The train on squads for the 2005 English Schools Under-16 and the England Combined Youth Under-15 teams were named last week.
Both age-group teams have scheduled international fixtures in March and the preparations for their respective encounters with French Schools and Wales Under-16s are now reaching an advanced stage.
There are 22 players in each squad although they will both be reduced in numbers in the New Year with the Under-15s moving to an 18-man squad and the Under-16s expected to cut back to 20 players.
Graeme Thompson, the Rugby Football Leagues National Player Performance Manager, said: These squads are the top young players from their age groups and they are being offered the opportunity to develop international careers in Rugby League.
The development of the squads and regular international fixtures at this level of the sport is an important part of our ambition to continually improve our position within the global game.
The England Combined Schools Under-15 squad is: -
Shane Grady (County: North West, Service Area: Halton. Club: West Bank. Scholarship: Widnes Vikings); Mike Lawrence (Yorkshire: Kirklees: Newsome Panthers: Huddersfield Giants); Richard Lopag (Yorkshire: Kirklees: unattached: Huddersfield Giants), Adam Hunt (North West: Wigan/ Leigh: Wigan St. Patricks: Wigan Warriors); David Leeke (Yorkshire: North Yorkshire: York Acorn: Castleford Tigers), Gary Wheeler (North West: St Helens: Blackbrook Royals: St Helens), Richard Myler (North West: Halton: Widnes St. Maries: Widnes Vikings), Liam Farrell (North West: Wigan/ Leigh: Wigan St. Patricks :Wigan Warriors), Keale Carlile (Yorkshire: Wakefield: Featherstone Lions: Bradford Bulls), Gareth Frodsham (North West: St Helens: Pilkington Recs: St Helens); Dominic Dee (Yorkshire: Hull: East Hull: Bradford Bulls), Joe Westerman (Yorkshire: Wakefield: Lock Lane: Hull FC), Jason Crookes (Yorkshire: Kirklees: Newsome Panthers: Bradford Bulls), Leigh Coe (Yorkshire: Bradford: West Bowling: Bradford Bulls), Ben Davies (North West: Wigan/ Leigh: Leigh East: Wigan Warriors), Steve Crossley (Yorkshire: Bradford: Clayton Bradford Bulls), Brett Robinson (North West: Wigan/ Leigh: Wigan St. Patricks: Wigan Warriors), Mathew Fox (Yorkshire: Leeds: Hunslet Parkside: Leeds Rhinos), Chris Peace (Yorkshire: North Yorkshire: Heworth: Hull FC), Richard Owen (Yorkshire: Wakefield: Featherstone Lions: Castleford Tigers), Steve Mallas (Yorkshire: Calderdale: Kings Cross: Leeds Rhinos), Joe Swaine (Yorkshire: Bradford: Queensbury: Bradford Bulls). Head Coach: Chris Chapman
The English Schools Under 16 squad is:-
Thomas Sheldrake (County: Yorkshire: Service Area: Leeds: School: Cardinal Heenan, Leeds: Club Scholarship: Leeds Rhinos), David Clayton (Yorkshire: Kirklees: St John Fisher, Dewsbury: Bradford Bulls), Mark Shackley (Cumbria: West Cumbria: St Benedicts RC, Whitehaven: Whitehaven), Danny Allan (Yorkshire: North Yorkshire: Archbishops High, York: Castleford Tigers), Niki Stanton (North West: Wigan/ Leigh: St John Fisher, Wigan: Wigan Warriors), Danny Houghton (Yorkshire: Hull: Winifred Holtby, Hull: Hull FC); Kyle Eastmond (North West: Oldham: Radclyffe School, Oldham: St Helens); Mike Cooper (North West: Warrington: Bridgewater HS, Warrington: Warrington Wolves), Adam Myers (Yorkshire: Wakefield: Airedale HS, Castleford : Bradford Bulls), Nathan Armitage (Yorkshire, Wakefield, Outwood Grange HS, Wakefield: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats), Jacob Emmitt (North West: Warrington: Lymm HS: Warrington Wolves), Ross Divorty (Yorkshire: Hull: Archbishops Holgate, York: Hull FC), Lee Mitchell (North West: Warrington: St Aelreds RC, Newton-le-Willows: Warrington Wolves), Sam Burgess (Yorkshire: Kirklees: Heckmondwike GS: Bradford Bulls), Mike Burnett (Yorkshire: Hull: St Marys College, Hull: Hull FC), Jack Lee (Yorkshire: Wakefield: Knottingley Sports College: Castleford Tigers), Ryan Steen (Yorkshire: Hull: Kelvin Hall, Hull: Hull FC), Steve Tyrer (North West: St Helens: Cowley HS: St Helens): Ross Bradley (North West, Wigan/ Leigh: Fred Longworth School: Wigan Warriors), Ben Kaye (Yorkshire: Leeds: Morley HS: Leeds Rhinos), Sam Millward (Yorkshire, North Yorkshire: Scarborough HS: Hull FC): Tony Rourke (North West: Warrington: William Beamont HS: Warrington Wolves). Head Coach: Gareth Pratt.
