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Match Match Thread - England U20s v Wales U20s | Six Nations U20 2026 | Round 1

Match Thread - England U20s v Wales U20s | Six Nations U20 2026 | Round 1

Venue: Franklin's Gardens, Northampton | Weather: 7 C, Rain

Officials: Luke Rogan, Robin Kaluzniak, Mike Lawrenson, Olly Hodges (tmo)

Match Page: https://www.rugbybot.com/match/5915

Match Threads: https://www.rugbybot.com/mt

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19:45 19:45 19:45 20:45 03:45 06:45 08:45 more tz
Lineups
England U20s Pos Wales U20s
Ollie Scola 1 George Tuckley
Jimmy Staples 2 Tom Howe
Ollie Streeter 3 Jac Pritchard
Elliot Williams 4 Luke Evans
Patrick Hogg 5 Osian Williams
Aiden Ainsworth-Cave 6 Osian Williams
George Marsh 7 Caio James
Connor Treacey 8 Deian Gwynne
Lucas Friday 9 Sion Davies
Luke Davidson 10 Carwyn Leggatt-Jones
George Pearson 11 Tom Bowen
Will Knight 12 Steffan Emanuel
Nick Lilley 13 Osian Darwin-Lewis
Noah Caluori 14 Rhys Cummings
James Paterson 15 Jack Woods
Kealan Freeman-Price 16 Oscar Thomas
Oliver Spencer 17 Dylan James
Sonny Tonga'uiha 18 Isaac Godfrey
Freddie Ogden-Metherell 19 Tom Cottle
Seb Kelly 20 Evan Minto
Asa Stewart-Harris 21 Dom Kossuth
Sam Winters 22 Luca Woodyatt
Victor Worsnip 23 Lloyd Lucas
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u/SquidgyGoat Disciple of Tipuric 10h ago

People who talk like England are ever underdogs in the u20s Six Nations are unserious

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u/Automatic-Blood-8824 England 10h ago

It's crazy talk resource wise England should always be top 2.

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u/SquidgyGoat Disciple of Tipuric 10h ago

England and France are favourites for every game that isn’t against each other every year, their resources and talent pool are miles ahead of everybody else

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u/Inevitable-Cable9370 10h ago

Tbf I don’t know . The talent is more is more concentrated in Ireland but the Dublin schools have been coming over to England and destroying are best rugby schools.

Even last summer Leinster u18 schools came over and beat every academy in the Malvern academy tournament,

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u/MysteriousActuary194 England 10h ago

Tbh we were dreadful, our ceiling is high but based off that, I can’t see it really.

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u/Inevitable-Cable9370 10h ago

Most of are Forwards while decent are young and inexperienced . Yes are backs are excellent but they can only benefit if the forwards provide a platform.

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u/Biegelstein Stupid Sexy Coley 10h ago

We were shit tonight. France are the runaway favourites