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Trio celebrate with England Under-20s

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Three Leicester Tigers players shared in a 26-11 win over Scotland for England Under-20s which keeps alive their hopes of winning the Six Nations.Flanker Will Owen started the game for England, and he was joined in the second half by fellow forward Charlie Beckett and by prop Owen Hills, making his debut at this level.   Tries from James Mitchell, Paul Hill and James Chisholm put England in the driving seat while Rory Jennings added 11 points with his boot.   Head coach Jon Callard said: “It’s great to get the win, but we always want to put in a good performance and I think we left a bit out there today. But we get together on Monday and will prepare for what will be a huge game against France.”   England Under-20 15 Aaron Morris (Saracens) 14 George Perkins (Saracens) 13 Joe Marchant (Harlequins) 12 Nick Tompkins (Saracens) 11 Howard Packman (Northampton Saints) 10 Rory Jennings (Bath Rugby) 9 James Mitchell (Sale Sharks) 1 Seb Adeniran-Olule (Harlequins) 2 Jack Walker (Yorkshire Carnegie) 3 Paul Hill (Yorkshire Carnegie) 4 Kieran Treadwell (Harlequins) 5 Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby)(c) 6 Sam Skinner (Exeter Chiefs) 7 Will Owen (Leicester Tigers) 8 James Chisholm (Harlequins)   Replacements: 16 Jack Innard (Exeter Chiefs) for Walker 53min 17 Owen Hills (Leicester Tigers) for Adeniran-Olule 65min 18 Ciaran Parker (Sale Sharks) for Hill 68min 19 Joe Batley (Gloucester Rugby) for Treadwell 68min 20 Charlie Beckett (Leicester Tigers) for Skinner 53min 21 Stuart Townsend (Exeter Chiefs) for Mitchell 65min 22 Tom Fowlie (London Irish) for Tompkins 56min 23 Piers O’Conor (Wasps Rugby) for Morris 53min