It was a very experienced England team that Ireland faced first up at Virgin Media Park last week but still it was not the performance that Neil Doak was looking for in his first competitive game in charge.

Hopes of a three in a row title run look remote on the back of that 17-3 defeat but Ireland beat Scotland 36-0 when the sides met in Cork last year and, after the Scots were beaten 22-10 by Italy last week, the visitors to Edinburgh should have the quality to secure victory and get their challenge up and running.

“We’re under no illusions,” said attack coach Ian Keatley. “Of course we want to win, but you have to remember they are under 20. Most of them are 19, they’re just developing.

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"It’s probably the first time they played in an arena like that with 9,000. It’s probably the first time they came up against line speed such as England’s and a lot of those English players play in the Premiership or the Top 14.

“Staff and players made mistakes on the day. You have to give them another chance to help learn and try to rectify what they did. I think if we made drastic changes, it would be the wrong thing for us as a team and the cohesion.

“To give them that confidence that we trust them, to go out again and try and correct the wrongs from last week, I think it’s very important for them to develop not just for this Six Nations, but their whole careers.”

Where is the game on?

The game takes place at Hive Stadium, Edinburgh

What time is kick-off?

The match kicks off at on Saturday at 7.45pm

What TV channel is it on?

You can watch the game on the BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and Red Button. It is also available to watch on Virgin Media Two in the Republic of Ireland, with coverage beginning at 7.30pm

Betting

Ireland 10/11 to win, Scotland 5/6 to win; draw 22/1

Team news

The Scots have named an unchanged side as Kenny Murray attempts to bed in a young group, with many of those who won the World Rugby U20 Trophy last summer now too old to compete at this level.

The hosts have named one change on the bench, where Edinburgh prop Jamie Stewart joins the replacements.

“We’re looking for that consistency across the pitch so we’re happy to be able to keep the same starting team as last week,” Murray said.

Ireland have made two changes. Loosehead prop Billy Bohan is in for the injured Alex Usanov, whose knee injury rules him out for the rest of the championship, while Gene O'Leary Kareem replaces Eoghan Smyth at outside centre.

IRELAND U20s: : D Green (Ulster), C Molony (Leinster), G O'Leary Kareem (Munster), C Fahy (Leinster), C Mangan (Leinster), S Wisniewski (Leinster), C Logan (Ulster); B Bohan (Connacht), H Walker (Ulster), A Mullan (Leinster), M Ronan (Leinster), B Corrigan (Leinster), M Foy (Munster), B Power (Connacht), É McCarthy (Connacht, captain).

Replacements: C Magee (Ulster), P Moore (Leinster), T McAllister (Ulster), D Walsh (Leinster), O Minogue (Munster), W Wootton (IQ Rugby), D Hicks (Munster), E Smyth (Munster).

SCOTLAND U20S : J Brown, G Rogers, J Ventisei (captain), K Yule, F Watson, M Urwin, N Cowan; O McKenna, J Roberts, O Blyth-Lafferty, C Moss, D Halkon, C Lindsay, B Allen, R Logan.

Replacements: S Stephen, J Shearer, J Stewart, B Godsell, O Duncan, H Patterson, R Wolfenden, N Moncrieff.

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