Rob Hunter, the England head coach, has made three changes to the side that beat Wales 26-20 in Saturday’s opening game of this season’s U20s Six Nations.
Prop Will Collier (Harlequins) comes in for Henry Thomas (Sale Sharks), scrum-half Chris Cook (Bath Rugby) replaces Dan Robson (Gloucester Rugby) and lock Addison Lockley (Exeter Chiefs) replaces Kieran Low (London Irish).
Hunter said: “We enjoyed the win in Wales, winning over there is no mean feat but this week we’re moving on and all of our focus now is fully geared towards the Italy match.”
England U20 (v Italy U20, Recreation Ground, Friday, February 11, 7.30pm)
15 Ben Ransom (Saracens)
14 Andy Short (Worcester Warriors)
13 Elliot Daly (London Wasps)
12 Ryan Mills (Gloucester Rugby)
11 Jamie Elliott (Northampton Saints)
10 George Ford (Leicester Tigers)
9 Chris Cook (Bath Rugby)
1 Mako Vunipola (Bristol Rugby)
2 Mike Haywood (Northampton Saints)
3 Will Collier (Harlequins)
4 Addison Lockley (Exeter Chiefs)
5 Charlie Matthews (Harlequins)
6 Matt Kvesic (Worcester Warriors)
7 Matt Everard (Leicester Tigers)
8 Alex Gray (Newcastle Falcons) (c)
Replacements
16 Rob Buchanan (Harlequins)
17 Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs)
18 Joe Launchbury (London Wasps)
19 Ollie Steadman (Leeds Carnegie)
20 Dan Robson (Gloucester Rugby)
21 Guy Armitage (London Irish)
22 Christian Wade (London Wasps)
