Northampton Saints centre Tom Litchfield has been named in Alan Dickens' England Under-20s squad to face Scotland in the second round of the U20 Six Nations on Friday.
After making his U20s debut in last weekend's five-try, bonus-point 38–22 win against France, Litchfield will be looking to make an impact from England's bench tomorrow as Dickens' charges face off with Scotland at Cardiff Arms Park (kick-off: 2pm, live on the England Rugby Facebook page, Six Nations Rugby YouTube channel and S4C Clic).
Dickens said: “It’s been a good week preparing for Friday’s match and the players have recovered well after a physical game against France last weekend.
“The players are coming together well as a group. We had 12 U20 debutants in the starting line-up for the last match, but I was very impressed with the way they handled themselves particularly coming back from 19-3 down.
“The players worked out where they needed to tactically adapt and they did it. We know that will again be important when we play Scotland.”
ENGLAND U20s SQUAD TO FACE SCOTLAND
U20s Six Nations
Friday 25 June, 2021
Cardiff Arms Park
Kick-off: 2pm
15 Orlando Bailey (Bath Rugby)
14 Deago Bailey (Bristol Rugby)
13 Jack Bates (Bristol Rugby)
12 Dan Lancaster (Leeds Tykes)
11 Arthur Relton (Exeter Chiefs)
10 Fin Smith (Worcester Warriors)
9 Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers) (C)
1 Phil Brantingham (Newcastle Falcons)
2 Sam Riley (Harlequins)
3 Harvey Kindell-Beaton (Saracens)
4 Ewan Richards (Bath Rugby)
5 Alex Groves (Bristol Bears)
6 Emeka Ilione (Leicester Tigers)
7 Lucas Brooke (London Irish)
8 Jack Clement (Gloucester Rugby)
Replacements:
16 John Stewart (Bath Rugby)
17 Tarek Haffar (London Irish)
18 Luke Green (London Irish)
19 Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby)
20 Harry Taylor (Gloucester Rugby)
21 Nahum Merigan (Bath Rugby)
22 Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks)
23 Tommy Mathews (unattached)
24 Phil Cokanasiga (London Irish)
25 Tom Litchfield (Northampton Saints)
26 Charlie Atkinson (Wasps)
England men’s U20 Six Nations results and fixtures (all at Cardiff Arms Park)
- Saturday 19 June: England 38-22 France
- Friday 25 June: England v Scotland, KO 2pm
- Thursday 1 July: Ireland v England, KO 8pm
- Wednesday 7 July: Wales v England, KO 8pm
- Tuesday 13 July: England v Italy, KO 2pm
