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The squad will convene at Bisham Abbey (28-30 November) as they begin preparations for the 2020 U20 Six Nations Championship.

England U20s are led by head coach Alan Dickens with the side opening their Six Nations campaign against France on Saturday 1 February (KO 20:00 GMT).

A 32-elite player squad will be named in January ahead of the start of the tournament.

The training squad for this week’s camp includes eight players already capped by England U20s.

England U20 squad for November training camp

Lennox Anyanwu - Harlequins
Alfie Barbeary - Wasps
George Barton - Gloucester
Harvey Beaton - Saracens
Joseph Browning - Leicester Tigers
Richard Capstick - Exeter Chiefs
Joseph Carpenter - Sale Sharks
Jack Clement - Gloucester
Phil Cokanasiga - London Irish
Tom Curtis - Sale Sharks
Theodor Dan - Saracens
Connor Doherty - Sale Sharks
Ben Donnell - London Irish
Callum Ford - Sale
Thomas Freeman - Northampton Saints
Josh Gillespie - Northampton Saints
Josh Gray - Gloucester
Luke Green - London Irish
Gabriel Hamer-Webb - Bath
George Hammond - Harlequins
Will Haydon-Wood - Newcastle Falcons
Josh Hodge - Newcastle Falcons
Emmanuel Iyogun - Northampton Saints
Barrie Karea - Exeter Chiefs
George Martin - Leicester Tigers
Sam Maunder - Exeter Chiefs
Nahum Merigan - Bath
Chunya Munga - London Irish
Zachery Nearchou - Wasps
Oliver Newman - Northampton Saints
Max Ojomoh - Bath
Raphael Quirke - Sale Sharks
Sam Riley - Harlequins
Tom Roebuck- Sale Sharks
Fin Rossiter - London Irish
Ollie Sleightholme - Northampton Saints
Freddie Steward - Leicester Tigers
Oliver Stonham - Saracens
Hugh Tizard - Harlequins
Jarett Tonks - Northampton Saints
Rusitate Tuima - Exeter Chiefs
Jack Van Poortvliet - Leicester Tigers
Manu Vunipola - Saracens
Charlie Watson - Saracens
James Whitcombe - Leicester Tigers

a heavy reliance on Worcester's youngsters then

Young squad

Honestly surprised by the amount of Saints.
Entirely on their own merit and nothing to do with alan dickens former Saints coach being the U20's head coach

Can some generous enthusiastic dude break that down by position, possibly with an indication of how good some of the unknown (not talking about Barbeary, Ojomah etc.) ones are?

Props - Beaton, Ford, Green, Iyogun, Nearchou, Whitcombe
Hookers - Barbeary, Dan, Riley
Locks - Donnell, Hammond, Martin, Munga, Tizard
Back row - Capstick, Clement, Gray, Merigan, Newman, Rossiter, Stonham, Tonks, Tuima
SH - Maunder, Quirke, van Poortvilet
FH - Barton, Curtis, Haydon-Wood, Vunipola
Centre - Anyanwu, Cokanasiga, Doherty, Karea, Ojomoh, Watson
Wing - Browning, Gillespie, Hamer-Webb, Roebuck, Sleightholme
FB - Carpenter, Freeman, Hodge, Steward

Barbeary, Capstick, Tuima, Maunder, Vunipola, Doherty and Sleighthome return from last season. There's one other but i'm not sure he it was.
Beaton and Whitcombe are the likely starting props. Riley isnt that far behind Barbeary apparently.
Martin will be one of the starting locks.
Capstick and Tuima are bound to feature in the BR and Rossiter might be the 7. Merigan is a strong ball carrying 8.
Quirke is very highly rated and is seriously quick.
Curtis looks a classy playmaker at 10.
Ojomoh looks to be the pick of the centres.
Hodge was good last season but Steward is very highly rated. Roebuck is big, powerful and quick.

A lot of these lads are U19's so will potentially have 2 seasons at this level. it will be interesting to see how they develope.

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Oakboy wrote:Coka MkII? Brother?

Inside centre, funnily enough!

I'd also add Freddie Steward as someone worth paying attention to. Incredibly lanky full-back at 6'5 (taller than everyone in the Japanese pack!) and very quick and incisive into the line. Highly rated at Leicester.

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fivepointer wrote:Props - Beaton, Ford, Green, Iyogun, Nearchou, Whitcombe
Hookers - Barbeary, Dan, Riley
Locks - Donnell, Hammond, Martin, Munga, Tizard
Back row - Capstick, Clement, Gray, Merigan, Newman, Rossiter, Stonham, Tonks, Tuima
SH - Maunder, Quirke, van Poortvilet
FH - Barton, Curtis, Haydon-Wood, Vunipola
Centre - Anyanwu, Cokanasiga, Doherty, Karea, Ojomoh, Watson
Wing - Browning, Gillespie, Hamer-Webb, Roebuck, Sleightholme
FB - Carpenter, Freeman, Hodge, Steward

Barbeary, Capstick, Tuima, Maunder, Vunipola, Doherty and Sleighthome return from last season. There's one other but i'm not sure he it was.
Beaton and Whitcombe are the likely starting props. Riley isnt that far behind Barbeary apparently.
Martin will be one of the starting locks.
Capstick and Tuima are bound to feature in the BR and Rossiter might be the 7. Merigan is a strong ball carrying 8.
Quirke is very highly rated and is seriously quick.
Curtis looks a classy playmaker at 10.
Ojomoh looks to be the pick of the centres.
Hodge was good last season but Steward is very highly rated. Roebuck is big, powerful and quick.

A lot of these lads are U19's so will potentially have 2 seasons at this level. it will be interesting to see how they develope.

Thanks for this!

45 is a big squad for a training camp IMO.
Especially since it goes down to like 32 players.

fivepointer wrote:Props - Beaton, Ford, Green, Iyogun, Nearchou, Whitcombe
Hookers - Barbeary, Dan, Riley
Locks - Donnell, Hammond, Martin, Munga, Tizard
Back row - Capstick, Clement, Gray, Merigan, Newman, Rossiter, Stonham, Tonks, Tuima
SH - Maunder, Quirke, van Poortvilet
FH - Barton, Curtis, Haydon-Wood, Vunipola
Centre - Anyanwu, Cokanasiga, Doherty, Karea, Ojomoh, Watson
Wing - Browning, Gillespie, Hamer-Webb, Roebuck, Sleightholme
FB - Carpenter, Freeman, Hodge, Steward

Barbeary, Capstick, Tuima, Maunder, Vunipola, Doherty and Sleighthome return from last season. There's one other but i'm not sure he it was.
Beaton and Whitcombe are the likely starting props. Riley isnt that far behind Barbeary apparently.
Martin will be one of the starting locks.
Capstick and Tuima are bound to feature in the BR and Rossiter might be the 7. Merigan is a strong ball carrying 8.
Quirke is very highly rated and is seriously quick.
Curtis looks a classy playmaker at 10.
Ojomoh looks to be the pick of the centres.
Hodge was good last season but Steward is very highly rated. Roebuck is big, powerful and quick.

A lot of these lads are U19's so will potentially have 2 seasons at this level. it will be interesting to see how they develope.

Your missing man was Hodge, but you kind of answered your own question.

I’d say Tonks has a decent chance of starting at 7. He’s been fairly good at Saints.

Barbeary and Martin are both getting a lot of hype. Tizard and Riley are rated highly at Quins.

England men U20s head coach Alan Dickens has named his 32-man Elite Player Squad for the 2020 campaign.

The squad includes eight players already capped at U20s level, with Alfie Barbeary, Richard Capstick, Rusiate Tuima, Sam Maunder, Manu Vunipola, Ollie Sleightholme, Connor Doherty and Josh Hodge returning for a second year.

Of the 32 players, only three have not played for England, with Sam Crean (Saracens), Noah Heward (Worcester Warriors) and Gabriel Hamer-Webb (Bath Rugby) yet to represent their country at age-grade level.

The squad will compete in the U20 Six Nations Championship which begins next month, as well as in this summer’s World Rugby U20 Championship in Italy.

England U20s are led by Dickens and his side will open their Six Nations campaign against France in Grenoble, on Saturday 1 February (KO 20:00 GMT).

The squad will convene at Bisham Abbey national sports centre on Sunday 5 January as they continue their preparations for that first Six Nations fixture.

England’s player pathway programme is a vital development tool for future full international rugby.

Of the 31 players selected in England’s 2019 Rugby World Cup squad, 81% played for England U20s, 77% for England U18s, while 87% came through a club academy.

Alan Dickens said: “Players have been selected through a combination of their performances last year and displays in domestic and European competitions this season. It’s been encouraging to see a number of the group playing Premiership, Champions Cup and Challenge Cup rugby and I believe we’ve selected a really strong 32 for our elite player squad. We also have a wider squad that we know will contribute and be crucial during the Six Nations as well as the World Rugby U20 Championship and my message to those players not in the 32 would be to stay fit and engaged with everything we are doing.

“I want to see the players arrive in camp on Sunday with a desire to learn, improve and take in a high level of detail. We have less than a month to bond as a squad before our first Six Nations fixture so getting them to gel will be a key challenge for the players as well as management team. I also want players to enjoy themselves. Being selected for England at any level is a proud moment in their careers and they should remember that. Hopefully, this is the next step in their ultimate dream of playing for the senior side.

“Some of this group will have experienced the Six Nations last year and know how special a competition it is, with fixtures against some of England’s great rivals. Crucially though, it prepares them for what they will experience as and when they make the next step into the senior side so it is a critical phase in their development as an England player. These players need to be aware that next step is not too far away and relish this opportunity.

“We’ve had our first camp in November which was a really positive experience. It was made even more positive for the players when Eddie Jones was able to come in and deliver a session and that had a really powerful impact on them. This is a stepping stone to senior international rugby and we continue our preparations in a few days’ time.”

Forwards

Alfie Barbeary (Wasps Rugby)
Harvey Beaton (Saracens)
Richard Capstick (Exeter Chiefs)
Jack Clement (Gloucester Rugby)
Sam Crean (Saracens)
Theodore Dan (Saracens)
Ben Donnell (London Irish)
Rob Farrar (Newcastle Falcons)
Josh Gray (Gloucester Rugby)
Luke Green (London Irish)
George Martin (Leicester Tigers)
Nahum Merigan (Bath Rugby)
Hugh Tizard (Harlequins)
JJ Tonks (Northampton Saints)
Rusiate Tuima (Exeter Chiefs)
James Whitcombe (Leicester Tigers)

Backs

George Barton (Gloucester Rugby)
Joe Carpenter (Sale Sharks)
Tom Curtis (Sale Sharks)
Connor Doherty (Sale Sharks)
Gabriel Hamer-Webb (Bath Rugby)
Will Haydon-Wood (Newcastle Falcons)
Noah Heward (Worcester Warriors)
Josh Hodge (Newcastle Falcons)
Max Ojomoh (Bath Rugby)
Sam Maunder (Exeter Chiefs)
Raphael Quirke (Sale Sharks)
Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks)
Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
Jack Van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers)
Manu Vunipola (Saracens)

The new players are Crean who is a prop, back rowers Farrar and Tonks and Heward who is another FB.

The backs are a very odd mix, featuring 3 SH's, 4 FH's, 4 FBs, 3 wings and just 2 recognised centres.