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Team of Under 24's

WarriorKelv

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Just a bit of fun what would your squad of 23 be for your national side? Has to be 24 and under.

For England:

1. Ellis Genge
2. Jack Singleton
3. Joe Heyes
4. Maro Itoje
5. Nick Isiekwe
6. Tom Curry
7. Sam Underhill
8. Alex Dombrandt
9. Alex Mitchell
10. Marcus Smith
11. Ollie Thorley
12. Johnny Williams
13. Joe Marchant
14. Joe Cokansinga
15. Josh Hodge
16. Jack Walker
17. Lewis Boyce
18. Will Stuart
19. Charlie Ewels
20. Zach Mercer
21. Ollie Fox
22. James Grayson
23. Ollie Lawrence

It's actually harder than you think tbf
 
SA
1 Thomas du Toit
2 Malcolm Marx
3 Wilco Louw
4 RG Snyman
5 JJ van der Mescht (I see him being fast tracked)
6 Marco van Staden
7 Jean Luc du Preez
8 Dan du Preez
9 Herschel Jantjies
10 Handre Pollard
11 Aphiwe Dyantyi
12 Jesse Kriel out of position otherwise Andre Esterhuizen or Rohan Janse van Rensburg
13 Lukhanyo Am
14 Sbu Nkosi
15 Damian Willemse

16 Joseph Dweba
17 Ox Nche
18 Carlu Sadie
19 Jason Jenkins
20 Kwagga Smith / Ruan Ackermann / a million other options
21 Embrose Papier and Ivan van Zyl have been around the Bok fold but I'd prefer Justin Philips (might be my WP Stormers bias)
22 Curwin Bosch
23 Warrick Gelant

Misses out by a year:
Lood de Jager
Jan Serfontein
Cheslin Kolbe :(
 
Just a bit of fun what would your squad of 23 be for your national side? Has to be 24 and under.

For England:

1. Ellis Genge
2. Jack Singleton
3. Joe Heyes
4. Maro Itoje
5. Nick Isiekwe
6. Tom Curry
7. Sam Underhill
8. Alex Dombrandt
9. Alex Mitchell
10. Marcus Smith
11. Ollie Thorley
12. Johnny Williams
13. Joe Marchant
14. Joe Cokansinga
15. Josh Hodge
16. Jack Walker
17. Lewis Boyce
18. Will Stuart
19. Charlie Ewels
20. Zach Mercer
21. Ollie Fox
22. James Grayson
23. Ollie Lawrence

It's actually harder than you think tbf

Cant argue with alot of that, it is actually a decent team that would still beat quite a few tier 2 nations.

Who is ollie fox? What about Jack Maunder or Harry Randall

Obv Maro, Kpoku in as said above

I thought Hodge played wing mainly especially in U20s, if not who was the winger who kicked the penalties and didnt miss? And which club?

Honorable mention to jack willis and lewis ludlam.
 
1) Eric O'Sullivan
2) Ronan Kelleher
3) Andrew Porter
4) Fineen Wycherly
5) James Ryan (C)
6) Max Deegan
7) Sean O'Brien
8) Caelan Doris
9) Nick McCarthy
10) Joey Carbery
11) Jacob Stockdale
12) Dan Goggin
13) Ringrose
14) Robert Baloucoune
15) Jordan Larmour
16) Adam McBurney
17) Jeremy Loughman
18) Tom O'Toole
19) Ryan Baird
20) Paul Boyle
21) Craig Casey
22) Ross Byrne
23) Shane Daly

Honorable mentions to Scott Penny, Will Connors (could put one of them in instead of Baird with SOB covering lock if you wanted) and any number of promising young wingers or fullbacks who lost out to Baloucoune based on him being first choice for Ulster last season and doing pretty well. Harry Byrne is my latest man crush but is in the one position where we actually have enough genuine internationals to make a 23.

Not gonna lie, was tempted to start Ross instead of Baloucoune with Joey at fullback.
 
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1 Rhys Carre
2 Ryan Elias
3 Dillon Lewis
4 Adam Beard
5 Seb Davies
6 Aaron Wainwright
7 Josh MacLoed
8 Ollie Griffiths
9 Tomos Williams
10 Jarrod Evans
11 Josh Adams
12 Owen Watkin
13 Tyler Morgan (if fit, which is never)
14 Owen Lane
15 Ashton Hewitt
16 Dewi Lake
17 Corey Domachowski
18 leon Brown
19 Max Williams
20 Shane Lewis Hughes
21 Harri Morgan
22 Cai Evans
23 Tiaan Thomas - Wheeler

The team is better than I thought it would be when starter to be honest.Missing big ball carriers up front really though, just like the actual national team. A few of the u-20s look really promising however I picked the team as if it was playing today and it's a bit too early for some of them.
 
Genge
Fish
Heyes
Kopuku
Coles
Hill
Ludlam
Drombrat
Randell
Smith
Thornley
Marchant
Dingwall
Cockanasinga
Furbank.
Singleton
Painter
Trinder
Ewels
Mercer
Mitchell
Grayson
Hodge
 
easy

Jean Baptiste Gros*
Julien Marchand
Demba Bamba*
Killian Geraci*
Florian Verhaegue
Cameron Woki*
Sekou Macalou
Greg Alldrit
Antoine Dupont
Romain Ntamack*
Arthur Vincent*
Yvan Rheilac
Alivereti Raka
Damian Penaud
Thomas Ramos

Mallez* Chat Setiano Joseph* Couilloud Carbonel* Tauzin* Retière

*U20 World champions
 
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Carre
Elias
Dillon
Seb Davies
Beard
Wainwright
Ollie Griffiths
Taine Basham
Tomos Williams
Jarrod Evans
Josh Adams
Owen Watkin
Tyler Morgan
Owen Lane
Ioan Lloyd

from Lake, Sam wainwright/Leon brown max Williams, Josh Macleod, Harry Randall, Callum Sheedy , Rees Zammit, Aston Hewitt.

Mention to three quality but sadly mostly injured players Kieran Williams, Rhun Williams and keelan Giles. Conbeer is class in the future too.
 
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