England U20s prepare for French tests

The two games take place on Wednesday and Saturday next week (April 4 and April 7) at Moulton College in Northamptonshire.

The England management has retained the squad which played in Paris but have also added Saracens flanker Hannah Gallagher who was part of the England team that secured a Six Nations Grand Slam.

Also joining the squad are England Sevens squad members Emily Scott and Leanne Riley, while making her debut at Moulton will be Waterloo flanker Ellie Prescott.

Assistant Coach Steve Halsey said. Having played France already last month, the real test for the squad is to see an improvement in performance.

Our focus in this game will be to work on the areas of our game that we identified as those where we fell short in Paris. This is a young side and for a lot of the players the game in Paris was their first taste of U20 international rugby.

This game provides a real opportunity for us as a squad to demonstrate that we are developing individually and collectively.

England and USA U20s are also set to play two test games this summer.

England U20s Squad

(Name, Club, County, Division, Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence College)Bianca Blackburn (Gloucester, Gloucestershire, South West, Hartpury College), Lauren Cattell (Chesham, Buckinghamshire, South West, Moulton College), Fiona Davidson (Richmond, Surrey, London & South East), Louise Dennis (Worcester, Gloucestershire, South West), Hannah Edwards (Wasps, Middlesex, London & South East), Mica Evans (Saracens, Hertfordshire, London & South East), Fiona Fletcher (Lichfield, Staffordshire, Midlands), Hannah Gallagher (Saracens, Hertfordshire, London & South East), Ellen Gattlin (Saracens, Essex, London & South East), Courtney Gill (Plymouth Albion, Devon, South West, Hartpury College), Megan Goddard (Hartpury, Gloucestershire, South West, Hartpury College), Emily Hatherall (Worcester, Gloucestershire, South West), Rebecca Hughes (Bristol, Somerset, South West), Rachel Jones (Lichfield, Staffordshire, Midlands), Sian McGuinness (Tyldesley, Lancashire, North), Amy Needham (Paviors, Notts, Lincs & Derbys, Midlands, Moulton College), Charlotte Notman (Penryn, Cornwall, South West), Megan Oaten (Bristol, Gloucester, South West), Georgia Peedle (Saracens, Hertfordshire, London & South East), Ellie Prescott (Waterloo, Lancashire, North), Catherine Pugh (Rochford Hundred, Essex, London & South East), Leanne Riley (Saracens, Hertfordshire, London & South East), Abbie Scott (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks, Northumberland, North), Emily Scott (Thurrock, Essex, London & South East), Katie Turnbull (Thornbury, Gloucestershire, South West, Hartpury College), Carys Williams (Lichfield, Staffordshire, Midlands, Moulton College),

England Under 20s 2011/2012 Fixtures:

March 11th, France U20s v England U20s, Suzan Lenglen Stadium, Paris, France 50 - England 0

April 4th, England U20s v France U20s, Moulton College, KO 230pm

April 7th, England U20s v France U20s, Moulton College, KO 1pm

July, Dates TBC, England U20s will play the USA in two test matches, Moulton College