U20 JWC

[fivepointer]

Thats quite a turnaround after a comfortable win in the first game. Disappointing.

[Epaminondas Pules]

I wouldn’t read too much into it. We went in with over 30 players in the match day squad. Was always going to be a tough ask changing 12 starters out and swapping the entire team during the match.

[FKAS]

It's really just a fitness exercise pre tournament.

[Epaminondas Pules]

World Cup squad. 3 schoolboys included in Bracken, Hall and Friday!

ENGLAND U20 MEN’S 2024 WORLD RUGBY U20 CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD

Forwards
Joe Bailey (Exeter Chiefs, Newton Abbot RFC, 5 caps)
Finn Carnduff (Leicester Tigers, Market Harborough RFC, 15 caps)
Harvey Cuckson (Bath Rugby, Mold RFC, 2 caps)
Afolabi Fasogbon (Gloucester Rugby, Bishop Wand School, 11 caps)
Arthur Green (Bath Rugby, Frome RFC, uncapped)
James Halliwell (Bristol Bears, Thornbury RFC, 10 caps)
James Isaacs (Saracens, Hemel Hempstead Camelot RFC, 3 caps)
Kane James (Exeter Chiefs, St Peters RFC, 4 caps)
Junior Kpoku (Racing 92, Saracens Amateurs, 4 caps)
Nathan Michelow (Saracens, Brentwood Rugby, 10 caps)
Cameron Miell (Leicester Tigers, Paul Roos, uncapped)
Jacob Oliver (Newcastle Falcons, Barnard Castle Rugby Club, 5 caps)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks, Broadstreet RFC, 14 caps)
Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints, Buckingham Rugby Club, 5 caps)
Billy Sela (Bath Rugby, Royal Wootton Bassett RFC, 6 caps)
Olamide Sodeke (Saracens, Blackheath Rugby Club, 4 caps)
Craig Wright (Northampton Saints, Braintree Rugby Club, 5 caps)
Backs
Ollie Allan (Leicester Tigers, Hungerford RFC, uncapped)
Josh Bellamy (Harlequins, Rosslyn Park, 4 caps)
Jack Bracken (Saracens, Barnet Elizabethans RFC, uncapped)
Benjamin Coen (Exeter Chiefs, Teignmouth RFC, uncapped)
Toby Cousins (Northampton Saints, Bugbrooke RFC, 6 caps)
Lucas Friday (Harlequins, Bromley RFC, uncapped)
Angus Hall (Saracens, Sevenoaks Rugby Club, uncapped)
Ioan Jones (Gloucester Rugby, Minchinhampton RFC, 4 caps)
Sean Kerr (Harlequins, Sutton and Epsom Rugby Club, 4 caps)
Ben Redshaw (Newcastle Falcons, West Park Leeds RFC, 5 caps)
Oli Spencer (Newcastle Falcons, Epping Rams Rugby, 5 caps)
Ben Waghorn (Harlequins, Chipstead Rugby Club, 7 caps)
Alex Wills (Sale Sharks, Droitwich Rugby Club, 7 caps)

England U20 Men’s 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship fixtures
Matchday 1 (29 June) - England vs. Argentina – Athlone Stadium - (13:00 BST kick-off)
Matchday 2 (4 July) - England vs. Fiji – Athlone Stadium - (15:30 BST kick-off)
Matchday 3 (9 July) - South Africa vs. England – Athlone Stadium - (18:00 BST kick-off)
Knockout matches
Matchday 4 (Sunday 14 July)
Matchday 5 (final and ranking matches, Friday 19 July)

[Timbo]

Mcparland & Makepeace-Cubitt presumably injured?

[Epaminondas Pules]

Yeah seems so. Great opportunity for Friday to step up. He’s very talented. Does nothing for my worries about fly half. Such a shame that Ollie Davies has an injury otherwise he’d surely be in contention.

The pack will be a handful for anyone, but it needs a good 10 to spark what is a very exciting backline.

[fivepointer]

Plenty of talent but the worry is that there isnt a commanding 10 to pull it all together. Pity about McParland.

[Slater582]

Makepeace-Cubitt joining Rory Taylor on the injured fly half list is unfortunate.

On the bright side, I believe McParland and Ollie Davies are eligible again next year.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Makepeace-Cubitt joining Rory Taylor on the injured fly half list is unfortunate.

On the bright side, I believe McParland and Ollie Davies are eligible again next year.

Yeah Davies will have two years as he's still U18, and McParland is available again

[Which Tyler]

All matches should be available for free on RugbyPass.tv

Matchday 1 (29 June) - England vs. Argentina – Athlone Stadium - (13:00 BST kick-off)

1. Asher Opoku-Fordjour
2. Craig Wright
3. Billy Sela
4. Joe Bailey
5. Junior Kpoku
6. Finn Carnduff (c)
7. Henry Pollock
8. Nathan Michelow

09. Ollie Allan
10. Josh Bellamy
11. Alex Willis
12. Sean Kerr
13. Oli Spencer
14. Jack Bracken
15. Ben Redshaw

16. James Isaacs, 17. Cameron Miell, 18. Afolabi Fasogbon, 19. Olamide Sodeke, 20. Kane James
21. Lucas Friday, 22. Benjamin Coen, 23. Ioan Jones (no, he's not Welsh)

[FKAS]

"23. Ioan Jones (no, he's not Welsh)"

Maybe not but the WRU will 100% be doing an ancestry search just to see where the name has come from because there's Welsh in the family line somewhere.

[FKAS]

Also, what happened to number 22? Did he upset you in some way?

[Which Tyler]

Also, what happened to number 22? Did he upset you in some way?

Yes (oops, cock-up earlier when writing them out)

[FKAS]

Coen is playing Exeter Uni Rugby. Is he another cab off that seemingly endless conveyor belt of talent for Chiefs?

[Timbo]

Is there still the rule that every player in the squad must play during the group phase?

[Epaminondas Pules]

Coen is playing Exeter Uni Rugby. Is he another cab off that seemingly endless conveyor belt of talent for Chiefs?

He is indeed. Captained Blundell’s in his last year of school (last year). He’s progressed really well, though probably wouldn’t have made it without the injuries to Taylor and M-C.

I hope he steps up as I’ve got real concerns over Bellamy. That might be harsh, or hyper critical in my thinking, but he just doesn’t do it for me.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Is there still the rule that every player in the squad must play during the group phase?

Don’t know if that’s still a formal thing or not. Though I suspect with turnaround between games we’ll rotate heavily anyway.

[Which Tyler]

[twitchy]

Live now.

https://cricfree.live/live/supersports-rugby

[Epaminondas Pules]

Bellamy is doing nothing for my confidence!!

[Captainhaircut]

No chance with this half back pair unfortunately. Probably won’t even win today let alone win the competition. Shame because the rest of the side is seriously good.

[twitchy]

Yeah we look pretty poor.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Prime butchery! Four 2 on 1s butchered so far! Three in one bloody set!

Finally we pass the ball and score!

[Epaminondas Pules]

Finally sorted our shit out! And then Bellamy finishes the half with. Bellamy special! 14 v 14! I’ll take that after the first 30!!

[Epaminondas Pules]

Get in!! Big score that!