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| Three Bath players in England U20 squad |
| 21 May 2008, 11:27 am |
| By Simon Clark |
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| The Bath Rugby trio of props Nathan Catt and Billy Moss and new signing Scott Hobson (lock) have been named in the Under 20 squad for next month's first IRB Junior World Championship in Wales. |
The side, coached by Nigel Redman and Mark Mapletoft, goes into the tournament following a Grand Slam of victories in this season’s RBS Under-20 Six Nations.
The 26-man squad will be captained by London Wasps number eight Hugo Ellis and includes 16 players who have appeared in the Guinness Premiership.
Among those called up are Miles Benjamin, the Worcester Warriors wing who finished third in the Premiership try-scoring charts, and Calum Clark, the Leeds Carnegie flanker who is the youngest forward to appear in the top flight.
The latter is one of five players in the squad yet to be capped at this level. The others are Newcastle Falcons full back Alex Tait, Gloucester wing Charlie Sharples, Northampton Saints lock Courtney Lawes and London Irish hooker James Clark.
England are seeded sixth for the Junior World Championships and play their Pool C games at Newport against Fiji, Canada and Australia on June 6, 10 and 14 respectively.
They are completing their preparations with a training camp in Bristol this week and reassemble in Newport on June 2.
ENGLAND UNDER 20 SQUAD
Forwards
Nathan Catt (Bath Rugby)
Calum Clark (Leeds Carnegie)
James Clark (London Irish)
Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
Matthew Cox (Worcester Warriors)
Hugo Ellis (London Wasps)
Jon Fisher (London Irish)
Scott Freer (Leeds Carnegie)
Gregor Gillanders (Leicester Tigers)
Joe Gray (Northampton Saints)
Scott Hobson (Bath Rugby)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Billy Moss (Bath Rugby)
Ben Thomas (Saracens)
Backs
Miles Benjamin (Worcester Warriors)
Noah Cato (Saracens)
Luke Eves (Bristol Rugby)
Alex Goode (Saracens)
Rob Miller (Newcastle Falcons)
Mark Odejobi (London Wasps)
Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby)
Joe Simpson (London Wasps)
Seb Stegmann (Harlequins)
Alex Tait (Newcastle Falcons)
Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Friday, June 6: England v Fiji, Newport, 7pm
Tuesday, June 10: England v Canada, Newport, 5pm
Saturday, June 14: Australia v England, Newport, 3pm
Wednesday, June 18: Match day four
Sunday, June 22: Finals day |
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