Plymouth stars named in England starting line-up

PLYMOUTH born backs Henry Slade and Jack Arnott have both been named in England's starting line-up for the opening Under-20 Six Nations match against Scotland at Brickfields on Friday night.

They are joined in the team by fellow dual registered Plymouth Albion forward Luke Cowan-Dickie, former Ivybridge Community College pupil Sam Hill and current Ivybridge pupil Joel Conlon.

Former Devonport Services junior Arnott will be making his debut at under-20 level.

Arnott said: "I'm really looking forward to playing in front of a home crowd – I've got some family coming down and I'm sure it'll be a great occasion. We're expecting a tough, physical game from Scotland but at the moment we're just concentrating on ourselves."

The match kicks off at 5.45pm.

ENGLAND UNDER-20 SQUAD

15 Anthony Watson (London Irish)

14 Jack Arnott (Exeter Chiefs)

13 Harry Sloan (Harlequins)

12 Sam Hill (Exeter Chiefs)

11 Ben Howard (Worcester Warriors)

10 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)

9 Alex Day (Northampton Saints)

1 Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs)

2 Max Crumpton (Saracens)

3 Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins)

4 Elliott Stooke (Gloucester Rugby)

5 Dom Barrow (Leeds Carnegie)

6 Ross Moriarty (Gloucester Rugby)

7 Joel Conlon (Exeter Chiefs)

8 Jack Clifford (c) (Harlequins)

Replacement:

16 Danny Herriott (Northampton Saints)

17 Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi (Northampton Saints)

18 Scott Wilson (Newcastle Falcons)

19 Tom Jubb (Saracens)

20 Gus Jones (London Wasps)

21 Nathan Fowles (Sale Sharks)

22 Will Hooley (Northampton Saints)

23 Mark Jennings (Sale Sharks)