Exiles U18s named to face Harlequins at Hazelwood

London Irish U18s will host Harlequins on Saturday in round 2 of the Premiership Rugby U18 league at Hazelwood (kick-off 11am).

Tarek Haffar, Captain Joseph Vajner and Joe Keohane make up the front row with Josh Taylor and Sam Harding named in the second row. Lucas Brooke starts at blindside flanker with George Davis at openside. Marcus Rhodes completes the pack at number 8.

Rory Morgan and Monty Bradbury form the half-back pairing with Matthew Barrett and Will Joseph in the midfield. Michael Dykes, Henry Arundell and Finley Brown make up the back three.

Mikey Summerfield, Ethan Pawadyira, Edwin Zaimovic and Freddie Fearnley are the forward replacements with Dan Ormond, Niall McGann, Jesper Hartikainen and Ben Fitzgerald covering the backs.

London Irish U18s:

15 Finley Brown, 14 Henry Arundell, 13 Will Joseph, 12 Matthew Barrett, 11 Michael Dykes, 10 Monty Bradbury, 9 Rory Morgan, 1 Tarek Haffar, 2 Joseph Vajner ©, 3 Joe Keohane, 4 Josh Taylor, 5 Sam Harding, 6 Lucas Brooke, 7 George Davis, 8 Marcus Rhodes

Replacements: 16 Mikey Summerfield, 17 Ethan Pawadyira, 18 Edwin Zaimovic, 19 Freddie Fearnley, 20 Dan Ormond, 21 Niall McGann, 22 Jesper Hartikainen 23 Ben Fitzgerald