The quartet, who all joined the Three Pears Warriors Academy this summer, have been training hard in pre-season alongside Warriors’ first-team stars.
All four players played together in Warriors Under 18s’ impressive run in last season’s Premiership Rugby Under 18 Academy League, where they defeated Saracens at Finals Day.
England face South Africa Schools in their opening fixture on Friday 11 August in Cape Town before a match against Wales four days later. John Fletcher’s side then finish their campaign against France on Saturday 19 August in Stellenbosch.
England Under 18 Head Coach John Fletcher said: “We’ve chosen a strong, talented group and we will only focus on ourselves, the skills and principles that we think are important for this age group within our pathway. We’re really looking forward to spending time with the players; it’s important for us coaches to get to know them both on and off the field.”
The tour plays a pivotal role in their development through the national age-grade programme with three players (Joe Cokanasiga, Ben Curry and Tom Curry) from last year’s group named in the England senior squad for the series against Argentina in June.
In addition, 11 of last year’s squad progressed to feature in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship in Georgia which saw England reach the final.
England U18 squad
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 Sixth Form 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)
Fixtures
Friday 11 August | England Under 18s vs South Africa Schools | City Park Stadium, Athlone
Tuesday 14 August | England Under 18s vs Wales Under 18s | Paarl Gymnasium, Paarl
Saturday 19 August | England Under 18s v France Under 18s | Paul Roos, Stellenbosch