England U20 Women team to play Scotland in Six Nations Summer Series
Head coach LJ Lewis has confirmed her England U20 Women’s squad to take on Scotland in their first game of the Six Nations Women’s Summer Series.
The pathway sides meet on Saturday 5 July at the CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence in Caerphilly, Wales (18:00 BST Kick-off). All Summer Series fixtures will be streamed live on the Six Nations U20 YouTube channel.
Centre Millie Hyett will captain the side having played 13 Premiership Women’s Rugby fixtures for Gloucester-Hartpury as they lifted their third consecutive league title this season.
First caps are awarded to Ashton Adcock, Molly Bunker, Lucy Finch, Molly Luthayi, Maddy Page and Lucy Simpson, while Jasmine Adonri, Poppy Love, Lilly Plowman, and Sophie McQueen could also make their U20 debuts as replacements.
England U20 Women v Scotland (Club & U20 caps)
15. Lia Green (Loughborough Lightning, 6 caps)
14. Sophie Hopkins (Sale Sharks, 4 caps)
13. Millie Hyett (Gloucester-Hartpury, 6 caps)
12. Molly Bunker (Gloucester-Hartpury, uncapped)
11. Molly Luthayi (Loughborough Lightning, uncapped)
10. Amelia MacDougall (Saracens, 5 caps)
9. Ashton Adcock (Loughborough College, uncapped)
1. Amelia Williams (Loughborough Lightning, 7 caps)
2 Lucy Simpson (Gloucester-Hartpury, uncapped)
3. Grace Clifford (Loughborough Lightning, 3 caps)
4. Tyla Shirley (Harlequins, 5 caps)
5. Lucy Finch (Loughborough Lightning, uncapped)
6. Maddy Page (Harlequins, uncapped)
7. Joia Bennett (Saracens, 6 caps)
8. Annabel Meta (Trailfinders Women, 3 caps)
Replacements
16. Lucy Calladine (Loughborough Lightning, 6 caps)
17. Chloe Flanagan (Saracens, 7 caps)
18. Lilly Plowman (Exeter Chiefs, uncapped)
19. Jasmine Adonri (Trailfinders Women, uncapped)
20. Sophie McQueen (Gloucester-Hartpury, uncapped)
21. Poppy Love (Trailfinders Women, uncapped)
22. Ella Cromack (Harlequins, 4 caps)
23. Millie David (Bristol Bears, 5 caps)
England U20 Women fixtures
Saturday 5 July – England v Scotland – 18:00 BST
Friday 11 July – Italy v England – 13:00 BST
Thursday 17 July – France v England – 18:00 BST
Views from camp
LJ Lewis said: “Our players want to prove themselves in this exciting competition this year. With many new faces mixed with our capped players, we have a fantastic blend in our squad that is eager to impress.
“In the coming weeks, we want to evolve as a squad with improvement every matchday. It’s testament to that determination within our player pool that we have the number of uncapped players wanting to succeed and wear the Rose with pride.
“Scotland will be a challenging opening fixture for us, but we want to embrace that challenge with a courageous approach from the outset.”
