Irish, Caps 6 
23. Tom Carr-Smith, Bath Rugby, Caps 5 
24. Jed Walsh, Leicester Tigers, Caps 2 
25. Tom Litchfield, Northampton Saints, Caps 7 
26. Sam Harris, Bath Rugby, Caps 1 
 

England’s Pool A fixtures and results 

Round 1 – England v South Africa, Friday 24 June, KO 4pm (BST), Payanini Centre, Verona - 22-30 
Round 2 – France v England, Wednesday 29 June, KO 4pm (BST), Payanini Centre, Verona - 20-29 
Round 3 – Ireland v England, Tuesday 5 July, KO 7pm (BST), Payanini Centre, Verona  

Play offs   
Tuesday 12 July, KO TBC, Stadio Monigo, Treviso   


Every game of the Under 20 Summer Series will be streamed via the Six Nations Rugby U20 YouTube channel.