The three match series, which runs over the weekend, is a training camp before the Junior International side jet off to Frankfurt for the 8 nations European competition next weekend.

The England boys came out on the wrong side of a 5-6 result in a end to end thriller of a game having gone behind 0-2, getting back to 2-2 before going further behind at 2-5 but still coming close to a result, against one of the traditional power house sides on the U18 International circuit.