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Pollock leads England in final Under-18s tour match

Back row Henry Pollock will lead England Under-18s in their final match of their summer tour of South Africa, with Northampton Saints teammates Toby Cousins and Archie McParland also starting the clash. 

After clinching a late fightback against South Africa A on Tuesday – where England claimed a 36-34 victory – Jonathan Pendlebury’s side will head back to Paarl Gymnasium on Saturday (26 August, kick-off: 2.30pm BST) to close out the series. 

Cousins switches back from centre to wing for the final outing, with McFarland and Pollock reprising their roles at scrum-half and flanker from the first clash respectively.

England Under-18 team to face South Africa

15 Ioan Jones (Gloucester Rugby, Dean Close School)   
14 Will Glister (Wasps, City of Oxford College)   
13 Ben Redshaw (Newcastle Falcons, Sedbergh School) 
12 Sean Kerr (Harlequins, Whitgift School)   
11 Toby Cousins (Northampton Saints, Oakham School)   
10 Rory Taylor (London Irish, Wellington College) 
9 Archie McParland (Northampton Saints, Stowe School)   

1 Louie Trevett (Bristol Bears, Clifton College)   
2 Jacob Oliver (Newcastle Falcons, Barnard Castle School)  
3 Billy Sela (Bath Rugby, Beechen Cliff)   
4 Olamide Sodeke (Saracens, Gravesend Grammar School)   
5 Tom Burrow (Yorkshire Academy, Heckmondwike Grammar School)  
6 George Perkins (Leicester Tigers, Denstone College)
7 Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints, Stowe School) CAPTAIN 
8 Jack Bennett (Bath Rugby, Monkton Combe School)  

Replacements:
16 Loic Keasey (Worcester Warriors, RGS Worcester)   
17 Alex O’Driscoll (Wasps, Berkhamsted)  
18 Isaac Keller (Newcastle Falcons, Gosforth Academy) 
19 Finn Baker (Newcastle Falcons, Sedbergh School)   
20 Barney Merrett (Saracens, Sutton Valence School)   
21 Will Wootton (Sale Sharks, Sedbergh School)  
22  Raff Weston (Bath Rugby, Beechen Cliff) 
23  George Edson (Exeter Chiefs, Truro College)  
24 Tom Burton (Newcastle Falcons, Sedbergh School) 
25 Conor Byrne (Harlequins, Trinity College)  

Match schedule and results:  
19 August, KO, 14.30 BST, South Africa U18 v England U18 – 40-24 
23 August, KO 12.30 BST, South Africa A v England U18 - 34-36
27 August, KO 14.30 BST, South Africa U18 v England U18 

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