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Wales suffer heavy England defeat in U20 warm-up

Elijah Evans of WalesHuw Evans Picture Agency

Elijah Evans scored one of Wales' two tries against England

England got their Six Nations revenge by defeating Wales 47-14 in an Under-20 World Championship warm-up.

Wales had denied England a first Grand Slam in four years by running out 23-13 winners in the finale of this year's championship, but they could not repeat the heroics at Pontypool Park.

Both sides put out changed starting XVs, with Evan Minto leading Wales and Ben Redshaw captaining England.

England will continue their preparations with a trip to Tbilisi to face Georgia on 14 June while Wales host Italy at Cardiff Arms Park the day before.

The U20 World Championships take place in Italy, with England beginning their title defence against Scotland on Sunday, 29 June, while Wales play Argentina on the same day.

Wales U20: Lewis Edwards; Ioan Duggan, Elijah Evans, Elis Price, Aidan Boshoff; Harri Ford, Sion Davies; Cam Tyler-Grocott, Saul Hurley, Owain James, Dan Gemine, Kenzie Jenkins, Ryan Jones, Caio James, Evan Minto (capt)

Replacements: Evan Wood, Louie Trevett, Jac Pritchard, Tom Cottle, Luke Evans, Deian Gwynne, Harry Beddall, Logan Franklin, Lloyd Lucas, Dylan Scott, Steffan Emanuel, Osian Darwin-Lewis, Jack Woods, Dylan Alford.

England U20: Ben Redshaw (capt), Noah Caluori, Campbell Ridl, Will Knight, Jack Cotgreave,Josh Bellamy, Joe Davis, Ralph McEachran, Louie Gulley, Ollie Streeter, Aiden Ainsworth-Cave, Olamide Sodeke, George Timmins, Reggie Hammick,Connor Treacey

Replacements: Alfie Longstaff, Tubuna Maka, Tye Raymont, Charlie Barker, Kane James, Oscar Beckerleg, Jonny Weimann, Ben Coen, Tyler Offiah, Nic Allison, Frank McMillan, Jack Bracken, Nick Lilley.

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