Newcastle Falcons’ Ben Redshaw will start on the wing for England U20s as they face France in the 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship final.

The tournament climax against Les Blues takes place at the DHL Stadium on Friday July 19, with the 6pm UK time kick-off available to stream live on RugbyPass TV (free registration required).

England went unbeaten through their pool campaign, defeating host nation South Africa (17-12), Argentina (41-20) and Fiji (48-11), before edging out Ireland in the semi-final with a 31-20 victory on Sunday.

Head coach, Mark Mapletoft said: “The last few days have been a good reminder of the hard work we have all put in to ensuring the development of this group. We are extremely proud to get to the final, but we cannot lose focus of the challenge in front of us.

“Since beating Ireland we have talked about taking even greater ownership. We have shown that in abundance in our last few games and it encapsulates what this squad is about.

“We expect nothing less come Friday. We will approach the game with the same fearlessness and resilience that has been so important to this point. We want to make our family, friends and all England supporters proud.”

England Under-20s team

15 Ioan Jones (Gloucester Rugby, Minchinhampton RFC, 8 caps)

14 Ben Redshaw (Newcastle Falcons, West Park Leeds RFC, 8 caps) 

13 Ben Waghorn (Harlequins, Chipstead Rugby Club, 9 caps)

12 Sean Kerr (Harlequins, Sutton and Epsom Rugby Club, 7 caps)

11 Alex Wills (Sale Sharks, Droitwich Rugby Club, 11 caps)

10 Ben Coen (Exeter Chiefs, Teignmouth RFC, 4 caps)

9 Ollie Allan (Leicester Tigers, Hungerford RFC, 4 caps)

1 Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks, Broadstreet RFC, 18 caps)

2 Craig Wright (Northampton Saints, Braintree Rugby Club, 9 caps)

3 Afolabi Fasogbon (Gloucester Rugby, Bishop Wand School, 15 caps)

4 Joe Bailey (Exeter Chiefs, Newton Abbot RFC, 8 caps)

5 Junior Kpoku (Racing 92, Saracens Amateurs, 8 caps)

6 Finn Carnduff (c) (Leicester Tigers, Market Harborough RFC, 19 caps)

7 Henry Pollock (Northampton Saints, Buckingham Rugby Club, 8 caps)

8 Kane James (Exeter Chiefs, St Peters RFC, 8 caps)

Replacements

16 James Isaacs (Saracens, Hemel Hempstead Camelot RFC, 5 caps)

17 Cameron Miell (Leicester Tigers, Paul Roos, 2 caps)

18 James Halliwell (Bristol Bears, Thornbury RFC, 11 caps)

19 Olamide Sodeke (Saracens, Blackheath Rugby Club, 8 caps)

20 Arthur Green (Bath Rugby, Frome RFC, 1 cap)

21 Lucas Friday (Harlequins, Bromley RFC, 4 caps)

22 Josh Bellamy (Harlequins, Rosslyn Park, 7 caps)

23 Angus Hall (Saracens, Sevenoaks Rugby Club, 3 caps)