England Rugby has today announced a 26-man squad for their upcoming Under-18 tour of South Africa in August.
After recently penning a contract to join Saints' Senior Academy from it's Junior counterpart, centre Fraser Dingwall has now been named among the side travelling to Cape Town for their opening fixture on August 11th.
First facing South Africa Schools, England U18s will then tackle British rivals Wales four days later before taking on France in Stellenbosch the following weekend.
Coached by John Fletcher, Russell Earnshaw, Mark Luffman and Peter Walton, England U18 have enjoyed an impressive season so far, most recently winning all of their games in April’s International Series in Wales in which Dingwall featured heavily.
ENGLAND U18 SQUAD FOR 2017 TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA
FORWARDS
Josh Basham (London Irish, Wellington College)
Will Capon (Bristol Rugby, Bristol Grammar School)
Richard Capstick (Exeter Chiefs, Exeter College)
Beck Cutting (Worcester Warriors, Bromsgrove School)
James Dun (Bristol Rugby, Millfield School)
George Head (Harlequins, Tonbridge School)
Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers, Wyggeston & QEI College)
Ted Hill (Worcester Warriors, Worcester College)
Aaron Hinkley (Gloucester Rugby, St Peter’s High School)
Sam Moore (Sale Sharks, Sedbergh School)
Nick Rigby (Worcester Warriors, Warwick School)
James Scott (Worcester Warriors, Malvern College)
Kieran Verden (Bath Rugby, Beechen Cliff School)
Tom Willis (Wasps, The Henley College)
BACKS
Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints, Bedford School)
Ollie Fox (Yorkshire Carnegie , New College Pontefract)
Tom de Glanville (Bath Rugby, Beechen Cliff School)
Ollie Hassell-Collins (London Irish, St Paul’s School)
Cadan Murley (Harlequins, Bishop Wordsworth's School)
Will Porter (Wasps, Merchant Taylors' School)
Cameron Redpath (Sale Sharks, Sedbergh School)
Arron Reed (Sale Sharks, Kirkham Grammar School)
Tom Seabrook (Gloucester Rugby, Dean Close School)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins, Brighton College)
Sam Spink (Wasps, Wellington College)
Kieran Wilkinson (Sale Sharks, Kirkham Grammar School)
ENGLAND U18 FIXTURES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Friday 11 August: England U18 v South Africa Schools - City Park Stadium, Athlone (KO time TBC)
Tuesday 14 August: England U18 v Wales U18 - Paarl Gymnasium, Paarl (KO time TBC)
Saturday 19 August: England U18 v France U18 - Paul Roos, Stellenbosch (KO time TBC)
