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| Falcons Pair In England Under-20s Squad |
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| Alex Tait made his first team breakthrough for the Falcons this season |
| 10 January 2008, 2:58 pm |
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| Newcastle Falcons pair Alex Tait and Rob Miller have been named in the England Under-20s squad. |
Fly half Miller is included a year young, having starred for England at Under-18s level last season, while Tait featured for England in the Under-19s World Cup over the summer.
England Under-20s will play five internationals in February and March, before preparing for the IRB Junior World Championships in June.
England and Lions lock Nigel Redman and England fly-half Mark Mapletoft coach the squad that spent a week training in Portugal before Christmas and will hold a second training camp at Bath University from January 21-25 before preparing for the opening game at Kingsholm on February 1 (7.35pm).
Nineteen of the squad have previously represented England at Under-19 level with the remainder stepping up from last year's England Under-18 sides.
"Playing at England Under-20 level is a real springboard for these players, not only in terms of representative rugby but also in helping them make progress for their clubs," said coach Nigel Redman.
"They have the chance to get more exposure, develop their game and build confidence. This game is about club plus country and everyone should benefit."
England Under-20 fixtures
February 1: England v Wales (Gloucester, 7.45pm)
February 9: Italy v England (Genoa, 3pm)
February 22: France v England (Grenoble, 8.30pm)
March 7: Scotland v England (Falkirk, 7.30pm)
March 14: England v Ireland (Gloucester, 7.35pm, live on Sky Sports)
IRB Junior World Championships (Wales)
June 6: England v Fiji (Newport, 7pm)
June 10: England v Canada (Newport, 5pm)
June 14: England v Australia (Newport, 5pm)
June 18: Match Day Four
June 21: Finals Day
England Under-20 squad
Forwards
Nathan Catt (Bath Rugby)
Calum Clark (Leeds Tykes)
James Clark (London Irish)
Danny Birchall (Sale Sharks)
Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
Matt Cox (Worcester Warriors)
Hugo Ellis (London Wasps)
Jon Fisher (London Irish)
Scott Freer (Leeds Carnegie)
Greg Gillanders (Leicester Tigers)
Joe Gray (Northampton Saints)
Scott Hobson (Cornish Pirates)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Billy Moss (Bath Rugby)
Tom Sargeant (Harlequins)
Andy Saull (Saracens)
Ben Thomas (Saracens)
Backs
Johnny Arr (Worcester Warriors)
Miles Benjamin (Worcester Warriors)
Noah Cato (Saracens)
Luke Eves (Bristol Rugby)
Alex Goode (Saracens)
Adam Greendale (Leeds Carnegie)
Rob Miller (Newcastle Falcons)
Dan Norton (Gloucester Rugby)
Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby)
Joe Simpson (London Wasps)
Seb Stegman (Harlequins)
Alex Tait (Newcastle Falcons)
Greig Tonks (Leicester Tigers)
Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers) |
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