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Kitchener, 18, is a pupil at Adams Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire, who appeared for England at Under 18 level last season.
Added to the bench are uncapped Northampton lock James Cannon – the son of Saints legend Vince Cannon – and wing Dan Norton, who was on duty with Gloucester in the Guinness Premiership last weekend.
England, coached by Nigel Redman and Mark Mapletoft, are playing for their Six Nations Grand Slam after victories against Wales (28-15), Italy (22-13), France (24-6) and Scotland (41-15).
But to do so they have to defeat Eric Elwood’s Ireland side, whose predecessors were the unbeaten winners of last year’s tournament.
England U20 v Ireland U20 (Gloucester, Friday, 7.35pm)
15 Noah Cato (Saracens)
14 Seb Stegmann (Harlequins)
13 Luke Eves (Bristol Rugby)
12 Alex Goode (Saracens)
11 Mark Odejobi (London Wasps)
10 Adam Greendale (Leeds Carnegie)
9 Joe Simpson (London Wasps)
1 Nathan Catt (Bath Rugby)
2 Gray (Northampton Saints)
3 Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
4 Graham Kitchener (Worcester Warriors)
5 Scott Hobson (Cornish Pirates)
6 Jon Fisher (London Irish)
7 Matt Cox (Worcester Warriors)
8 Hugo Ellis (London Wasps)
Replacements
16 Scott Freer (Leeds Carnegie)
17 Billy Moss (Bath Rugby)
18 James Cannon (Northampton Saints)
19 Andy Saull (Saracens)
20 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
21 Greg King (Worcester Warriors)
22 Dan Norton (Gloucester Rugby)
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