WORCESTER Warriors hooker Jack Singleton scored four tries as England won 42-7 at Italy in the U20 Six Nations.

Jon Callard's side bounced back from their defeat to Scotland with a seven-try victory as they led 17-0 at the break with Singleton (two) and Max Malins all crossing alongside a Joe Marchant conversion.

The tries continued to flow after half-time with George Perkins scoring England’s fourth which Marchant converted.

Singleton crossed for his hat-trick with Marchant’s penalty making it 32-0 before Gabriele Venditti charged over for Italy’s only try as Leonardo Mantelli added the extras.

There was more to come for England as Singleton scored his fourth, while Curtis Langdon went over on his debut.

Other Worcester players to start were Huw Taylor and Sam Smith with Jamie Shillcock on the bench.

Singleton's four tries capped off a wonderful display and he said: "I'm chuffed but it was more important to get the win.

"I didn't have to do too much for most of my tries, the forwards did all the work and the backs were bossing us around, so it was pretty easy in the end.

"They did all the hard graft and I got to go over in the corner. It was a great feeling at the end. We had a pretty tough week after that Scotland game and wanted to put a lot of stuff right and I think we went out there and did that."

Callard said: “We were very composed and the game management was excellent in difficult wet and greasy conditions.

"We had to work hard particularly in the first 20 minutes to get into the right areas of the field and, although we didn’t immediately turn that into points, our intent to play meant we wore Italy down effectively.

“Credit goes to the coaches and especially Rory Teague for our attack and for encouraging good ball play by both the forwards and the backs.

"They weren’t all push-over tries, we moved Italy around and then capitalised on the openings that were created.

“This win is a massive confidence-booster to this young group. It shows them that results come when they combine hard work during the week with the confidence and conviction to put it into practice.

"The players can be very pleased knowing they have earned this win with a good performance in testing conditions but with Ireland up next the hard work continues if we are to back this up in Newcastle.”