Players from Bristol Bears, Bath Rugby, Exeter Chiefs and Gloucester have all been selected by new England men’s U20 head coach Mark Mapletoft for a two-match tour of Georgia
The series, with matches on Saturday, 27 May and Thursday, 1 June, is part of England's preparations for the World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa next month. The 29-player squad includes Bristol Bears centre Joe Jenkins and prop James Halliwell, Bath fly-half Sam Harris and second-row Harvey Cuckson, Exeter Chiefs number eight Greg Fisilau. Gloucester hooker Finn Theobald-Thomas has also been called up although he will move to Leicester Tigers this summer.
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