Chiefs duo in England U-18s side

 

 

 



Exeter Chiefs duo Stuart Townsend and Luke Chapman have both been named in the England Under-18s have named their side to take on Australia Schools at Harrow School tomorrow (1pm).

Townsend - who is dual-registered with Taunton this season will start the game at scrum-half, whilst prop Chapman - who is dual-registered at Exmouth - is included on the bench in an England squad that will be skippered by Harlequins No. 8 James Chisholm, who made his Aviva Premiership debut for Harlequins against Newcastle Falcons on Sunday.

Ahead of the game Head Coach John Fletcher says that he’s excited to take on southern hemisphere opposition. He said: “This is a great opportunity for our guys to go out and put in a performance against Australia. They only tour once every four years and we’re looking forward to taking them on. They will play an expansive game, which suits us – we like to play with the ball in hand too, so it promises to be an exciting game. It’s great to have the game streamed live on RFU.com, it'll allow people to watch us play who wouldn’t normally get the chance.”

England Under-18s starting XV

15 Aaron Morris (Bedford Blues)
14 Tom Fowlie (London Irish)
13 Nick Tompkins (Saracens)
12 Max Clark (Bath Rugby)
11 Howard Packman (Northampton Saints)
10 Tom Morton (Sale Sharks)
9 Stuart Townsend (Exeter Chiefs)
1 Lewis Boyce (Leeds Carnegie)
2 Jack Walker (Leeds Carnegie)
3 Paul Hill (Leeds Carnegie)
4 Kieran Treadwell (Harlequins)
5 Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby)
6 Joe Batley (Gloucester Rugby)
7 Will Owen (Leicester Tigers)
8 James Chisholm (Harlequins, capt)

Replacements

16 Ollie Adams (London Irish)
17 Luke Chapman (Exeter Chiefs)
18 Ciaran Parker (Sale Sharks)
19 Will Witty (Newcastle Falcons)
20 Andrew Boyce (Worcester Warriors)
21 Rory Jennings (Bath Rugby)
22 Theo Brophy-Clews (London Irish)
23 Josh Skelcey (Northampton Saints)