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Two from two for England Under-20s

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England Under-20s made it two wins from two in the IRB Junior World Championship in New Zealand, beating Australia 38-24.

Members of England’s senior squad were at North Harbour to watch the game as two tries each for Henry Taylor and Nathan Earle, plus one for Gus Jones, sealed the victory. Fly-half Billy Burns kicked five conversions and one penalty.
 
Tigers wing Henry Purdy started the game, while club colleague Harry Rudkin was among the replacements.
 
England Under-20s
15 Howard Packman (Northampton Saints)
14 Henry Purdy (Leicester Rugby)
13 Nick Tompkins (Saracens)
12 Harry Sloan (Harlequins)
11 Nathan Earle (Saracens)
10 Billy Burns (Gloucester Rugby)
9 Henry Taylor (Loughborough University)
1 Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi (Northampton Saints)
2 Tom Woolstencroft (Bath Rugby)
3 Paul Hill (Leeds Carnegie)
4 Maro Itoje (Saracens)(c)
5 Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby)
6 Ross Moriarty (Gloucester Rugby)
7 Gus Jones (London Wasps)
8 Joel Conlon (Exeter Chiefs)

Replacements
16 Jack Walker (Leeds Carnegie) for Woolstencroft 68 mins
17 Alex Lundberg (London Wasps) for Hobbs-Awoyemi 68 mins
18 Harry Rudkin (Leicester Tigers) for Hill 73 mins
19 Hayden Thompson-Stringer (Saracens) for Jones 71 mins
20 James Chisholm (Harlequins) for Conlon 9 mins
21 Callum Braley (Bristol Rugby) for Taylor 57 mins
22 Sam Olver (Northampton Saints) for Burns 65 mins
23 Aaron Morris (Bedford Blues) for Packman 40 mins