NEWPORT Gwent Dragons star Tyler Morgan is joined by six fellow Gwent youngsters in the 28-man Wales squad for next month’s World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Italy.

Luke Garrett, Keagan Bale and Leon Brown (all Dragons/ Cross Keys), Keddie (Dragons/ Ebbw Vale) and Ollie Griffiths and Harrison Lloyd Lewis (both Dragons/ Newport) join Morgan for the tournament, which runs from June 2 to June 20.

Wales' opening pool game is against France in Calvisano on Tuesday, June 2.

They then face England, also in Calvisano on June 6, before taking on Japan in Viadana on June 10.

Wales under-20 coach co-ordinator Allan Lewis said: “Our first two games are going to be real tests of our mettle.

“We will have to perform very well to beat France on the opening day and England are double world champions at this level.

“Although we beat them in the Six Nations, and we will draw some confidence from that, they are the team to beat in this competition and this will be a different challenge.

"We've got good experience in the squad and the Six Nations enabled us to find out what we needed about most of the selected players.

“We have an established front row and the scrum is one of our strengths.”

Wales under-20 squad: forwards – Luke Garrett (Dragons/ Cross Keys), Keagan Bale (Dragons/ Cross Keys), Dillon Lewis (Blues/ Pontypridd), Joe Jones (Blues/ Cardiff), Leon Brown (Dragons/ Cross Keys), Ryan Elias (Scarlets/ Carmarthen), Liam Belcher (Blues/ Pontypridd), Torin Myhill (Scarlets/ Llanelli), Rory Thornton (Ospreys/ Bridgend), Adam Beard (Ospreys/ Aberavon), Seb Davies (Blues/ Pontypridd), Lee Taylor (Carmarthen), Tom Phillips (Scarlets/ Llanelli), Ollie Griffiths (Dragons/ Newport), Harrison Keddie (Dragons/ Ebbw Vale), Jon Fox (Ospreys/ Swansea); backs – Tom Williams (Blues/ Pontypridd), Kieran Hardy (Scarlets/ Carmarthen), Jarrod Evans (Blues/ Pontypridd), Daniel Jones (Scarlets/ Carmarthen), Garyn Smith (Blues/ Pontypridd), Lloyd Lewis (Dragons/ Newport), Tyler Morgan (Dragons/ Newport), Owen Watkin (Ospreys/ Bridgend), Joshua Adams (Scarlets/ Llanelli), Joe Thomas (Ospreys/ Swansea), James Whittingham (Blues/ Pontypridd), Dafydd Howells (Ospreys/ Neath).