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Youngs returns to England line-up

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Scrum-half Ben Youngs returns to the England Under-20 line-up for Saturday's game against Samoa in Tokyo.

Leicester Tigers colleague Greig Tonks is named among the replacements for the decisive Pool B encounter in the IRB Toshiba Junior World Championship.

After kicking off with a 43- win over Japan, England make eight changes to the team that started the 30-7 win over Scotland, with captain Calum Clark returning after a knee injury.

Samoa, ranked seventh in the world at this level, have also chalked up wins over Japan (29-22) and Scotland (17-14).

A win would put second seeds England into the semi-finals against the winner of tomorrow's South Africa versus France game in Osaka.

England Under-20
15 Tom Homer (London Irish)
14 Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby)
13 Henry Trinder (Gloucester Rugby)
12 Luke Eves (Bristol Rugby)
11 George Lowe (Harlequins)
10 Rory Clegg (Newcastle Falcons)
9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
1 Ben Moon (Exeter Chiefs)
2 James Clark (London Irish)
3 Bob Baker (London Wasps)
4 Dan Williams (Gloucester Rugby)
5 Graham Kitchener (Worcester Warriors)
6 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
7 Calum Clark (Leeds Carnegie, captain)
8 Carl Fearns (Sale Sharks)

Replacements
16 Jamie George (Saracens)
17 Shaun Knight (Gloucester Rugby)
18 James Gaskell (Sale Sharks)
19 Josh Ovens (Bath Rugby)
20 Dave Lewis (Gloucester Rugby)
21 Rob Miller (Newcastle Falcons)
22 Greig Tonks (Leicester Tigers)