{"id":161745,"date":"2025-06-06T02:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T02:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/161745\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T02:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T02:03:15","slug":"maka-named-in-england-u20s-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/161745\/","title":{"rendered":"Maka named in England U20s side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leicester Tigers prop Tubuna Maka has been included in the England Under-20s matchday squad to play\u00a0Wales this Friday at Pontypool RFC (3.30pm BST).<\/p>\n<p><strong>STARTING XV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15 Ben Redshaw (c) (Newcastle Falcons, West Park Leeds RFC, 8 caps)<br \/>14 Noah Caluori (Saracens, Blackheath Rugby, uncapped)<br \/>13 Campbell Ridl (Exeter Chiefs, Sharks, 2 caps)<br \/>12 Will Knight (Gloucester Rugby, Longlevens RFC, uncapped)<br \/>11 Jack Cotgreave (Gloucester Rugby, Bideford RFC, uncapped)<br \/>10 Josh Bellamy (Harlequins, Rosslyn Park, 12 caps)<br \/>9 Joe Davis (Newcastle Falcons, Bishop Auckland RUFC, 2 caps)<br \/>1 Ralph McEachran (Sale Sharks, Guildford RFC, 5\u00a0caps)<br \/>2 Louie Gulley (Exeter Chiefs, Crediton RFC, 5 caps)<br \/>3 Ollie Streeter (Harlequins, Haywards Heath RFC, uncapped)<br \/>4 Aiden Ainsworth-Cave (Northampton Saints, Bedford Junior Blues, 4 caps)<br \/>5 Olamide Sodeke (Saracens, Blackheath Rugby Club, 14 caps)<br \/>6 George Timmins (Bath Rugby, Market Harborough RUFC, 5 caps)<br \/>7 Reggie Hammick (Saracens, Saints Rugby Peregian, uncapped)<br \/>8 Connor Treacey (Bath Rugby, New Milton Rugby Club, 3 caps)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>REPLACEMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>16 Alfie Longstaff (Sale Sharks, Sandal RUFC, uncapped)<br \/><strong>17 Tubuna Maka (Leicester Tigers, Birmingham Moseley RFC, 2\u00a0caps)<\/strong><br \/>18 Tye Raymont (Sale Sharks, West Park Leeds RFC, 5 caps)<br \/>19 Charlie Barker (Saracens, Canterbury Rugby Club, uncapped)<br \/>20 Kane James (Exeter Chiefs, St. Peter\u2019s RFC, 14 caps)<br \/>21 Oscar Beckerleg (Exeter Chiefs, Penzance and Newlyn RFC, 1 cap)<br \/>22 Jonny Weimann (Northampton Saints, Royston Rugby Club, 1 cap)<br \/>23 Ben Coen (Exeter Chiefs, Teignmouth RFC, 9 caps)<br \/>24 Tyler Offiah (Bath Rugby, Ealing Trailfinders, 1 cap)<br \/>25 Nic Allison (Exeter Chiefs, Bishops Diocesan College, 4 caps)<br \/>26 Frank McMillan (Harlequins, Haywards Heath RFC, uncapped)<br \/>27 Jack Bracken (Saracens, Barnet Elizabethans, 8 caps)<br \/>28 Nick Lilley (Exeter Chiefs, Ivybridge RFC, 4\u00a0caps)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>England Under-20s schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>England\u2019s 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship fixtures (all available to stream live on RugbyPass TV)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>England vs. Scotland &#8211; Sunday 29th June, 14:30 BST &#8211; Payanini Centre, Verona \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>England vs. South Africa &#8211; Friday 4th July, 17:00 BST &#8211; Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>England vs. Australia &#8211; Wednesday 9th July, 17:00 BST &#8211; Payanini Centre, Verona \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Placing\/semi-final fixtures &#8211; Monday 14th July (KO TBC) &#8211; Payanini Centre, Verona and Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Play-off\/final fixtures &#8211; Saturday 19th July (KO TBC) &#8211; Stadio San Michele, Calvisano and Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leicester Tigers prop Tubuna Maka has been included in the England Under-20s matchday squad to play\u00a0Wales this Friday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-161745","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114633965749335326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}