Four members of the Leicester Tigers Senior Academy have been named in the England Men’s U20s matchday squad for their World Championship opener against Ireland on Saturday, June 24 (12:30 BST) at the Paarl Gymnasium in Cape Town.
Lewis Chessum will captain the side with Finn Carnduff and Joseph Woodward also named in the starting side and Jacob Cusick named amongst the replacements.
The game will be live-streamed by World Rugby.
STARTING XV
1. Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
2. Finn Theobald-Thomas (Gloucester)
3. Afolabi Fasogbon
4. Harvey Cuckson* (Bath Rugby)
5. Lewis Chessum (Captain, Leicester Tigers)
6. Finn Carnduff (Leicester Tigers)
7. Greg Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs)
8. Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)
9. Charlie Bracken (Saracens)
10. Connor Slevin* (Harlequins)
11. Joe Jenkins (Bristol Bears)
12. Joseph Woodward (Leicester Tigers)
13. Rekeiti Ma'asi-White (Sale Sharks)
14. Tobias Elliott (Harlequins)
15. Sam Harris (Bath Rugby)
REPLACEMENTS
16. Nathan Jibulu (Harlequins)
17. Archie McArthur (Gloucester)
18. James Halliwell* (Bristol Bears)
19. Nathan Michelow* (Saracens)
20. Tristan Woodman (Sale Sharks)
21. Nye Thomas (Sale Sharks)
22. Louie Johnson (Newcastle Falcons)
23. Jacob Cusick (Leicester Tigers)
*Denotes England U20 debut
