WORCESTER Warriors trio Jack Singleton, Andrew Kitchener and Huw Taylor will start for England against Italy tomorrow in their World Rugby Under 20 Championship opener in Manchester (7.45 pm).

Singleton is England’s first choice hooker, while Kitchener and Taylor will form the second row partnership for the pool match at the Manchester City Academy Stadium.

England face Italy, Scotland and Australia in the pool stages but have kept the focus on themselves and their identity in how they want to play.

England head coach Martin Haag said: “We have done our analysis on Italy but the priority in training has been what we can do as a team, how we constantly improve and drive standards."

England squad to play Italy:

15. Darren Atkins (Bath Rugby)

14. Sam Aspland-Robinson (Harlequins)

13. Joe Marchant (Harlequins)

12. Harry Mallinder (Capt.) (Northampton Saints)

11. Ollie Thorley (Gloucester Rugby)

10. Theo Brophy-Clews (London Irish)

9. Max Green (Yorkshire Carnegie)

1. Tom West (Wasps)

2. Jack Singleton (Worcester Warriors)

3. Billy Walker (Saracens)

4. Andrew Kitchener (Worcester Warriors)

5. Huw Taylor (Worcester Warriors)

6. George Nott (Sale Sharks)

7. Jack Willis (Wasps)

8. Callum Chick (Newcastle Falcons)

Replacements:

16. Jack Walker (Yorkshire Carnegie)

17. Lewis Boyce (Yorkshire Carnegie)

18. Will Stuart (Wasps)

19. Zach Mercer (Bath Rugby)

20. Josh Bainbridge (Yorkshire Carnegie)

21. Harry Randall (Gloucester Rugby)

22. Johnny Williams (London Irish)

23. Max Malins (Saracens)

England Pool B fixtures:

England v Italy (Tuesday, June 7) KO 19:45, Manchester City Academy Stadium.

England v Scotland (Saturday, June 11) KO 18:00, Manchester City Academy Stadium.

England v Australia (Wednesday, June 15) KO 19:45 AJ Bell Stadium.

Semi-finals and knock-out matches (Monday, June 20) Details TBC Final and knock-out games (Saturday, June 25) Details TBC