Owen Farrell and George Ford, two sons of famous rugby fathers, have been named in the England Under-16 Elite squad for a training session at Broadstreet RFC near Coventry on January 25 and 26.
Centre Farrell (St George's School, Harpenden and Hertfordshire) is the son of Saracens and England centre Andy. Fly-half Ford (Rishworth School and Yorkshire) is the son of Mike Ford, the England defence coach.
Farrell captained London & SE in last weekend's Divisional Festival at Broadstreet while Ford played for the North. Both were watched by their fathers during the two-day event.
London fly-half Sam Stanley also comes from a famous rugby family. Stanley, a pupil at Wiiliam Edward School in Grays, is the nephew of former New Zealand centre Joe Stanley.
Farrell, Ford and Stanley have now been included in a 40-strong elite squad for the first of six training sessions in the coming weeks. A further 20 players will be added to the squad after a further Divisional Match at Broadstreet on January 27 (10.30am) between a combined North & Midlands XV and London & South West XV.
England will select a senior squad to play in the Four Nations Tournament in Lyon from March 17 to 27 along with France, Italy and Wales, and an A team to participate in the annual Millfield Festival in Somerset between March 31 and April 6 alongside Canada, France A, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, USA and Wales A.
England Under-16 Elite squad.
Backs: Joshua Allan (North Halifax GS and Yorkshire), Andrew Davies (Lymm HS and Cheshire), Samuel Edgerley (Wellington College and Surrey), Jamie Elliott (Bedford School and East Midlands), George Elliott (Easingwold School and Yorkshire), Owen Farrell (St George's School, Harpenden and Hertfordshire), George Ford (Rishworth School and Yorkshire), Ryan Glynn (Sedbergh School and Lancashire), Tom Heathcote (Bishop Wordsworth and Dorset & Wiltshire), Mike Hogan (King Edward VII School and Eastern Counties), Alex Lewington (Nottingham HS and Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire), Chris McTurk (St Peter's, York and Yorkshire), Ben Ransom (Tonbridge School and Kent), Charlie Sadler (St Benedict's College and Eastern Counties), Sam Stanley (William Edward School and Essex), Sam Stuart (Sedbergh School and Yorkshire), James Trueman (Solihull School and Warwickshire).
Forwards: Harry Allen (Hurstmere School and Kent), Joe Atkinson (Churcher's College and Hampshire), James Bache (St Peter's HS and Essex), George Bee (Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School and North Midlands), Koree Britton (Kingsbridge Community College and Devon), Sam Farmer (Bedford School and East Midlands), Michael Haywood (Tendring Technical College and Eastern Counties), Malcolm Hearn (Helston School and Cornwall), Sam Heygate (Guilsborough County School and East Midlands), Sam Jones (Aylesbury GS and Buckinghamshire), Matthew Kvesic (Blundell's School and Devon), Addison Lockley (Ivybridge Community College and Devon), Kit McCartney (Wanstead HS and Essex), Louis Padian (Bishop Challoner Sports College and North Midlands), Will Radburn (Tudor Grange School and North Midlands), Tom Schofield (South Hunsley School and Yorkshire), William Skuse (Penair School and Cornwall), Henry Thomas (Millfield School and Somerset), Samuel Twomey (St Wilfrid's RC HS and Sussex), James Tyas (Brighton College and Sussex), Ben Vernon (Hutton GS and Lancashire), Chris Walker (Settle College and Yorkshire), Tom Williams (Abraham Darby School and North Midlands).
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