6N U20 - Wales's opportunity

They are the only unbeaten Under-20 team in the Six Nations and in the last round they play winless Italy. But there is a speed bump in the way - England in England on Friday.

France and Scotland have each won two matches, England and Ireland one each and Italy none.

This means that the winner of the match between Scotland and France, two strong sides, is also in with a chance of taking the title.

Round 4 Fixtures

England vs Wales at Ashton Gate, Bristol

Scotland vs France at Broadwood

Ireland vs Italy at Donnybrook Stadium      

Results Round 1

Scotland vs England, 24-6

Wales vs Ireland, 35-24

France vs Italy, 40-3

Results Round 2

Wales vs Scotland, 18-15

France vs Ireland, 34-13

England vs Italy, 42-7

Results, Round 3

Wales vs France, 16-10

Ireland vs England, 26-20

Scotland vs Italy, 24-14

England vs Wales. Friday, 11 March 2016, kick-off 19.45

Go down the M4, across the Severn and turn right down to Bristol. By car from Cardiff it takes just over an hour. That is the small journey that Wales Under-20 will do to play England in this vital match. The 16 000-seater stadium is the home of Bristol City and Bristol RFC.

England made five changes. Loosehead Lewis Boyce returns to the side from a knee injury but Joe Marchant is wanted by Harlequins who play Bath at The Stoop. Charlie Thacker moves to outside centre with George Worth coming into the centre inside of him. George Nott moves from lock to flank and Andrew Kitchen comes into lock.

Wales have made three changes from the team which beat France in France and they are changes calculated to strengthen the team. Owen Watkin is back from Ospreys duty  to play outside centre and Daniel Jones is back from Scarlets duty to play at flyhalf. In the third change Harri Millard moves from inside to outside centre.

Teams:

England: 15 Max Malins, 14 George Perkins, 13 Charlie Thacker, 12 George Worth, 11 Ollie Thorley, 10 Mathew Protheroe, 9 Max Green, 8 Callum Chick (captain), 7 Sam Smith, 6 George Nott, 5 Andrew Kitchen, 4 Huw Taylor, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Jack Singleton, 1 Lewis Boyce

Replacements: 16 Curtis Langdon, 17 Tom West, 18 Billy Keast, 19 Alex Moon, 20 Zach Mercer, 21 Calum Waters, 22 Joe Simmonds, 23 Paolo Odogwu

Wales: 15 Rhun Williams, 14 George Gasson, 13 Harri Millard, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Daniel Jones, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Harrison Keddie, 7 Shaun Evans, 6 Tom Phillips (captain), 5 Adam Beard, 4 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Dafydd Hughes, 1 Corey Domachowski

Replacements: 16 Ifan Phillips, 17 Rhys Fawcett, 18 Leon Brown, 19 Bryce Morgan, 20 Morgan Sieniawski, 21 Declan Smith, 22 Billy McBryde, 23 Joe Thomas

Referee: Andy Brace (Ireland)

Assistant referees: David Wilkinson (Ireland), Stuart Douglas (Ireland)

Television match official: Seamus Flannery (Ireland)

Scotland vs France. Friday, 11 March 2016, kick-off 20.00

This is a big match for two strong sides. Earlier this year Scotland had their first win over England, beat Italy and just lost to Wales by a last-minute penalty.

Scotland have made six changes, two positional. The most noteworthy change is the return of powerful tighthead Zander Fagerson  who won a senior Scottish cap against England in this year's Six nations. Flyhalf Adam Hastings has been released by Bath and is back in the side. To accommodate him Rory Hutchinson moved to outside centre. Hooker Jake Kerr is back from injury and hooks while Andrew Davidson moves from lock to flank and Callum Hunter-Hill  takes his place at lock.

It looks a stronger Scottish side for the changes.

France looked weakened with Gabriel N'Gandebe suspended and wing Alex Arrate and inside centre Elliot Roudil injured. This has meant three changes to the back. Two of the three loose forwards are changed as Alexandre Roumat and Matthieu Voisin come in to improve the pack's mobility. Thomas Lièvremont has made two changes to the front row with a new hooker and a new tighthead.

Teams:

Scotland: 15 Ruairi Howarth, 14 Ben Robbins, 13 Rory Hutchinson, 12 Tom Galbraith, 11 Darcy Graham,  10  Adam Hastings, 9 Hugh Fraser, 8  Ally Miller, 7 Matt Smith, 6 Andrew Davidson, 5 Scott Cummings (captain), 4 Callum Hunter-Hill, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Jake Kerr, 1 Murray McCallum

Replacements: 16 Lewis Anderson, 17 George Thornton, 18 Callum Sheldon, 19 Stephen Ainslie, 20 Scott Burnside, 21 Ruaridh Dawson, 22  George Taylor, 23 Robbie Nairn

France: 15 Romain Buros, 14 Martin Laveau, 13 Atila Septar, 12 Damien Penaud, 11 Alexandre Pilati, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Antoine Dupont, 8 Alexandre Roumat, 7 Judicaël Cancoriet, 6 Matthieu Voisin, 5 Mathieu Tanguy, 4 Florian Verhaegue, 3  Emerick Setiano, 2 Etienne Fourcade, 1 Clément Castets (captain)

Replacements : 16 Quentin Walcker, 17 Beato Mauvaka, 18 Michael Simutoga, 19 Baptiste Pesenti, 20 Anthony Jelonch, 21 Baptiste Couilloud, 22 Romuald Seguy, 23 Pierre Mignot  

Referee: Tom Foley (England)

Ireland vs Italy. Friday, 11 March 2016, kick-off 19.35

Ireland have injuries. Those out are Conor Kenny, Jimmy O'Brien, Jack Power and Dan Walsh

Brett Connon comes off the bench to fullback for hamstrung Jack Power. Jacob Stockdale is released by Ulster and comes onto the wing while Conor O'Brien goes to inside centre in the place of Jimmy O'Brien.

The bench is much changed and includes three uncapped players - Hugo Kean, Ben Betts and Paul Kiernan.

Italy on the other hand have just one change and that forced by injury. Captain Davide Fragnito is out, his place taken pm flank by Giovanni Pettinelli.

Teams

Ireland: 15 Brett Connon, 14 Hugo Keenan, 13 Shane Daly, 12 Conor O'Brien, 11 Conor O'Brien, 10 Johnny McPhillips, 9 Stephen Kerins, 8 Greg Jones, 7 Will Connors,  6 Cillian Gallagher, 5 James Ryan (captain), 4 Peter Claffey, 3 Conán O'Donnell, 2 Adam McBurney, 1 Andrew Porter

Replacements: 16 Hugo Kean, 17 James Bollard, 18 Ben Betts, 19 Sean O'Connor, 20 Max Deegan, 21 Paul Kiernan, 22 Terry Kennedy

Italy: 15 Matteo Minozzi, 14 Pierre Bruno, 13 Roberto Dal Zilio, 12 Marco Zanon, 11 Luca Sperandio, 10 Leonardo Mantelli, 9 Vincenzo Charly Ernest Trussardi, 8 Gabriele Venditti, 7 Davide Ciotoli, 6 Giovanni Pettinelli, 5 Samuele Ortis, 4 Leonard Krumov, 3 Marco Riccioni (captain), 2 Marco Manfredi, 1 Daniele Rimpelli

Replacements: 16 Nicolò Broglia, 17 Giovanni Amendola, 18 Giosuè Zilocchi, 19 Lorenzo Robin Masselli, 20 Michael De Marco, 21 Giovanni Lucchin, 22 Marcello Angelini, 23  Lorenzo Masato

Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Assistant referees: Gary Glennon (Scotland), Dermot Blake (Scotland)