The Ospreys outside-half took centre stage to slot the penalty that took Gareth Williams’ men to a famous 8-7 triumph over New Zealand that setup a fifth place finale against England.
Evans has played in all 20 of the junior Dragons’ Test matches since coming into the setup two years ago, but the huge clash with England will be his final appearance before he graduates to the senior ranks.
Evans, the son of Wales legend Ieuan Evans, has already done what his father failed to do in the red jersey by beating New Zealand. And he insists Wales now believe they can beat anyone after their hard-fought victory over the All Blacks.
“It would mean a huge amount to me to end my Under-20s career with a win, this programme has given me a lot of game time and definitely brought me on,” said Evans.
“Each game I’ve learned something new, no game has been similar, hopefully I can take this into the rest of my career.
“I’ve been grateful for the opportunities Ive had, there’s nothing like test match rugby, these are the games you want to be playing in. Hopefully I can repay that trust and go out with a win.”
“That win over New Zealand was huge, we obviously all respect the All Blacks, through watching them on the televisions when you’re younger.
“It’ll be a bit of a one-up on my old man in that sense, but hopefully it will allow all of us to have that belief going into any important fixture knowing their is a chance to win.
“But the most important thing of all for us was going into that game with no fear, we tried to prove a point they are beatable and getting that result meant everything.”
Wales are looking to make it four wins from five World Rugby U20 Championship games in Rosario today. Evans pulled the strings in the dramatic Six Nations victory the last time the two teams met in Colwyn Bay.
And he is hoping he gets a license to thrill alongside his exciting backline colleagues in conditions more suited to running rugby.
“There’s no reason why we can’t beat England again,” he added. “They’re not a team to fear, we need to go into the game with our heads held high knowing the strongest teams in this competition are there to be beaten, and we’ve shown that in the past.
“The campaign has been a mixed bag, we came here with high expectations and in some ways we’ve achieved that.
“We’ve galvanised since then, got closer as the tournament has gone on and we’ve picked up some really good results along the way.
“All the games have been special in their own way, they’ve always been fairly dramatic and they are the ones you want to play in, the ones that get people off the edge of their seats.
“We haven’t had too many chances to show what we can do as a backline because of different circumstances. We played more of a structured style against Fiji because we didn’t want to play them anther own game.
“Then the terrible conditions against New Zealand didn’t allow us to play where we wanted to play. Hopefully with better conditions and the fact this will be the last game for some of us will allow us to play more exciting rugby because we’ve got so much talent in the team.”
