Knight impressed the coaching staff with his hard working performance in the 30-7 win over Scotland that put England within one win of a semi final place.
He even produced a moment of magic on the ball with the offloaded assist that set up a second half try for Bristol's Luke Eves.
"Knighty did well," said England Under 20 coach Martin Haag. "He scrummed well, got his hands on the ball and didn't make any errors."
Not bad progress for a player who didn't make the initial Under 20 Elite Player Squad named by England last summer.
"I wasn't in the 32-man squad at the start of the season," said Knight.
"But I went to the training camp in Portugal and [England Under 20] coach Martin Haag decided to put me in the squad when they made changes in January."
"Before I knew it I was at Bisham Abbey training with them and played in four out of the five Six Nations games."
Knight has a classic pedigree for a West Country prop forward.
Father Adrian was a hooker who appeared in the Gloucester first team and for Worcester in the early 1990s.
And Knight Junior grew up playing for the likes of for Matson and Widden Old Boys and as well as for St Peter's High School.
He will continue learning his trade with a second year on loan at Cinderford, where he understudies Kingsholm legend Andy Deacon.
The immediate future, though, sees England attempting to improve on their wins against Japan and Scotland.
Samoa will bring a different challenge, including giant props in Siaosi Otto-Iona and Uini Atonio, who are listed in the official tournament factsheet as weighing in at 135kg and 162kg respectively.
"They're big guys but scrummaging's about more than just the size of your props - it's about getting your second row and back row working hard too and we do that well," said Knight.
"Certainly against Scotland our scrum went really well. We took a couple against the head, moved them backwards and didn't make any mistakes on our ball."
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