Six Nations 2020

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Newbury Weekly News

The England squad ENGLAND head coac h Eddie

(Wasps,62caps),CourtneyLawes(Northampton Saints,81caps), LewisLudlam (Northampton Saints,6caps), JoeMarler(Harlequins,68caps), AlexMoon (Northampton Saints,uncapped), Kyle Sinckler(Harlequins,31caps),WillStuart(Bath Rugby,uncapped), SamUnderhill (BathRugby,15 caps),MakoVunipola (Saracens,58caps),Harry Williams (ExeterChiefs,18caps) Backs: ElliotDaly (Saracens,39caps),Ollie Devoto(ExeterChiefs,1cap),FraserDingwall (Northampton Saints,uncapped), OwenFarrell (Saracens,79caps),George Ford(Leicester Tigers,65caps),George Furbank (Northampton Saints,uncapped), WilliHeinz (Gloucester Rugby,9 caps), Jonathan Joseph (BathRugby,47caps), JonnyMay(Leicester Tigers,52caps),OllieThorley (Gloucester Rugby,uncapped), ManuTuilagi (Leicester Tigers,40caps), JacobUmaga (Wasps, uncapped), AnthonyWatson (BathRugby,42caps), BenYoungs (Leicester Tigers,95caps) Apprentice players: AlexMitchell (Northampton Saints,uncapped), JoshHodge (Newcastle Falcons,uncapped)

Jones has named eight unca pped players in his 34-man squad f or the Six Nations. Northampton’s Alex Moon, F raser Dingwall and Georg e Furbank, along with Bath’s Will Stuart and Wasps’ Jacob Umaga have received their first senior call-ups , as has Tom Dunn, Ben Earl and Ollie Thorley. However, Billy Vunipola and Jack Nowell have missed the squad as a result of both being injur ed. England Six Nations squad Forwards: LukeCowan-Dickie(ExeterChiefs,21

caps), TomCurry(SaleSharks,19caps), Tom Dunn (Bath, uncapped), BenEarl(Saracens, uncapped), CharlieEwels(BathRugby,12caps), EllisGenge (Leicester Tigers,14caps), Jamie George (Saracens,45caps), TedHill(Worcester Warriors,1cap),Maro Itoje (Saracens,34caps), George Kruis(Saracens,41caps), JoeLaunchbury

England will play Ireland and Wles at Twickenham in this year ’s competition

Games to watch ACROSS the six countries and 15 mouth- watering clashes, there are al ways a number of fixtures tha t stand-out in the calendar . Generally, any game involving England always delivers and their fixtur es with Ireland, Scotland and Wales brings up history f or different reasons. For many years now, England and Ir eland’s contests have always draw in the crowd, with tickets always a struggle for many fans. As the pair are due to meet in Round 3 of this year’s tournament, it’s likely that the outcome could well determine the winner of the o verall competition. With the Calcutta Cup on of fer, as well as brag- ging rights, England against Scotland is always a game that never fails to disappoint. In recent years, with the exception of England ’s 61-21 win in 2017, the r esults have been pretty close. Last year’s 38-38 draw at Twickenham was one of the games of the tournament and considering England have not won since 2017, they will be hunting for revenge at Murrayfield on February 8. It’s also a similar situa tion with Wales and England, with both sides enjo ying their fair share of recent success in the competition. The pair lock horns on the penultimate weekend of the competition and in the last f our meetings, in all competitions , both sides have won two games each. Italy are likely to finish bottom in the standings , but the ‘Gli Azzurri’ have handled themselv es well in previous years. They host Scotland and England in Rome and it’s important not to take them lightly in this year’s championships.

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England made a statement against Ireland at the A viv Stadium during Round One of the competition last year

It’s going to be another challenging test for the England squad

Owen Farrell will once again be captaining England in the Six Nations