England Under-18s Head Coach Jim Mallinder has rotated his squad for Wednesday’s Six Nations Festival match against Ireland at Sixways (kick-off 1.40pm).
England defeated Wales 38-20 in their tournament opener at Hartpury College on Saurday but Mallinder believes that there is still plenty of room for improvement.
“We were generally quite pleased with the first outing against Wales but there are still lots of areas where we can improve as a team so that’s what we’ll be aiming to do,” Mallinder said.
“In the set piece we didn’t get much ball in the second half so we’re working on that and we want to play with a bit more continuity and an attacking intent.
“We’ve watched Ireland, we know they are a quality side and were unfortunate not to beat France in the first match of the festival so we know we are going to have to play well and defend well.”
Prop Luke Green and hooker John Stewart both come into the front row with lock Ewan Richards, flanker Ollie Stonham and number eight Will Trenholm also given their first starts of the tournament.
Raffi Quirke starts at scrum half, while Phil Cokanasiga comes into midfield and Jude Williams, George Worboys and Jack Bates make up a new back three.
The second day of the Six Nations Festival will start with France v Italy at 11.10am with Wales taking on Scotland at 4.10pm.
Admission to all three matches at Sixways is free.
England Under-18s
15 George Worboys (Bath and Beechen Cliff School)
14. Jack Bates (Bristol Bears and SGS College)
13 Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks and Wirral GS)
12 Phil Cokanasiga (London Irish and St Pauls College)
11.Jude Williams (Wasps and Caterham School)
10 Orlando Bailey (Bath and Beechen Cliff School)
9 Raphael Quirke (Sale Sharks and St Ambrose College)
1. Luke Green (London Irish and St Paul’s Catholic College)
2 John Stewart (Bath and Beechen Cliff School)
3 Fin Baxter (Harlequins and Wellington College)
4 George Martin (Leicester Tigers and Brooksby Melton College)
5 Ewan Richards (Bath and Millfield School)
6 Ollie Stonham (Saracens and Felsted School)
7 Josh Gray (Gloucester and Dean Close School)
8 Will Trenholm (Harlequins and Cranleigh School)
Replacements
16 Sam Riley (Harlequins and St George’s Weybridge)
17 Phil Brantingham (Newcastle Falcons and RGS Newcastle)
18 Jenson Boughton, (Gloucester Rugby and Hartpury College)
19 Archie Benson (Gloucester and Dean Close School)
20 Jack Clement (Gloucester and Cheltenham College)
21 Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers and Oakham School)
22 Tom Curtis (Sale Sharks and Sedbergh School)
23 Joe Carpenter (Yorkshire Carnegie and Woodhouse Grove)