The Georgians will host the tournament for the first time when the event gets underway, with the first set of pool stage matches being played tomorrow before further games are contested on June 4 and 8.

The semi-finals will then be played on June 13 with the final, at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi, closing the tournament five days later.

Action is also due to be played at the Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi and Kutaisi's AIA Arena.

Pool A sees England face Australia, Wales and the Samoans.

England will begin their title defence against Samoa tomorrow at the Avchala Stadium in the first match of the tournament.

They are the form team at this event after also winning in 2013 and 2014 and finishing as runners-up in 2015.

Pool B, which will be based in Kutaisi, will see 2016 runners-up Ireland play New Zealand, Scotland and Italy.

Hosts Georgia will compete in Group C against Argentina, France and South Africa.

“We know they [Samoa] will be a big, physical side but they are a bit of an unknown for us and we are looking forward to the challenge,” said England captain Zach Mercer.

“It’s important we don’t underestimate them and hopefully we can get our campaign off to a positive start.

“We showed in the Six Nations we have a lot of depth and quality in our squad and we know everyone will have to play their part throughout the tournament.

“We enjoyed a productive training session today, getting used to the conditions and we are all just really excited to get going.”

It is claimed 485 players have made the step up from the Under-20 Championship to the international arena since the tournament began in 2008.

Among some of the current top international stars to have featured at the tournament include winger Julian Savea, a member of the 2015 World Cup winning New Zealand side, England fly-half George Ford and Welsh back-row forward Taulupe Faletau.

Along with England, two other teams have lifted the trophy with New Zealand winning it on five occasions between 2008 and 2011 and 2015 while South Africa took the home the title in 2012.

The entire tournament fixture list can be found here.