Junior Wallabies coach Nathan Grey finalised his squad for the U20s World Cup earlier this week.

The 30-man squad will train in Sydney next week before departing for Cape Town ahead of must-win pool matches against Georgia, Italy and Ireland from June 29.

Before preparations ramp up, we checked in with Grey and asked him about a few of the players that have impressed him so far.

Here’s what we had to say.

Returning players

“We’ve got Jack Barrett (prop), Tevita Alatini (prop), Nick Bloomfield (prop), Trevor King (prop), Harry McLaughlin-Phillips (flyhalf), Toby Macpherson (lock), Ollie McCrea (lock) back from last year.

"They’ll be huge for us in South Africa and I think it helps that five of those players are forwards.