Warriors full-back Ben Howard has been named in Simon Amor’s England Sevens squad that will play in the Cathay Pacific HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on April 6-8.
As the seventh stop on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, the three-day tournament takes place one week before Team England Sevens competes at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Captained by Will Edwards, the 12-man squad features Team England’s Alex Davis and Charlie Hayter alongside a number of the England Sevens’ academy talent.
Howard and Ryan Olowofela, who made their World Series debuts in Dubai and Sydney 2017 respectively, are joined by Will Glover who joined the England Sevens programme in 2015/16, Charlton Kerr who debuted in Las Vegas last year, and Callum Sirker who made his first appearance in an England jersey on the global circuit in Hong Kong 2017.
Charlie Spawforth, George Chatterton, Will Wilson and Charlie Kingham will make their World Series debuts in Hong Kong and will be supported by Fergus Guiry who will play the role of 13th man.
Drawn in Pool C England will face Scotland, South Korea and South Africa in the pool stages which will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.
England Sevens Assistant Coach Tony Roques will lead the side and will be supported by England Sevens Academy Coach Warren Abrahams.
England Sevens
George Chatterton
Alex Davis
Will Edwards (C)
Will Glover (Newcastle University)
Charlie Hayter
Ben Howard (Worcester Warriors)
Charlton Kerr
Charlie Kingham (Loughborough University)
Ryan Olowofela
Callum Sirker
Charlie Spawforth
Will Wilson (Oxford University)
13th man: Fergus Guiry
England’s Pool C fixtures (all in BST). Tournament shown live on Sky Sports
England v Scotland, 11:48 (Friday 6 March)
England v South Korea, 05:00 (Saturday 7 March)
England v South Africa, 09:30 (Saturday 7 March)