England U20 head coach Rob Hunter has included Tigers forwards Ryan Bower, Matt Everard and Jonny Harris and backs George Ford and Manu Tuilagi in his 32-man group for the U20 6 Nations and this summer’s IRB Junior World Championship in Italy.
Hunter has made two changes to the squad. London Irish centre Guy Armitage and Northampton Saints hooker Mike Haywood are added in place of Marcus Watson (London Irish) and Billy Vunipola (London Wasps).
“It’s important to take each 6 Nations game one at a time,” said Hunter. “We start off by playing Wales in Wales and that will be tough but we’ve got a good squad and I’m confident we can go there and give them a good game.”
England U20 Elite Player Squad
Forwards
Ryan Bower (Leicester Tigers)
Koree Britton (Gloucester Rugby)
Rob Buchanan (Harlequins)
Will Collier (Harlequins)
Matt Everard (Leicester Tigers)
Alex Gray (Newcastle Falcons)
Jonny Harris (Leicester Tigers)
Sam Jones (London Wasps)
Matt Kvesic (Worcester Warriors)
Addison Lockley (Exeter Chiefs)
Kieran Low (London Irish)
Charlie Matthews (Harlequins)
Ollie Stedman (Leeds Carnegie)
Henry Thomas (Sale Sharks)
Sam Twomey (Harlequins)
Mike Haywood (Northampton Saints)
Mako Vunipola (Bristol Rugby)
Backs
Chris Cook (Bath Rugby)
Elliot Daly (London Wasps)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
George Ford (Leicester Tigers)
Jonathan Joseph (London Irish)
Ryan Mills (Gloucester Rugby)
Ben Ransom (Saracens)
Dan Robson (Gloucester Rugby)
Jake Sharp (Saracens)
Andy Short (Worcester Warriors)
Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
Christian Wade (London Wasps)
Jack Wallace (London Wasps)
Guy Armitage (London Irish)
Marland Yarde (London Irish)
