Bristol Rugby centre Luke Eves has been chosen for the England Under-20 squad for the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship taking place in Japan in June.

Eves, aged 20, and a former Colston's Collegiate pupil, has already represented England at Under-16, Under-18, Under-20 level and toured Australia with England Under-18s in 2007.

Under-20 head coach Mark Mapletoft said: "This is an exciting squad to be involved with and we have the talent, experience and ambition in the group to mount a really strong challenge for the world title in Japan this summer.

"Everyone in the squad for this tournament has made an impact in the Premiership this season or on dual-registration with National League clubs and that made selecting a squad of 26 a very tough task. There were close calls and there will be some very disappointed players out there."

The second seeds start the tournament with Pool B games against hosts Japan on June 5 (7pm), Scotland on June 9 (5pm) and Samoa on June 13 (1pm), all at the Prince Chichibu Stadium in Tokyo. The semi-finals and finals are scheduled for June 17 and June 21.

England Under-20 Junior World Championship Squad – Forwards: Bob Baker (London Wasps), Calum Clark (Leeds Carnegie), James Clark (London Irish), Carl Fearns (Sale Sharks), James Gaskell (Sale Sharks), Jamie George (Saracens), Graham Kitchener (Worcester Warriors), Shaun Knight (Gloucester Rugby), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Ben Moon (Exeter Chiefs), Josh Ovens (Bath Rugby), Dan Williams (Gloucester Rugby), Chris York (Harlequins). Backs: Tom Casson (Saracens), Rory Clegg (Newcastle Falcons), Luke Eves (Bristol Rugby), Tom Homer London Irish), Dave Lewis (Gloucester Rugby), George Lowe (Harlequins), Rob Miller (Newcastle Falcons), Charlie Sharples (Gloucester), Seb Stegmann (Harlequins), Henry Trinder (Gloucester), Greig Tonks (Leicester Tigers), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers).