Bath Rugby Academy hooker Tom Woolstencroft scored a try as England under-20s cruised past Ireland to reach their third Junior World Championship final in four years on Sunday.
Clubmate Charlie Ewels was also in the team as England won 42-15 in Auckland to book a final showdown with South Africa on Friday (8.35am BST).
Former Beechen Cliff schoolboy Billy Burns scored two penalties and four conversions as England completed a five-try rout.
Second row Ewels played the whole game, while Woolstencroft was replaced by Jack Walker on 52 minutes. Burns played the first 58 minutes of the match.
England made an uncompromising start and were 13-0 up with ten minutes on the clock as Burns slotted over a penalty, before Harry Sloan picked a great line to crash over. The Gloucester Rugby fly-half added the extras before scoring his second three-pointer soon after.
Ireland hit back with a penalty from Ross Byrne after they had been close to crossing the whitewash, but England soaked up the pressure and Hobbs-Awoyemi ran through a gap to score minutes later.
England had their third try of the half when Burns' accurate cross-field kick found Howard Packman in space. The Saints flyer still had much to do, but he stepped his man and scored under the posts.
A delicate grubber-kick from loose-head prop Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi put pressure on Ireland, who ran the ball into touch in their own 22. From the resulting lineout, Woolstencroft went over from the back of a rolling maul.
In the second half, Ireland upped their game and put England under pressure. An opportunistic Packman drop goal made it 34-3, but Ireland had their first try soon after for 34-10.
Gus Jones then went over for England's final try, again from the back of a rolling maul – his second of the JWC - before Ireland scored their second try to round off the scoring.
Head coach Nick Walshe said: "We're pleased with how we played – particularly in that first half, we challenged the guys to start well and they delivered. Ireland were physical and caused us problems, but we dealt with them well.
"It feels just as special this year as it did last – South Africa will provide a real test for us, but we're excited – it doesn't get much bigger."
