England U20 men will face Ireland in the 2024 ELF Men’s U20 Championship final on Saturday after a 16-6 win over Germany in Thursday’s semi-final in Wroclaw, Poland.

George Shonfeld scored another seven goals, putting him top of the overall points-scorers list with 23 goals and five assists.

Ellis Baythorpe, Jim Hartley, and Drew Wilkinson all struck twice while Jack Dearden, Hugo Peel, and Alex Tyldesley-Worster scored one each to help England over the line and into Saturday’s final.

England started with huge intent, finding themselves two goals up after just three minutes when Shonfeld and Peel hit the back of the net.

This was a U20 Euros semi-final, however, and it was never going to be all plain sailing and so it proved as Germany hit back three goals without an England reply to take a 3-2 lead.

England pulled ahead once again 30 seconds before quarter-time when Shonfeld and then Hartley scored to make it 4-3 to England.

Another quick start to the second quarter left England in a more commanding position at 5-3 as Shonfeld hit his hat-trick goal.

But Germany were still in this and made it a one goal game once more at 5-4 when Florian Lokesh Weyandt scored right before half-time.

An enthrallingly tight first half was followed by an open second that England exploited for their own gains, attacking Germany relentlessly and scoring 11 gaols without reply to extend their lead to 16-4.

As England eased off within the final minutes, Germany picked up another two goals through Colin Kevin Karl-Georg Herrmann and Ferdinand Wilhelm Max Rohde but the damage had already been done and England reach their second consecutive U20 Euros final.

Re-watch England’s semi-final against Germany HERE and watch every second of their final against Ireland HERE.

England scorers: George Shonfeld (7G), Ellis Baythorpe (2G, 1A), Drew Wilkinson (2G, 1A), Jim Hartley (2G), Hugo Peel (1G, 1A), Jack Dearden (1G), Alexander Tyldesley-Worster (1G)