England set for U20 Championship
Le Crunch this weekend has three parts to it – the seniors at Stade de France on Sunday, the Under-20 at Stade de la Rabine on Saturday and the Women.
In the Under-20 match and the Women’s match England are overwhelming favourites.
Fixtures, Round Four
France vs England at Stade de la Rabine in Vannes
Ireland vs Scotland at Dubarry Park, Athlone
Wales vs Italy at Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay
Previous results
Round One
England vs Scotland, 59-3
Ireland vs Wales, 11-6
France vs Italy, 19-5
Round Two
England vs Italy, postponed to 3 March 2012
Wales vs Scotland, 28-15
Ireland vs France, 13-12
Round Three
France vs Scotland, 31-20
Ireland vs Italy, 27-8
England vs Wales, 40-9
Ireland vs Scotland:
The teams:
Ireland: 15 Shane Layden, 14 Conor Finn, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 JJ Hanrahan, 11 Foster Horan, 10 Paddy Jackson (captain), 9 Luke McGrath, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Aaron Conneely, 6 Conor Gilsenan, 5 Daniel Qualter, 4 Iain Henderson, 3 Peter Reilly, 2 James Rael, 1 Kyle McCall.
Replacements: 16 Callum O’Connell, 17 Des Merrey), 18 Jake Cawley, 19 Tadhg Beirne, 20 Jordan Coghlan, 21 Kieron Marmion, 22 Cathal Marsh, 23 Stuart Olding.
Scotland: 15 Tommy Allan, 14 Jamie Farndale, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Finn Russell, 11 Michael Crawley, 10 Harry Leonard (captain), 9 Matt Torrance, 8 Jamie Swanson, 7 Will Bordill, 6 Mitch Eadie, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Andrew Redmayne, 3 Alex Allan, 2 George Turner, 1 Robin Hislop.
Replacements: 16 Russell Anderson, 17 Gavin Robertson, 18 Adam Sinclair, 19 Callum Reid, 20 Jamie Bhatti, 21 Murray McConnell, 22 Tom Steven, 23 Robbie Fergusson.
Date: Friday, 9 March
Kick-off: 19.05
Venue: Dubarry Park, Athlone
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistant referees: Jérôme Lamirand (France), Philippe Courbier (France)
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure (France)
Wales vs Italy:
The teams:
Wales: 15 Jordan Williams, 14 Iolo Evans, 13 Nathan Edwards, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Luke Morgan, 10 Sam Davies, 9 Rhodri Williams, 8 Dan Baker, 7 Thomas Young, 6 Ellis Jenkins (captain), 5 Jack Jones, 4 Matthew Screech, 3 Will Griff John, 2 Jamie Sollis, 1 Rob Evans.
Replacements: 16 Darran Harris, 17 Thomas Davies, 18 Samson Lee, 19 Reuben Tucker, 20 Ieuan Jones, 21 Jonathan Evans, 22 Owen Williams, 23 Ross Jones.
Italy: 15 David Odiete, 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Giulio Bisegni, 12 Michele Campagnaro, 11 Leonardo Sarto, 10 John Apperley, 9 Guido Calabrese, 8 Vittorio Marazzi, 7 Federico Conforti, 6 Jacopo Salvetti, 5 Matteo Ferro, 4 Alessio Zdrilich, 3 Pietro Ceccarelli, 2 Giovanni Maistri (captain), 1 Sami Drissi.
Replacements: 16 Alain Moriconi, 17 Luca Scarsini, 18 Antonio Brandolini, 19 Luca Mammana, 20 Andrea De Marchi, 21 Edoardo Padovani, 22 Davide Farolini, 23 Alex Morsellino.
Date: Friday, 9 March
Kick-off: 19.10
Venue: Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Mark Patton (Ireland), Paul Haycock (Ireland)
TMO: Jude Quinn (Ireland)
France vs England:
England have won all three of their matches while France were beaten by Ireland who are the other team with three wins so far.
England have made three changers this week. Star flyhalf George Ford is requited to play LV= Cup and Ryan Mills takes his place. Koree Britton comes in to hook and Jack Clifford to No.8.
Captain Chris Walker says: “France are a good side, They lost narrowly at home against Ireland back in February but have beaten Wales and Italy. So we know that they will provide a significant threat. “
The teams:
France: 15 Platon, 14 Darly Domvo, 13 Bastien Fuster, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Yohann Artru, 10 Enzo Selponi, 9 Tom Ecochard, 8 Karl Chateau (captain), 7 Kelian Galletier, 6 Alban Placine, 5 Paul Jedrasiak, 4 Bastien Chalureau, 3 Pascal Cotet, 2 Christopher Tolofua, 1 Romain Taofifenua.
Replacements: 16 Jean-Charles Fidinde, 17 Kevin Goze, 18 Jefferson Poirot, 19 Andrew Chauveau, 20 Jimmy Yobo, 21 Eric Escande, 22 Ilian Perraux, 23 Julien Kazubek.
England: 15 Ben Ransom, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Charlie Walker, 12 Sam Hill, 11 Marland Yarde, 10 Ryan Mills, 9 Dan Robson, 8 Jack Clifford, 7 Chris Walker (captain), 6 Matt Kvesic, 5 Dom Barrow, 4 Tom Price, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Koree Britton, 1 Luke Cowan Dickie.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Morris, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Ross Harrison, 19 David Sisi, 20 Will Skuse, 21 Ben Spencer, 22 Tommy Bell, 23 Will Addison.
Date: Saturday, 10 March
Kick-off: 20.45
Venue: Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
Referee: Matteo Liperini (Italy)
Assistant referees: Domenico Sironi, Simone Colantonio
