George Patten is set to face Loughborough University this weekend, as the Northampton Saints prop is named in the England Under-20s matchday squad.
Playing their final warm-up game ahead of the U20s Six Nations, England take to Epinal Way to face the University side on Saturday (kick-off: 12pm) – with 19-year-old prop Patten named amongst the 31-man matchday squad.
Speaking ahead of the game, head coach Alan Dickens said: “The game against Loughborough University is another excellent opportunity for us to put our training into practice and assess how the players work as a group.
“We had a strong hit-out against Oxford University last Saturday, and our preparation in camp this week has also gone really well. Each player’s commitment and mindset has been fantastic as we continue preparations for our Six Nations opener against Scotland at Twickenham Stoop in two weeks’ time.”
England U20s side to face Loughborough University
15 Sam Harris (Bath Rugby)
14 Tobias Elliott (Saracens)
13 Rekeiti Ma'asi-White (Sale Sharks)
12 Joseph Woodward (Leicester Tigers)
11 Cassius Cleaves (Harlequins)
10 Monty Bradbury (London Irish)
9 Charlie Bracken (Saracens)
1 Archie McArthur (Gloucester)
2 Calum Scott (London Irish)
3 Afolabi Fasogbon (London Irish)
4 Danny Eite (Gloucester)
5 Lewis Chessum (C) (Leicester Tigers)
6 Finn Carnduff (Leicester Tigers)
7 Tristan Woodman (Sale Sharks)
8 Rob Nixon (Gloucester)
Replacements:
Finn Theobald-Thomas (Gloucester)
Nathan Jibulu (Harlequins)
Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks)
George Patten (Northampton Saints)
Tim Hoyt (Leicester Tigers)
James Halliwell (Bristol Bears)
Harry Browne (Harlequins)
Robert Carmichael (Leicester Tigers)
Joshua Manz (Leicester Tigers)
Zach Carr (Harlequins)
Nye Thomas (Sale Sharks)
Jack Walsh (London Irish)
Louie Johnson (Newcastle Falcons)
Benjamin Waghorn (Harlequins)
Will Gilderson (Gloucester Rugby)
Connor Slevin (Harlequins)
