March 4, 2008

There are major changes to the England Students squad to face Scottish Universities at Lasswade RFC on the outskirts of Edinburgh on Friday night (7.30pm).

Only eight players remain from the squad on duty in their 45-9 defeat against France last month.

Hooker Jonathan Moyce (St Mary's) and flanker Michael Denbee (Plymouth) are the survivors in the forwards but eight of the backs were involved at Tournon-sur-Rhone.

England previously fielded their Universities XV against Scotland at this level before changes to the structure of the students game saw the Students and Universities sides united.

Scrum half Toby Henry appeared for England Universities in their final meeting with the Scots, a 73-11 away win for England in 2006.

England Students squad

Forwards
Robert Anderson (Imperial Medics)
Thomas Booth (University of Bath)
Peter Browne (Durham University)
Peter Clarke (Oxford)
Matthew Cross (Loughborough)
Michael Denbee (Plymouth)
Thomas Fidler (Bath)
Adrian Griffiths (Bath)
Richard Lutton (Oxford University)
Jonathan Moyce (St Marys College)
Michael Rickner (Exeter)

Backs
Scott Armstrong (Leeds Met)
Christopher Ashwin (Bath)
Phillip Ellis (Hertfordshire)
Thomas Gregory (Oxford University)
Toby Henry (Oxford)
Thomas Hockedy (Exeter)
Tristan Roberts (UWE Hartpury)
Dominic Shaw (Newcastle)
Timothy Stevenson (UWE Hartpury)
Andrew Wright (Loughborough)

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