Wales U20 2020

First topic message reminder :

The U20s squad for the 6N is announced. There are a few names from last year still available, some of which have gone on to play senior rugby with their clubs. A notable exclusion is Louis Rees-Zammit who is with the Wales seniors. Copied and pasted from the WRU:

Wales U20 squad for Six Nations 2020
Full-backs/Wings:
Dan John (Millfield School), Josh Thomas (Ospreys), Ewan Rosser (Dragons), Callum Williams (Scarlets), Harri Doel (Scarlets)
Centres:
Bradley Roderick(Ospreys), Aneurin Owen (Dragons), Osian Knott (Scarlets)
Fly-halves:
Sam Costelow (Leicester Tigers), Luke Scully (Worcester), Jacob Beetham (Cardiff Blues), Ioan Lloyd (Bristol)
Scrum-halves:
Ellis Bevan (Cardiff Met), Dafydd Buckland (Dragons)
Back row:
Travis Huntley (Ospreys), Morgan Strong (Ospreys), Gwilym Bradley (Cardiff Blues), Ioan Davies (Cardiff Blues), Jac Morgan (Scarlets – CAPT), Benji Hoppe (Dragons)
Second Row:
James Fender (Ospreys), Rhys Thomas (Ospreys), Ben Carter (Dragons), Jac Price (Scarlets)
Props:
Theo Bevacqua (Cardiff Blues), Ben Warren (Cardiff Blues), Callum Williams (Scarlets), Archie Griffin (Bath), Harri O Connor (Scarlets), Dylan Bartlett (Dragons)
Hookers:
Dom Booth (Scarlets), Will Griffiths (Dragons), Brodie Coghlan Dragons)

Wales U20 Six Nations fixtures
Fixtures
Friday 31st January 2020
Wales vs Italy, Zipworld Stadium, KO 19:35
Fri 7 February 2020
Ireland v Wales, Irish Independent Park, KO 19:15
Friday 21st February 2020
Wales vs France, Zipworld Stadium, KO 19:35
Friday 13th March 2020
Wales vs Scotland, KO 19:35
Fri 6 March 2020
England v Wales, Kingsholm KO 19:45

Very miaow-like to come back after the result has gone and behave this way. Very sad, and possibly a cry for help (no one is answering).

I think this one is still on;

Wales U20: Ioan Lloyd (Bristol Bears); Frankie Jones (Aberavon), Bradley Roderick (Ospreys), Aneurin Owen (Dragons), Mason Grady (Cardiff Blues); Sam Costelow (Leicester Tigers), Ellis Bevan (Cardiff Met); Theo Bevacqua (Cardiff Blues), Dom Booth (Scarlets), Ben Warren (Cardiff Blues), James Fender (Ospreys), Ben Carter (Dragons), Ioan Davies (Cardiff Blues), Jac Morgan (Scarlets, capt), Morgan Strong (Ospreys).

Replacements: Will Griffiths (Dragons), Callum Williams (Scarlets), Harri O'Connor (Scarlets), Ed Scragg (Dragons), Gwilym Bradley (Cardiff Blues), Dafydd Buckland (Dragons), Joe Hawkins (Ospreys), Luke Scully (Worcester Warriors).

Scotland U20: Ollie Smith (Ayrshire Bulls); Rufus McLean (Boroughmuir Bears), Matthew Currie (Watsonians Rugby), Robbie McCallum (Boroughmuir Bears), Jacob Henry (Southern Knights), Nathan Chamberlain (Hartpury College/Bristol Bears), Roan Frostwick (Watsonians Rugby); Thomas Lambert (Sydney University), Ewan Ashman (Sale Sharks), Mak Wilson (Southern Knights), Kieran Watt (Watsonians Rugby), Cameron Henderson (Stirling County), Jack Hill (Durham University), Connor Boyle (Watsonians Rugby), Rory Darge (capt; Southern Knights).

Tonight’s match will be played behind closed doors, and will still be streamed live on S4C.

Not a bad nights work for the Scottish lads!

What happened?! Completely d*cked! Didn’t see it. Such a random set of results this year. Lose to Italy at home; beat England away (which you’d imagine would be the toughest game); thumped by Scotland at home (wait a minute you Scots....... I’m not for one minute saying we shouldn’t lose to you!!! So please don’t get angry. But 50 points against us AT HOME is surely unexpected?!).

Congrats to Scotland though

Ouch! 17 - 52. That’s a spanking. Nathan Chamberlaine scored 32 points, including a hat trick of tries. Gonna be keeping an eye out for him, sounds like a prospect for the Scots.

Oh well after observing the embarrassing miaow in here I didn’t think it could get worse, and then it does. Worst u20s I’ve seen for a long time. What on earth is with the lineout? Time to say bye to the front row and Gareth Williams. 

Chamberlaine and Henderson both look like they both have big futures ahead of them, both were quality.

We know that Boyle, Darge and Henderson are all prospects, but Chamberlaine has come up on the rails. Surely one of the Scottish Pro sides must fancy him, it is not as if we are overflowing with FH options.

The Welsh had three FHs in their back line and he looked better than any of them!

Aye, ollie smith too, next season is a good chance to impress in the 15 jersey for Glasgow. He's surely a better option than Bryce!

That game gave me a lot of hope. Our U20s look in a lot better shape now, Lineen can take some credit for that but theyre also getting more experienced which helps, although not sure how many will be there next year.

I feel bad for the Wales lads, as it cant have been too motivating playing a dead rubber at home without the full home support. Morale was probably low considering these are young players who are more easily impacted emotionally/psychologically. They'll bounce back and hopefully learn from this.