\n The Welsh youngsters start their campaign on Sunday when they go up against Argentina and then they face France five days later.\n<\/p>\n
\n A group finale against Spain is swiftly followed by two more fixtures, either in the semi-finals and final or for placings.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Wales management will have to box clever and try to keep players fresh, which could mean a chance to shine for James.\n<\/p>\n
\n He is backing up Bristol prospect Sam Scott, who enhanced his reputation with five impressive starts during the Six Nations.\n<\/p>\n
\n James and fellow tighthead Jac Pritchard will be tasked with ensuring there is no drop-off in quality when Scott is given a breather.\n<\/p>\n
\n PLATFORM: Dragons tighthead Owain James hopes to scrummage strongly for Wales Under-20s (Image: Mark Lewis\/Huw Evans Agency)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe set piece is a big part of the game and gives a side a platform, and we pride ourselves in taking it to other teams,\u201d said the 20-year-old.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe have good competition and a lot of combinations that can be fielded \u2013 we feel that we are strong across the board and we will all be needed in a tournament like this.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n James, from Ynysybwl, signed a senior academy contract with the Dragons last summer and then had a remarkable rise.\n<\/p>\n
\n He featured for the Dragons A last autumn and then injuries led to him making a senior debut at Zebre Parma, with another appearance against the Stormers in the penultimate match of the season.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI played a lot of rugby up to Christmas and then had a concussion but then the Six Nations was a really good experience,\u201d said James.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI had a few appearances for the Dragons, which was unexpected in my first year, and it was also great to be part of Pontypool.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere is plenty of history in Pooler\u2019s front row and it has been great to learn from props who have done their time in the Premiership and Super Rygbi Cymru.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n It\u2019s the SRC that James will get his experience next season given that the Dragons have signed Dillon Lewis and Robert Hunt to join Chris Coleman and Luke Yendle.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, a small taste of the United Rugby Championship has served the Wales Under-20s prospect well.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was a tough season with the results but there were great experiences for us youngsters to train and travel with the seniors,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was brilliant to go to South Africa and that can only help us when our time does hopefully come.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cYou learn so much from the combination of SRC and Dragons and I just want to keep building and learning from the senior props.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n That comes after James tries to shine alongside his peers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Welsh youngsters start their campaign on Sunday when they go up against Argentina and then they face…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-217894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114753877654082348","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217894","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=217894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}