Tigers second-rower Tom Price comes into the forward pack in place of the injured Elliott Stooke, with club colleagues Harry Wells and Henry Purdy named among the replacements.
Head coach Nick Walshe said: “Wales are an excellent side, as they have shown throughout this competition, and we’re fully aware that it’s going to be a tough game. We did well in the Six Nations to win at their place, but that game will have no bearing on the result.
“We have prepared well, we have recovered well after the New Zealand game and we’re ready for the final.”
The meeting is the first all northern hemisphere final in JWC history.
The IRB Junior World Championship Final in Vannes, France, is a 7.45pm kick-off (UK time) on Sunday and is shown live by Sky Sports 2.
England Under-20s
15 Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs) 14 Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby) 13 Harry Sloan (Harlequins) 12 Sam Hill (Exeter Chiefs) 11 Ben Howard (Worcester Warriors) 10 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs) 9 Alex Day (Northampton Saints) 1 Alec Hepburn (London Wasps) 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs) 3 Scott Wilson (Newcastle Falcons) 4 Tom Price (Leicester Tigers) 5 Dominic Barrow (Leeds Carnegie) 6 Ross Moriarty (Gloucester Rugby) 7 Matt Hankin (Saracens) 8 Jack Clifford (Harlequins) (c)
Replacements:
16 Scott Spurling (Saracens) 17 Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi (Northampton Saints) 18 Tom Smallbone (London Irish) 19 Harry Wells (Leicester Tigers) 20 David Sisi (Bath Rugby) 21 Callum Braley (Bristol Rugby) 22 Ollie Devoto (Bath Rugby) 23 Henry Purdy (Leicester Tigers)
