England U20 2018/19 squads

[Epaminondas Pules]

Just hope the good ones do get a chance and as early as sensible. Hinkley is exactly the sort of 7 England need to be bringing through, to put pressure on the Currys etc. But good signs, as always, for the pipeline.

He’s much more of a 6 really. His technique at the breakdown is not great, nor his link play. He is though, a real talent. We are lacking a 7 at this age group after being spoilt over the last three years.

well he was excellent over the ball yesterday, and it was his link play i noticed as being excellent. So maybe he is getting better, oddly for a young chap.

Perish the thought

Tends to be a bit more head down with the ball and a bit more ‘go smash’ that subtle. I do like him. School wise he played at lot at 8. He’s definitely not going to trouble anyone intellectually, though that doesn’t mean he can’t play seven.

[Banquo]

He’s much more of a 6 really. His technique at the breakdown is not great, nor his link play. He is though, a real talent. We are lacking a 7 at this age group after being spoilt over the last three years.

well he was excellent over the ball yesterday, and it was his link play i noticed as being excellent. So maybe he is getting better, oddly for a young chap.

Perish the thought

Tends to be a bit more head down with the ball and a bit more ‘go smash’ that subtle. I do like him. School wise he played at lot at 8. He’s definitely not going to trouble anyone intellectually, though that doesn’t mean he can’t play seven.

He did have a touch of the bosh, but I thought showed a degree of brightness in a lot of what he did. Impressive.

[Puja]

But usually at U20’s that big lad is pretty useless.

He's a mix tbh.

Lazy as fuck. He’s got all the talent in the world and the work ethic of a corpse

Reminds me a lot of Parisse actually - wonderfully talented, but sadly very, very aware of it, which leads to selfish play and behaviour.

Puja

[Mellsblue]

well he was excellent over the ball yesterday, and it was his link play i noticed as being excellent. So maybe he is getting better, oddly for a young chap.

Perish the thought

Tends to be a bit more head down with the ball and a bit more ‘go smash’ that subtle. I do like him. School wise he played at lot at 8. He’s definitely not going to trouble anyone intellectually, though that doesn’t mean he can’t play seven.

He did have a touch of the bosh, but I thought showed a degree of brightness in a lot of what he did. Impressive.

Hasn’t stopped May becoming world class

[Banquo]

Perish the thought

Tends to be a bit more head down with the ball and a bit more ‘go smash’ that subtle. I do like him. School wise he played at lot at 8. He’s definitely not going to trouble anyone intellectually, though that doesn’t mean he can’t play seven.

He did have a touch of the bosh, but I thought showed a degree of brightness in a lot of what he did. Impressive.

Hasn’t stopped May becoming world class

I was saying he played intelligently.

[fivepointer]

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/after-on ... or-success

Interesting to see who comes in for the players going back to their clubs and how well they can do without them.

[Banquo]

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/after-on ... or-success

Interesting to see who comes in for the players going back to their clubs and how well they can do without them.

I'm a tad biased, but I didn't think the England midfield were very good, especially defensively.

Glad to see they called out Hinkley's performance/improvement.

[Tigersman]

Can see
Heyes
Kpoku
Hill
Smith
Hardwick
Dingwall

Missing

[Epaminondas Pules]

Can see
Heyes
Kpoku
Hill
Smith
Hardwick
Dingwall

Missing

Lawrence likely too.

Street too depending who Exeter lose to 6Ns duty.

[fivepointer]

Team for Wales. Loads of changes as expected.

15. Josh Hodge (Newcastle Falcons)
14. Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints)
13. Connor Doherty (Sale Sharks)
12. Tom de Glanville (Bath Rugby)
11. Ollie Hassell-Collins (London Irish)
10. Kieran Wilkinson (Sale Sharks)
9. Ollie Fox (Yorkshire Carnegie)
1. Olly Adkins (Gloucester)
2. Nic Dolly (Sale Sharks)
3. Alfie Petch (Exeter Chiefs)
4. Joel Kpoku (Saracens)
5. Alex Coles (Northampton Saints)
6. Richard Capstick (Exeter Chiefs)
7. Aaron Hinkley (Gloucester)
8. Tom Willis (Wasps)

Replacements:

16. Samson Ma'asi (Northampton Saints)
17. Kai Owen (Worcester Warriors)
18. Jack Bartlett (Gloucester Rugby)
19. James Scott (Worcester Warriors)
20. Rusiate Tuima (Exeter Chiefs)
21. Sam Maunder (Exeter Chiefs)
22. Manu Vunipola (Saracens)
23. Jack Reeves (Gloucester)

[twitchy]

If any one finds a stream post it please.

[Banquo]

Team for Wales. Loads of changes as expected.

15. Josh Hodge (Newcastle Falcons)
14. Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints)
13. Connor Doherty (Sale Sharks)
12. Tom de Glanville (Bath Rugby)
11. Ollie Hassell-Collins (London Irish)
10. Kieran Wilkinson (Sale Sharks)
9. Ollie Fox (Yorkshire Carnegie)
1. Olly Adkins (Gloucester)
2. Nic Dolly (Sale Sharks)
3. Alfie Petch (Exeter Chiefs)
4. Joel Kpoku (Saracens)
5. Alex Coles (Northampton Saints)
6. Richard Capstick (Exeter Chiefs)
7. Aaron Hinkley (Gloucester)
8. Tom Willis (Wasps)

Replacements:

16. Samson Ma'asi (Northampton Saints)
17. Kai Owen (Worcester Warriors)
18. Jack Bartlett (Gloucester Rugby)
19. James Scott (Worcester Warriors)
20. Rusiate Tuima (Exeter Chiefs)
21. Sam Maunder (Exeter Chiefs)
22. Manu Vunipola (Saracens)
23. Jack Reeves (Gloucester)

Is Fraser Dingwall injured? If not, I'd be a bit miffed if I were him- he's missing a chance to cement his place with Saints and not playing U20 either.

[Raggs]

If any one finds a stream post it please.

No idea if you're in the UK, but it's on s4c, so iplayer has it.

I'm positive there'll be other streams too, if you need one, ask closer to kick off and hopefully i'll be able to get one.

[twitchy]

If any one finds a stream post it please.

No idea if you're in the UK, but it's on s4c, so iplayer has it.

I'm positive there'll be other streams too, if you need one, ask closer to kick off and hopefully i'll be able to get one.

Thanks I'll watch on iplayer.

[Scrumhead]

Quite like the look of Hodge at 15

[fivepointer]

3-0 up at h/t. Too many errors in good attacking positions. defending well, though.

[WaspInWales]

That's not going to be given

[WaspInWales]

Ffs...that ball was out

[WaspInWales]

Knew that would happen

[fivepointer]

Poor to lose like that. Our own fault for not making it count when we got into good positions.
Thought Willis was outstanding.

[WaspInWales]

Thought their scrum half knocked the ball on in a ruck a few phases before they scored.

Still, we butchered that 'try'. It was the right call to overturn it, but it was a needless mistake.

[Scrumhead]

Switched over to watch Gloucester vs. Saracens.

I genuinely can’t believe we lost on the basis of what I saw. We looked massively superior in the first half.

[Raggs]

Just couldn't finish our chances. Similar to the first game is how it felt to me, just not quite organised enough despite being the better side. I guess when you take away a large portion of the team, that'll happen. Still makes me feel quite confident for the jwc though.

I also thought Willis was good, needs to be careful about getting held up in contact, but definitely looked to have improved his physicality, hopefully he'll see some gametime next season.

[fivepointer]

Team for Italy this Friday (live on Sky)

15. Josh Hodge (Newcastle Falcons), 14. Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints), 13. Tom Seabrook (Gloucester Rugby), 12. Tom de Glanville (Bath Rugby), 11. Ollie Hassell-Collins (London Irish), 10. Kieran Wilkinson (Sale Sharks), 9. Ollie Fox (Yorkshire Carnegie), 1. Olly Adkins (Gloucester Rugby), 2. Nic Dolly (Sale Sharks), 3. Alfie Petch (Exeter Chiefs), 4. Joel Kpoku (Saracens), 5. James Scott (Worcester Warriors), 6. Tom Willis (Wasps), 7. Aaron Hinkley (Gloucester Rugby), 8. Rusiate Tuima (Exeter Chiefs).

Replacements:

16. Samson Ma'asi (Northampton Saints), 17. Kai Owen (Worcester Warriors), 18. Jack Bartlett (Gloucester Rugby), 19. Alex Coles (Northampton Saints), 20. Richard Capstick (Exeter Chiefs), 21. Sam Maunder (Exeter Chiefs), 22. Manu Vunipola (Saracens), 23. Jack Reeves (Gloucester Rugby).

[Banquo]

Fraser Dingwall out for a few (more) weeks with a re-injured ankle, hopefully ok for the U20 World cup.