Jump to Main ContentJump to Primary Navigation
leicestertigers.comMattioli Woods Welford RoadContact UsTopps Tiles
News

Gillanders and Youngs in 22 for England U-20

Figure image
Gregor Gillanders and Ben Youngs will be among the replacements when England U-20 open their IRB Junior World Championship campaign against Fiji on Friday night.

The Tigers pair both played their parts in a Grand Slam-winning season for England, who also face Canada and Australia in the group stages.

England take on the Fijians at at 7pm on Friday, before facing the Canadians on Tuesday and their Australian counterparts the following Saturday. All three group matches will be played at Rodney Parade in Newport. 

England U-20 (vs Fiji at Newport, June 6, kick off 7pm)

15 Noah Cato (Saracens)
14 Seb Stegmann (Harlequins)
13 Mark Odejobi (London Wasps)
12 Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins)
11 Miles Benjamin (Worcester Warriors)
10 Alex Goode (Saracens)
9 Joe Simpson (London Wasps)

1 Nathan Catt (Bath Rugby)
2 Scott Freer (Leeds Carnegie)
3 Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
4 Scott Hobson (Cornish Pirates)
5 Ben Thomas (Saracens)
6 Jon Fisher (London Irish)
7 Calum Clark (Leeds Carnegie)
8 Hugo Ellis (London Wasps, captain)

Replacements

16 Joe Gray (Northampton Saints)
17 Billy Moss (Bath Rugby)
18 Gregor Gillanders (Leicester Tigers)
19 Matthew Cox (Worcester Warriors)
20 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
21 Rob Miller (Newcastle Falcons)
22 Alex Tait (Newcastle Falcons)

England's schedule

June 6: England vs Fiji (Newport, 7pm)
June 10: England vs Canada (Newport, 5pm)
June 14: England vs Australia (Newport, 3pm)*
June 18: Matchday four
June 22: Finals day

*Live on BBC Wales and S4C, also available on Satellite and Freeview.