Ireland U20 v England U20: teams

England U20 have made four changes ahead of their clash with Ireland in Athlone on Friday.
Sale Sharks  Mark Jennings comes in at outside centre replacing Harlequins Harry Sloan while Leicester’s Henry Purdy is on the left wing with Worcester’s Ben Howard shifting to full-back for the injured Anthony Watson.
In the front row, Northampton’s Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi and Newcastle Scott Wilson are both included at prop with last week man-of-the-match Luke Cowan-Dickie moving across to hooker.
England began the defence of their Six Nations trophy with a 15-6 win over Scotland in their opening game last Friday in Plymouth while Ireland just fell short 17-15 in Wales.
But England Head Coach Rob Hunter is under no illusions as to the task in hand.
“Ireland are always a tough side, particularly at home, we’ve had a good week and we’re just looking forward to getting out there now,” he said.
Captain Jack Clifford added: “We’re a new group and learnt a lot from the game against Scotland. Focus is now on Ireland and we know that they’ll be up for it, but we’ll just focus on our processes and if we play to our potential then we know that we’re a good side.”
Ireland U20: Robbie Henshaw ( Connacht); David Panter (Connacht), Tom Daly (Leinster), Mark Roche (Connacht), Rory Scholes (Ulster); Rory Scannell (Munster), Luke McGrath (Leinster, Capt.); Peter Dooley (Leinster), George McGuigan (Newcastle), Chris Taylor (Ulster); Gavin Thornbury (Leinster), John Donnan (Ulster); Peadar Timmins (Leinster), Ryan Murphy (Munster), Conor Joyce (Ulster).
Replacements: John Andrew (Ulster), Ryan Furness (Worcester Warriors), Adam Boland (Connacht), Sean McCarthy (Munster), Josh Van Der Flier (Leinster), John Creighton (Ulster), Eogháin Quinn (Leinster), Darren Sweetnam (Munster)
England U20: Ben Howard (Worcester Warriors); Jack Arnott (Exeter Chiefs), Mark Jennings (Sale Sharks), Sam Hill (Exeter Chiefs), Henry Purdy (Leicester Tigers); Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Alex Day (Northampton Saints); Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi (Northampton Saints), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs), Scott Wilson (Newcastle Falcons); Elliott Stooke (Gloucester Rugby), Dom Barrow (Leeds Carnegie); Ross Moriarty (Gloucester Rugby), Joel Conlon (Exeter Chiefs), Jack Clifford (C) (Harlequins).
Replacements: Max Crumpton (Saracens), Nathan Morris (London Wasps), Danny Herriott (Northampton Saints), Tom Jubb (Saracens), Harry Wells (Leicester Tigers), Nathan Fowles (Sale Sharks), Will Hooley (Northampton Saints), Tom Collins (Northampton Saints)