Scotland suffered yet another heavy defeat at the hands of England’s under-18 side in the 5 Nations Festival in Viadana, Italy with the Auld enemy running in 11 tries unanswered to win the game convincingly.The young Scots have little time to take stock of the defeat and now look ahead to another tough encounter against Wales on Saturday (18 April, kick-off 4pm local time, 3pm BST). Scotland under-18 v England under-18 at Viadana, Italy on Wednesday (15 April, 7.30pm local time, 6.30pm BST)15 Glen Bryce (Stirling County)14 Michael Doneghan (Stewart’s-Melville College)13 Henry Oliver (Merchiston Castle School)12 Craig Jackson (Melrose Wasps)11 Courtenay Morrison (Dollar Academy)10 Gregor Hunter (Gala Wanderers / Galashiels Academy)*9 Sean Kennedy (Stirling County)1 Ross Turner (Fettes College)2 David Cherry (Merchiston Castle School) CAPTAIN3 Colin Phillips (Stewart’s-Melville College)4 Michael Roy (Musselburgh)5 Robert McAlpine (The Glasgow Academy)*6 James Tyas (Brighton College)8 Andrew Kirkland (Glasgow Hawks)*7 Duncan Finnie (Stewart’s-Melville College)ReplacementsSteve Quigley (St Mary’s College)Mathew Bradford (Allan Glen’s)Richard Ferguson (Melrose Wasps)Gary Lowrie (Hawick Wanderers)Callum Wishart (Dollar Academy)Steven Turnbull (Whitecraigs)Chris Bloomfield (Hymers College)Jamie Forbes (George Watson’s College)Robbie Boswell (Stirling County)Stuart Edwards (Stirling County) Danny Gilmour (Stirling County)** Member of National Academy supported by AIS (Area Institute of Sport)Martin Currie sponsor all of the Scotland age-grades5 Nations under-18 FestivalMatch day 2: Wednesday 15 AprilItaly v Ireland, Parma (kick-off 4.30pm local time, 3.30pm BST)England v Scotland, Viadana (7.30pm local time, 6.30pm BST)Match day 3: Saturday 18 AprilWales v Scotland, Noceto (kick-off 4pm local time, 3pm BST)England v Ireland, Colorno (kick-off 4pm local time, 3pm BST)Head coach – Grant McKelveyAssistant coach – Graham MarshallAssistant coach – Alex DuncanCPD coach – Simon CrossStrength and conditioning coach – Val HoustonTeam manager – Euan KennedyAssistant manager – John MansonTeam doctor – Mike ProudfootPhysio – Nicola McGuireVideo analyst – Murray CraigTeam administrator – Ann McKinsleyMedia manager – Michael James

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