The England U21 and U19 squads for this weekend's clashes with Italy have been announced.

Peter Drewett, U21s Manager said, "The U21 Six Nations Championship is a highly competitive environment and the Italians have an impressive team. We're looking forward to playing against them on Friday evening".

Tosh Askew, U19s Manager/Coach said, "There are a few changes to the squad since the last game as some players were not considered for selection through injury or academic commitments. Having learned lessons from playing both France and Wales, the squad is still evolving and we're hopeful of an excellent performance against Italy on Friday. The Italians only lost 9-6 to Wales and proved themselves to be a very big and physical side, so we will be looking to play our usual wide and fluid game."

England U21 squad to play Italy U21, Newbury RFC, Friday 7th March, 2003 Kick Off 7.30pm

FORWARDS
Peter Cook - Leicester Tigers
Christian Day - Sharks
Alex Gluth - Sharks
James Hamilton - Leicester Tigers
Michael Holford - Leicester Tigers
Andrew Kyriacou - Sharks
Magnus Lund - Sharks
Geoffrey Parling - Newcastle Falcons
Ryan Peacey - Saracens
Jonathan Pendlebury - Bath
Benjamin Russell - Saracens
James Scaysbrook - Bath
Matthew Stevens - Bath
Matt Thompson - Newcastle Falcons
Ben Woods - Newcastle Falcons

BACKS
James Bailey - Bristol Shoguns
Chris Bell - Harlequins
Danny Hipkiss - Leicester Tigers
Paul Hodgson - Bristol Shoguns
Chris Hyndman - Northampton
Chris Mayor - Sharks
Ugo Monye - NEC Harlequins
Warren Spragg - Sharks
Clive Stuart-Smith - Gloucester
Tim Taylor - Leicester Tigers
Ed Thrower - London Irish

England U19 squad to play Italy U19, Macclesfield RUFC, Friday 7th March, 2003

FORWARDS
William Bowley - Worcester
Andrew Buist - Newcastle Falcons
Iyran Clunis - London Irish
Aston Croall - Saracens
James Graham - Bath
James Greenwood - London Irish
Chris Hallam - Worcester
Matthew Hampson - Leicester Tigers
James Haskell - London Wasps & Wellington College
Mark Hopley - Worcester
Richard Thorpe - London Irish & Whitgift School
Thomas Ryder - Leicester Tigers & Uppingham School
William Skinner - Leicester Tigers
David Wilson - Newcastle Falcons

BACKS
Joseph Bedford - Sharks
Paul Diggin - Saints
Thom Evans - Wellington College
James Hoyle - Sedbergh School
Rhodri McAtee - Worcester
Oliver Morgan - Gloucester & Millfield School
Topsy Ojo - London Irish & Dartford Grammar School
Thomas Rock - Leeds Tykes
Benjamin Russell - Northampton Saints (Captain)
James Wellwood - London Wasps
Simon Whatling - Bath