Scarlets playmaker Elis Price will start for Wales U20s in their World Championship warm-up against England at Pontypool on Friday (15:30).
Price, a product of Carmarthen Quins RFC, is named at inside centre and is one of three Scarlets included in a 29-strong squad, with prop Jac Pritchard and lock Dylan Alford named among the replacements.
The match is the first of two warm-up games prior to the U20 World Championship which begins in Italy on June 29 with an opening match against Argentina.
Head coach Richard Whiffin has made a number of changes from the team which prevented England from winning the Grand Slam in the final game of the 2025 U20 Six Nations.
“We’ve had guys in camp for three weeks working super hard and they deserve an opportunity,” said Whiffin.
“We said to the group at the start of the campaign we were going to use it as a selection game in terms of whittling the squad down from 45 down to 30 so there will be guys playing on Friday night putting their hands up for the plane ticket to Italy.
“So pressure goes onto those guys but ultimately if they can perform on Friday in a big game against England then it sets them up well for the World Cup.”
Wales U20s v England U20s (Fri, June 6; Pontypool Park, 3.30pm)
15 Lewis Edwards (Ospreys)
14 Ioan Duggan (Dragons)
13 Elijah Evans (Cardiff Rugby)
12 Elis Price (Scarlets)
11 Aidan Boshoff (Bristol Bears)
10 Harri Ford (Dragons)
9 Sion Davies (Cardiff Rugby);
1 Cam Tyler-Grocott (Cardiff Rugby)
2 Saul Hurley (Aberavon)
3 Owain James (Dragons)
4 Dan Gemine (Ospreys)
5 Kenzie Jenkins (Bristol Bears)
6 Ryan Jones (Dragons)
7 Caio James (Gloucester)8 Evan Minto (Dragons – Capt)
Replacements
16 Evan Wood (Pontypool/Cardiff Met)
17 Louie Trevett (Bristol Bears)
18 Jac Pritchard (Scarlets)
19 Tom Cottle (RGC)
20 Luke Evans (Exeter Chiefs)
21 Deian Gwynne (Gloucester)
22 Harry Beddall (Dragons)
23 Logan Franklin (Dragons)
24 Lloyd Lucas (Cardiff Rugby)
25 Dylan Scott (Cardiff Met)
26 Steffan Emanuel (Cardiff Rugby)
27 Osian Darwin-Lewis (Cardiff Rugby)
28 Jack Woods (Bath Rugby)
29 Dylan Alford (Scarlets)
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