Oxfordshire pair Alec Hepburn and Gus Jones helped England Under 18s defeat their Ireland counterparts 29-12 in Dublin.

Prop Hepburn (Henley College) and flanker Jones (Eton College) came off the bench to boost England’s four-try success.

They will hope to be involved again when England face Scotland on March 27.

  • OXFORD University pair Alex Cheesman and Karl Outen will hope to build on their Varsity Match success by playing for England Students.

Centre Cheesman and lock Outen hope to have done enough in a two-day training camp at Loughborough University to make the 23-man squad to face France at Richmond on February 25.