England Under-20s have made four changes to the side that beat Scotland 15-6 in their opening Six Nations game, with Mark Jennings, Henry Purdy, Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi and Scott Wilson coming in to face Ireland in Athlone tomorrow night.

There are also two positional changes with Ben Howard switching from wing to fullback and Luke Cowan-Dickie moving from loosehead prop to hooker.

England head coach Rob Hunter is under no illusions as to the task: "Ireland are always a tough side, particularly at home, we've had a good week and we're just looking forward to getting out there now," he said.

ENGLAND UNDER-20(v Ireland, tomorrow, Athlone): B Howard (Worcester); J Arnott (Exeter), M Jennings (Sale), S Hill (Exter), H Purdy (Leicester); H Slade (Exeter), A Day (Northampton); D Hobbs-Awoyemi (Northampto), L Cowan-Dickie (Exeter), S Wilson (Newcastle), E Stooke (Gloucester), D Barrow (Leeds), R Moriarty (Gloucester), J Conlon (Exeter), J Clifford (Harlequins). Replacements: M Crumpton (Saracens), N Morris (Wasps), D Herriott (Northampton), T Jubb (Saracens), H Wells (Leicester), N Fowles (Sale), W Hooley (Northampton), T Collins (Northampton) .