Leicester Tigers forward Finn Carnduff is set to captain England Under-20s in their Six Nations opener this weekend.

The flanker will lead out the side against Italy in the tournament's curtain raiser this Friday, February 2 (kick off: 7.15pm).

Versatile forward Carnduff has been named the U20 team captain for the tournament and represented his country in the 2023 Under-20 Six Nations and World Rugby U20 Championship.

The Tigers Academy standout was recently involved in his 10th senior Tigers appearance as a replacement in the side's 19 - 20 Gallagher Premiership win away to Harlequins at Twickenham Stoop last weekend. 
 

England U20 Men’s team to face Italy

15 Ben Redshaw (Newcastle Falcons) 

14 Toby Cousins (Northampton Saints) * 

13 Ben Waghorn (Harlequins) * 

12 Sean Kerr (Harlequins) 

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 Zach Carr (Harlequins) * 


Replacements 

16 Jacob Oliver (Newcastle Falcons) 

17 Scott Kirk (Bath Rugby) 

18 James Halliwell (Bristol Bears) * 

19 Joe Bailey (Exeter Chiefs) * 

20 Nathan Michelow (Saracens) * 

21 Ben Douglas (Newcastle Falcons) 

22 Josh Bellamy (Harlequins) 

23 Ollie Spencer (Newcastle) 

*denotes a player previously capped at U20 level