Three players, Jimmy Stevens, Joe Quinn and Will Welch, have been called up to join the England Under-18 development tour of Argentina this month.
Stevens of Leicester Tigers, Quinn of Leeds Carnegie and St Wilfred's School and Welch of Newcastle Falcons and RGS Newcastle replace Joe Trayfoot, Tom Casson and Rob Milligan who are now no longer available for the tour.
Forwards Stevens and Welch were regulars for the England Under-18 AER squad this season who finished third in the Association Europeenne de Rugby Championship. Lock Quinn was a member of the England Under-18 side that completed a Grand Slam of victories in the Six Nations Festival in Cork.
Stevens, Quinn and Welch now join a squad of 32 who will play four games against Tucuaman Under-18 on July 19, Buenos Aires Under-18 on July 23, Mendoza Under-18 on July 27 and an international Test match against Argentina on August 3.
The squad will be led by England Under-18 Coach John Fletcher, who joined the RFU National Academy on July 1st from Guinness Premiership side Newcastle Falcons.
England U18 Development Tour Squad:
Forwards: Peter Austin (London Irish, Worthing College), Joe Barker (Leeds Carnegie, QEGS Wakefield), David Blackwell (Gloucester Rugby, Hartpury), James Currie (Bath Rugby, Millfield), James Gaskell (Sale Sharks, Sandbach), Jamie George (Saracens, Haileybury), Jamie Gibson (London Irish, Marlborough College), Alex Gray (Newcastle Falcons, Barnard Castle), Tom Holmes (Sale Sharks, Sandbach), Lee Imiolek (Sale Sharks, Sandbach), Sam Jones (London Wasps, Aylesbury Grammar School), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Jacob Rowan (Leeds Carnegie, Bradford Grammar), Jimmy Stevens (Leicester Tigers), Joe Quinn (St Wilfred's School, Leeds Carnegie), Mako Vunipola (Bristol Rugby, Millfield), Will Welch (Newcastle Falcons, RGS Newcastle).
Backs: Freddie Burns (Bath Rugby, Bath College), Tom Catterick (Newcastle Falcons, Barnard Castle), Rory Clegg (Newcastle Falcons, Barnard Castle), Joe Cobden (Leicester Tigers, King Edward VI Lichfield), Sam Edgereley (London Irish, Wellington College), Owen Farrell (Saracens, St Georges), George Ford (Leeds Carnegie, Rishworth), Andy Forsyth (Leicester Tigers, QEGS Wakefield), Sam Harrison (Leicester Tigers, John Cleveland College), Tom Homer (London Irish, Milton Abbey), Will Hurrell (Leicester Tigers, Queen Elizabeth II), Jordi Pasqualin (Gloucester Rugby, The Kings School), Christian Wade (London Wasps, RGS High Wycombe), Jack Wallace (London Wasps, RGS High Wycombe), Marcus Watson (London Irish, St George's College).