England A squad announcement
Head coach Mark Mapletoft has confirmed his match week squad for England Men A’s encounter with Australia A on Sunday 17 November (14:00 kick-off) at the Twickenham Stoop.
Arthur Clark, Hugh Tizard and Will Muir, who scored in the team's 91-5 victory over Portugal in February, have been added to the squad to face Rod Seib’s side.
Mapletoft has also invited former U20 Men’s players Tarek Haffar and Sean Kerr, as well as current U20 Elite Player Squad members Tom Burrow, Charlie Griffin and Angus Hall, to train with the team.
Bath Rugby prop and recent World Rugby U20 Championship winner, Vilikesa Sela, has left the squad through injury and will return to his club to rehabilitate.
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England A squad
Forwards
Joe Batley (Bristol Bears)
Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby)
Afolabi Fasogbon (Gloucester Rugby)
Greg Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs)
Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers, 7 caps)
Emmanuel Iyogun (Northampton Saints)
Nathan Jibulu (Harlequins)
Curtis Langdon (Northampton Saints, 2 caps)
Gabriel Oghre (Bristol Bears)
Tom Pearson (Northampton Saints, 1 cap)
Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints)
Hugh Tizard (Saracens)
Tom Willis (Saracens, 1 cap)
Backs
Charlie Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby)
Oscar Beard (Harlequins)
Joe Carpenter (Sale Sharks)
Fraser Dingwall (c) (Northampton Saints, 2 caps)
Gabriel Ibitoye (Bristol Bears)
Archie McParland (Northampton Saints)
Will Muir (Bath Rugby,
Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
Max Ojomoh (Bath Rugby)
Will Porter (Harlequins)
Jamie Shillcock (Leicester Tigers)
Players invited to train in preparation for game:
Tom Burrow (Sale Sharks)
Charlie Griffin (Bath Rugby)
Tarek Haffar (Northampton Saints)
Angus Hall (Saracens)
Sean Kerr (Harlequins)
England A coaching staff for Australia A
Mark Mapletoft – Head Coach
Andy Titterrell – Forwards Coach
Nathan Catt – Scrum Coach
Lee Blackett – Attack Coach
Haydn Thomas – Defence Coach
England Men A confirmed 2024/25 fixtures
Sunday 17th November 2024 – England A vs. Australia A – Twickenham Stoop, 14:00 GMT kick-off (Live on Premier Sports 1, tickets available here)
Sunday 23rd February 2025 – England A vs. Ireland A – Ashton Gate, 13:00 GMT kick-off (Tickets available here)