Eng Counties U20s RugbyUnion-Cambridge to host International


By KBM
April 15 2014

CAMBRIDGE will host the England Counties Under 20s’ international against Georgia Under 20s at their Volac Park headquarters on May 24 (2pm).

 
 

 

Georgia Under 20s will also play a development match at a venue to be confirmed on May 21 before they head to Cambridge.

Georgia’s short tour to England is a return visit following England Counties Under 20s successful visit there last summer which included victories over a Georgia Under 20 Select XV (16-14) and Georgia Under 20s (25-13) both in Tblisi.

Selection for this season England Counties Under 20s squad will take place after the annual Divisional Festival at Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College in Leicestershire over the Easter weekend.

Squads from the four divisions are in the process of being finalised after an exhaustive selection process which began back in November with the opening round of matches in the National Under 20 Shield and continued after Christmas with the start of the National Under 20 Championship which has now reached the semi-final stage.

 

 

Eng Counties U20s RugbyUnion-Cambridge to host International
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Georgia tour for England Counties XV
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Date: 15/04/2014 10:13

ENGLAND Counties XV will play two matches against Emerging Georgia on their summer tour in June.

The Counties XV, the representative flagship of community rugby in England, will play both matches at Georgia’s High Performance Centre in Tblisi, the first on Wednesday June 4 and the second on Sunday June 8.

“We are anticipating two very tough fixtures,” said Steve Pope, the England Counties XV head coach.

“England Counties Under 20s went to Georgia last year and that tour was very well received and there was a huge crowd for the international they played.

“A lot of their players play their club rugby in France so they will have a played at a good level. We expect them to be big and physical and for the two matches to be good tests for us.”

England Counties hope to include a nucleus of the squad that suffered narrow defeats against France Federale XV in Nevers and Ireland Club XV at Darlington Mowden Park earlier this season.

The selection process for the Georgia tour will start in earnest when the County Championship Shield begins next month followed by the County Championship Bill Beaumont Cup First and Second Division competitions.

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