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Tigers trio called up by Under-20s

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Leicester Tigers lock Calum Green has been recalled to the England Under-20 squad for Friday's fixture against Scotland in Glasgow.

Green helped Tigers gain a bonus-point win over London Irish at Welford Road on Saturday and is joined in the England squad by clubmates Sam Harrison and Andrew Forsyth, who makes his first appearance at this level.

England head coach Mark Mapletoft makes 10 changes to the 22 on duty for the 25-10 defeat against Ireland last month because of form, injuries and the renewed availability of his top-flight players.

"It's good to have guys returning from Premiership clubs and they come back to us having played well," said Mapletoft.

"It's also a great opportunity for the likes of Mark Atkinson and Andrew Forsyth to do well and for Marcus Watson coming back from injury.

"We haven't played particularly well in the backs and we need to incorporate some better decision-making and more accuracy into what we're doing. The forwards have given us a platform and the expectation is there that on a good night we can really rattle the scoreboard, but making changes because of injury and unavailability has made it difficult to put combinations together."

England won the opening two games of the Under 20 RBS 6 Nations against Wales (33-16) and Italy (16-10) and are tied at the top of the table with Ireland and Wales.

England U20 squad
Forwards
Arthur Ellis (London Wasps)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Jamie Gibson (London Irish)
Calum Green (Leicester Tigers)
Lee Imiolek (Sale Sharks)
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
Charlie Matthews (Harlequins)
Jacob Rowan (Leeds Carnegie)
Mako Vunipola (Bristol Rugby)
Will Welch (Newcastle Falcons)
Jackson Wray (Saracens)
Danny Wright (Gloucester Rugby)

Backs
Mark Atkinson (Sale Sharks)
Tom Casson (Harlequins)
Tom Catterick (Newcastle Falcons)
Rory Clegg (Harlequins)
Sam Harrison (Leicester Tigers)
Andrew Forsyth (Leicester Tigers)
Jonathan Joseph (London Irish)
Jordi Pasqualin (Gloucester Rugby)
Sam Smith (Harlequins)
Marcus Watson (London Irish)