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Latest News
/ 10 months agoWales U20s Six Nations Preview: Richard Whiffin turns to Harry Beddall to lead from front
Leicester flanker Harry Beddall leads Richard Wiffin’s new-look Wales squad. The 20-year-old, who represented Wales in the Six Nations and World...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland’s Jonathan Pendlebury: U18 world champs unworkable
Since England's U20 World Championship win, many have called for an U18 edition, but coach Jonathan Pendlebury says it would not...
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BUCS Super Rugby
/ 1 year agoYoung Guns – Ben Coen
Young Guns - England u20 fly-half Ben Coen, by Ben Jaycock Ben Coen has enjoyed an incredible season that saw him...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland U20 star Zach Carr picks his career dream team
Harlequins, London Scottish & England U20 back row, Zach Carr, chooses the best XV he has played with or against.
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoHaydn Thomas urges England U20s to push on to the next level
As the anticipation of the new season builds, Haydn Thomas has praised the England Under-20s squad for their impressive talent and...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoTop of the world
England U20s too strong for France in final showdown By BEN JAYCOCK Head coach Mark Mapletoft praised the England U20s as...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoGlory for a band of brothers
By WILLIAM GUPWELL England.................................................21 Tries: Bailey 35, Green 53 Conversions: Kerr 35 Penalties: Kerr 47, 56, 66 France...................................................13 Tries: Ferte 80 Conversions: Reus 80 Penalties: Reus 10,...
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Guest columnists
/ 1 year agoBest team in the world, I screamed
OLAMIDE SODEKE ENGLAND U20 SECOND ROW Friday night was the highlight of my short-lived rugby career so far and was the...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland dominate in team of tournament
After the 2024 U20s World Championship came to a close on Friday, our reporters Ben Jaycock, William Gupwell and James Orpin...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoBaby Blacks beat Ireland to the podium
New Zealand secured third place in the U20 World Championship with a 38-24 victory over the Irish, after coming alive in...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoScotland u20s back in the big time
By James Orpin Scotland have secured their spot back in the big time of age-grade rugby. They won the Rugby Trophy...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland u20s take on France for World Championship glory
By James Orpin This Friday will see England’s next generation look to end France’s reign on the u20 championship, it will...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoDon’t judge us on this one game – Mapletoft
Mark Mapletoft has taken the pressure off his World Championship hunting England side by saying this week’s final is not the...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland secure u20s final with hard-fought win over Ireland
By Will Gupwell England………………..31 Tries: Wright 24, Allen 30, Kerr 41 Conversions: Kerr 25, 31, Penalties: Kerr 37, 51, 57, 80...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland score 86th minute winner to shock South Africa
By Will Gupwell South Africa……………………………….. (7) Tries: Porthen 6, Finca 51 Conversions: Koen 6, Yellow Cards: Fuller 82 England……………………………………… (7) Tries:...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year ago“South Africa will love nothing more than getting one over us”
More than qualification on the line as England u20s take on South Africa By Tom Jeffreys England u20s head coach Mark...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland U20s need one point to land semi-final spot
By BEN JAYCOCK England u20s need just a point to qualify for the Junior World Cup semi-finals but head coach Mark...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoPlaying high stakes game to stay alive
OLAMIDE SODEKE ENGLAND U2O SECOND ROW We’re coming off the back of another good win against Fiji this week and one...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoWe can do better, says skipper
Women’s U20 Summer Series By PAUL EDDISON England u20s skipper Lille Ives Campion believes her team are only ‘scratching the surface’...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoArgentina coast past hosts South Africa in u20s World Championship
Argentina…………………………………….. 31 Tries: Revol 3, 21, Bernasconi 7, Elias 47, Penous 68 Conversions: Di Lucca 4, 48, 70 Penalties: South Africa…………………………………....
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoClinical England u20s dismantle Fiji
By Will Gupwell England u20s…………………………………………48 Tries: Issacs 6, Halliwell 14, Hall 20, 37, Pollock 25, Cousins 31, 75 James 60 Conversions:...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 1 year agoHistory to be made in first-of-its-kind women’s u20s series
By Sebastian Barrett England coach LJ Lewis believes the inaugural Women’s Summer Series will give young players something to aspire to...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBracken keeps England on course
By BEN JAYCOCK Mark Mapletoft commended his England U20s side for continuing to find solutions and adapting to their problems but...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBaby Blacks hold off Welsh battlers
U20S WORLD CUP POOL A By WILLIAM GUPWELL Wales……………… 34pts Tries: Anderson 11, Hennessey 41, 55, Emanuel 73, Page 78 Conversions:...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoRuthless Ireland savour Italian job
U20S WORLD CUP POOL B By BEN JAYCOCK Ireland.................55pts Tries: Sheahan 3, L Murphy 13, O’Connell 18, Berman 27, 37, 47,...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoBracken’s hat-trick inspires England
U20S WORLD CUP POOL C By WILLIAM GUPWELL England ...............40pts Tries: Bracken 34, 65, 68 Redshaw 38, Sela 44, Pollock 50,...
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Columnists
/ 1 year agoOur aim is to make everyone proud
OLAMIDE SODEKE ENGLAND U2O SECOND ROW Having landed in South Africa last Sunday, we’ve already had a memorable time on and...
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Latest News
/ 1 year agoYoung stars following in fathers’ footsteps…
BRENDAN GALLAGHER So we are up and running again with another Junior World Cup to feast on over the coming fortnight....
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland U20s thrashed on eve of World Cup
England endured a repeat of last year’s wobbly World Championship preparations as Mark Mapletoft’s side were once again beaten in Georgia,...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEmphatic England demolish Georgia
By BEN JAYCOCK Georgia U20 ...7pts England U20 ...31pts UNDER-20s Six Nations champions England made a victorious start to their World...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 1 year agoEngland vs Georgia U20 – Match Preview
England U20s head coach Mark Mapletoft is gearing up for a fierce scrum battle today as his side’s pack goes toe...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 2 years agoMapletoft set for Georgia challenge
By BEN JAYCOCK England U20s head coach Mark Mapletoft has confirmed his 30-player squad that travel to Georgia next week in...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoNorthampton swoop to sign England U20s fly-half
By BEN JAYCOCK Northampton have signed England U20s fly-half George Makepeace-Cubitt. Having endured the hardship of London Irish folding, the tyro...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Harlequins & England U20 centre Sean Kerr
By BEN JAYCOCK Sean Kerr revealed kicking in front of a vibrant, hostile crowd in France during England U20s Six Nations...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Bath & England U18 back row Connor Treacey
By BEN JAYCOCK England U18s captain Connor Treacey led his country through an unbeaten Six Nations and now plans to be a...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 2 years agoGeorgia next as England aim for three in a row
U18 Six Nations By BEN JAYCOCK ENGLAND are looking to retain a 100 per cent record in the U18s Six Nations...
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National League One
/ 2 years agoYoung Guns: Rams and England U20s fly-half George Makepeace-Cubitt
By BEN JAYCOCK George Makepeace-Cubitt was the only player in England U20s’ victorious Six Nations squad not connected to a Premiership...
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Junior International Rugby
/ 2 years agoEngland fall behind France after opening day
By SAM JACKSON FRANCE ended the first day of matches in the U18 Women’s Six Nations festival being held in north...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoPollock is set for take-off at Saints
By PAUL REES When Henry Pollock signed his first professional contract with Northampton last year at the age of 18, he...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoBand of brothers grab the glory
By BEN JAYCOCK France...............................31pts Tries: Ferte 12, Gourgues 24, Carbonneau 26, Castro 45 Conversions: Reus 13, 25, 27, 46 Penalties: Reus...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoWe need to make most of this team
NICK CAIN The England U20s won their first Six Nations title since 2021 with a tremendous second-half effort in which they...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoDouble for Sheahan but Ireland miss out on claiming third title in a row
By NICK JACOBS Ireland................................. 36pts Tries: McLaughlin 19, O’Connell 59, Sheahan 70, 80+2; Edogbo 76 Conversions: Murphy 21, 71, 77, 83...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoWales keep discipline to take feisty encounter
By SAM JACKSON Wales.................27pts Tries: Thomas 46, Beddall 59, Stone 67, Young 71 Conversions: Ford 60, 68 Penalties: Ford 76 Italy.......................
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoRedshaw ready to lead from the front
By PAUL REES Ben Redshaw trained with England during last year’s World Cup before he had made his Newcastle debut, already...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoIreland deny England title in a thriller
By BEN JAYCOCK England U20................... 32pts Tries: Carnduff 3, Spencer 55, James 68, Waghorn 76 Conversions: Kerr 4, 69, 78 Penalties:...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoWales slump to third defeat as France power proves too much
By BEN JAYCOCK Wales U20 ........12pts Tries: Morse 23, Page 62 Conversions: Price 62 France U20 ...... 45pts Tries: Mousques 9,...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoItaly go on a second-half rampage to floor Scots
By SAM JACKSON Italy U20 .......... 47pts Tries: Gritti 7, 50; Gasperini 55, 59; Belloni 62, Scalabrin 77, De Villiers 80...
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Nick Cain
/ 2 years agoBattling U20s still have a lot to learn
England U20s entertaining 32-32 draw with Ireland in Bath on Friday night was pure curate’s egg. The good part was that...
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U20 Six Nations
/ 2 years agoMapletoft’s tyros hope to continue their Grand Slam quest
England U20s will hope to inflict Ireland‘s first loss in the Six Nations since July 2021 and take a giant step...
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English Championship
/ 2 years agoBrowne out to give Scottish an extra edge
By BEN JAYCOCK Upon his return from England U20s camp, London Scottish loanee Harry Browne is determined to help his side...












