4 newcomers in England 7s squad

By fijivillage.com

12/03/2014

England rugby sevens coach Simon Amor has named four newcomers to his side for the Japan 7s next weekend.

2013 IRB Junior World Championship winning captain, Jack Clifford , Sam Stanley who is also the nephew of former All Blacks Joe Stanley, Sam Blanchet and Jack Walsh will make their debut next week.

Experienced players in the side include, Dan Bibby, captain Tom Mitchell, Dan Norton, Tom Powell, James Rodwell, and Marcus Watson.

Meanwhile, the Vodafone Fiji 7s training squad marches into camp today before the final 12 member team will be named on Friday.

Fiji will play France next Saturday at 1pm in its first Japan 7s pool game before facing USA at 4:18pm.

The side will meet Samoa at 8:52pm on Saturday.

Story by: Akuila Cama
Source: irb.com

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