FOUR Leeds Carnegie youngsters are in the England Under 20s squad for the IRB Junior World Championships in Japan next year.
Forwards Phil Swainston, Calum Clark and Jacob Rowan and back Dan White are part of the England squad who have been drawn in Pool B against Japan, Samoa and Scotland.
The matches will be played on June 5, 9 and 13 next year, with the knockout stag
es on June 17 and 21.
This season's 32-man England squad - including 10 players capped at Under 20 level last season, one of which is Clark - have already spent a week of team-building with the Royal Marines at Lympstone and go to a warm-weather training camp in Portugal next month.
They defend their RBS Under 20 Six Nations title in the New Year against Italy (February 6 at Worcester), Wales (February 13, Bridgend), Ireland (February 27, Athlone), France (March 13, Worcester) and Scotland (March 20, Worcester).
Squad: Forwards - Joe Marler (Harlequins), Ben Moon (Exeter Chiefs), *James Clark (London Irish), Tom Collett (Leicester Tigers), Jamie George (Saracens), Phil Swainston (Leeds Carnegie)
Bob Baker (London Wasps), *Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Dan Williams (Gloucester Rugby), *Graham Kitchener (Worcester Warriors), James Gaskell (Sale Sharks), *Calum Clark (Leeds Carnegie), Chris York (Harlequins), Jacob Rowan (Leeds Carnegie), *Tom Sargeant (Harlequins), Carl Fearns (Sale Sharks), Rob Milligan (Northampton Saints).
Backs - *Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers), David Lewis (Gloucester Rugby), Dan White (Leeds Carnegie), *Rob Miller (Newcastle Falcons), Rory Clegg (Newcastle Falcons), *Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby), Sam Smith (Harlequins), *Luke Eves (Bristol Rugby), Mike Stanley (Saracens), Tom Casson (Saracens), Henry Trinder (Gloucester Rugby), *Seb Stegmann (Harlequins), Will Hurrell (Leicester Tigers), James Short (Saracens), Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby).
* denotes capped at Under 20 level last year
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