U20 Six Nations defeats for Academy pair

Chamberlain was among the replacements as Scotland U20 slipped to a 22-32 defeat to the Azzurri, while English was also a substitute as Wales U20 went down 32-10 to reigning world champions, France U20.

Tommy Reffell's Welsh side went toe-to-toe with the French and rocked them with a great first-half performance in Vannes.

But last year's Six Nations and World Rugby Junior Championship winners scored four tries in the end to pick up a bonus-point win as they triumphed 32-10.

At Netherdale, the Italians outscored the hosts by four tries to three to make it back-to-back wins over Scotland.

Scotland U20 Head Coach, Carl Hogg, said: “We lacked accuracy tonight. Especially in our exit zones – we put ourselves under a lot of pressure with spilled passes and poor execution.

“After half-time, we had a twenty period where we were nice and composed in our own half. We played the ball out and put some speed on the ball and we looked a dangerous side, however, unfortunately we didn’t do that over the 80 minutes.