Scotland have named their side to face England in their final pool game of the 2018 World Rugby U20 Championships.

It has been a tough campaign so far for Bryan Redpath’s side, they have lost their opening two games to Italy and Argentina, while England have beaten both. Scotland will go in with plenty of hope though, having beaten England in this year’s U20 Six Nations.

Following the slow start though, Redpath has shaken things up with twelve changes to the starting fifteen that faced Argentina on Sunday.

Hooker Robbie Smith comes back into the side and takes over the captaincy, Ross Dunbar and Finlay Richardson come in to prop either side of him.

In the second row Racing 92’s Ewan Johnson comes into the side alongside Heriot’s Charlie Jupp, who was on the bench last time out. Johnson is one of five Scottish Exiles in the starting side, with St Joseph’s College’s Marshall Sykes and Newcastle Falcons’ Guy Graham two of the others, packing down on either flank. They are two of the three players to start that started on Sunday, with Graham switching from openside to blindside and Sykes from the second row to the blindside flank. Watsonians’ James Miller is at number 8.

A fourth Exiles, Stade Francais’ Charlie Gowling, is at scrum half. The former Sedbergh star is partnered by Glasgow Hawks’ Ross Thompson at fly half. The fifth Exile in the side is Fraser Strachan, the Northampton Saints inside centre comes in for his first start of the tournament and partners Melrose’s Patrick Anderson.

It is a Glasgow Hawks wing pairing of Kyle Rowe and Sam Yawayawa, while Stirling County’s Logan Trotter moves from the wing to full back for thisone.

The bench sees Finlay Scott, Fin Hobbis, and Strathallan schoolboy Murphy Walker cover the front row, with Martin Hughes the second row. Northampton Saints Devante Onojaife will be the back row cover. Fellow Exile Charlie Chapman of Gloucester will cover scrum half, with Callum McLelland and Stafford McDowall, who captained the Scots in the first two games, looking after the rest of the back line.

Commenting on the team selection, Redpath, said: “We were obviously disappointed to fall short against Argentina on Sunday. It was a close, physical battle, that was probably a lot closer than the final score suggested.”

“There were a huge number of positives to take from the Argentina match; some of our attacking play was excellent, but we felt it was necessary to make changes heading into Thursday’s England fixture.”

“It’s going to be a tough match-up. England have shown their strength and depth in both of their wins over Argentina and Italy, but I’ve got every confidence that this group of players can compete and battle for the full 80 minutes.”

Scotland U20 v England U20: Thursday, 8pm (BST), Beziers – Live on www.worldrugby.org highlights on ITV 4.

Scotland U20 XV:

15 Logan Trotter (Stirling County)

14 Kyle Rowe (Glasgow Hawks)

13 Patrick Anderson (Melrose)

12 Fraser Strachan (Northampton Saints)

11 Sam Yawayawa (Glasgow Hawks)

10 Ross Thompson (Glasgow Hawks)

9 Charlie Gowling (Stade Francais)

1 Ross Dunbar (Boroughmuir)

2 Robbie Smith (Ayr, captain)

3 Finlay Richardson (Edinburgh Accies)

4 Ewan Johnson (Racing Metro 92)

5 Charlie Jupp (Heriot’s)

6 Marshall Sykes (St Joseph’s College)

7 Guy Graham (Newcastle Falcons)

8 James Miller (Watsonians)

Replacements: 16 Finlay Scott (Jed Forest), 17 Finn Hobbis (Watsonians), 18 Murphy Walker (Strathallan School), 19 Martin Hughes (Heriot’s), 20 Devante Onojaife (Northampton Saints), 21 Charlie Chapman (Gloucester), 22 Callum McLelland (Edinburgh), 23 Stafford McDowall (Ayr).

World Rugby U20 Championship Results:

Round 2:

Group A

Australia 54-19 Japan

New Zealand 42-10 Wales

Group B

Argentina 29-13 Scotland

England 43-5 Italy

Group C

France 24-12 Georgia

South Africa 30-17 Ireland

Round 1:

Group A

New Zealand 67-0 Japan

Wales 26-21 Australia

Group B

England 39-18 Argentina

Italy 27-26 Scotland

Group C

France 26-24 Ireland

South Africa 33-27 Georgia

Group Standings:

World Rugby U20 Championship Fixtures (All times BST):

Group A

Thursday 7^th June:

Wales v Japan, 5.30pm, Perpignan

New Zealand v Australia, 8pm, Perpignan

Group B

Thursday 7^th June:

Italy v Argentina, 5.30pm, Beziers

England v Scotland, 8pm, Beziers

Group C

Thursday 7^th June:

Ireland v Georgia, 5.30pm, Narbonne

South Africa v France, 8pm, Narbonne

Semi Finals – Tuesday 12^th June

2^nd v 3^rd – 6pm, Narbonne

1^st v 4^th – 8pm, Perpignan

6^th v 7^th – 1pm, Narbonne

5^th v 8^th – 3.30pm, Narbonne

10^th v 11^th – 3pm, Perpignan

9^th v 12^th – 5.30pm, Perpignan

Finals – Sunday 17^th June

11^th Place Play Off – 10am, Beziers

9^th Place Play Off – 12.30pm, Beziers

5^th Place Play Off – 1pm, Beziers

7^th Place Play Off – 3pm, Beziers

3^rd Place Play Off – 3.30pm, Beziers

Final – 6pm, Beziers