Street in England U20s squad

By Mark Stevens
28/1/18

Exeter Chiefs prop Marcus Street is among a 26-man squad which has been named by England Under-20s ahead of their Six Nations opener against Italy on Friday, February 2.

Street, who featured in Saturday’s Anglo-Welsh Cup clash against Worcester Warriors at Sixways, will assemble alongside the rest of the squad today at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre ahead of their match at Stadio Enzo Bearzot, Gorizia, kick off 7pm (6pm GMT).

The squad, who will be led by head coach Steve Bates, includes 12 players capped at this level, with nine also part of the squad that reached the final of the World Rugby U20 Championship in Georgia last year.

Bates will be assisted by Anthony Allen, Richard Blaze and James Ponton as part of the coach development programme agreement signed between the RFU and Premiership Rugby.

England U20s:

Backs

Rory Brand (London Irish)
Will Butler (Worcester Warriors)
Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints)*
James Grayson (Northampton Saints)
Tom Hardwick (Leicester Tigers)*
Gabriel Ibitoye (Harlequins)
Ben Loader (London Irish)*
Jordan Olowefela (Leicester Tigers)*
Tom Parton (London Irish)
Ben White (Leicester Tigers)*

Forwards

Beck Cutting (Worcester Warriors)*
Josh Basham (London Irish)*
Ben Earl (Saracens)
Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)*
Ted Hill (Worcester Warriors)
Dino Lamb (Harlequins) 
Sam Lewis (Leicester Tigers)*
Sam Moore (Sale Sharks)*
Joe Morris (Worcester Warriors)
Gabriel Oghre (Wasps)*
James Scott (Worcester Warriors)*
Alex Seville (Gloucester)
Marcus Street (Exeter Chiefs)
Toby Trinder (Northampton Saints)*
Henry Walker (Gloucester)
Tom Willis (Wasps)*

*no previous England U20s appearances.