England 7s Squad for New Zealand & USA 2010
By Kath 21/1/10
January 21 2010
England 7s Squad for New Zealand & USA 2010 England Sevens coach Ben Ryan has called in Donald Barrell (Saracens) for the next two rounds of the IRB Sevens World Series in Wellington and Las Vegas (Feb 5-6 and 13-14).
England 7s Squad for New Zealand & USA 2010
England Sevens coach Ben Ryan has called in Donald Barrell (Saracens) for the next two rounds of the IRB Sevens World Series in Wellington and Las Vegas (Feb 5-6 and 13-14). The Watford born No.8 replaces Chris Cracknell (Worcester Warriors) and joins a settled squad which includes George top try scorer Christian Wade (London Wasps) and all-time highest sevens points scorer Ben Gollings (Gold Coast). England, led by Barrell's Saracens team mate Kevin Barrett, will face USA, Tonga and Kenya on day one in New Zealand.
England 7s Coach Ryan said: "Chris Cracknell was with us all last season and signed for Worcester on the back of the first two tournaments in Dubai and South Africa. He will be missed but this is his opportunity to put down a marker and claim a first team position at Warriors. "Don has been on our radar for some time now. We've wanted to pick him on occasions but he has been unavailable so it's great to finally have him in the squad. Competition for forward places is always fierce so he's done well. "I'm really happy that we've kept the same squad that we had in the first two tournaments and we are giving ourselves the best chance to defend our cup title in Wellington and show what we can do at the new USA venue in Las Vegas."
England Sevens Squad
Jake Abbott (Worcester Warriors)
Donald Barrell (Saracens)
Kevin Barrett (Saracens)
Chris Brightwell (Bedford)
Dan Caprice (Blackheath)
Isoa Damudamu (British Army)
Ben Gollings (Gold Coast, Australia)
Dan Norton (Bristol Rugby)
James Rodwell (Moseley)
Nick Royle (Fylde)
Matt Turner (Bristol Rugby)
Christian Wade (London Wasps)
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010:02:04:16:01:15 by Kath..
Friday January 22, 2010
Issued by Jessica Chambers
England Sevens Coach Ben Ryan has added Tom Powell (Cambridge) to his squad for the next two legs of the IRB Sevens World Series as injury replacement for Isoa Damudamu.
Powell, who represented the Middlesex Sevens Help for Heroes side last August, will travel to Wellington and Las Vegas (Feb 5-6 & 13-14) in place of Damu who sustained a shoulder injury playing for his Royal Logistics Corps earlier this week.
England Sevens squad for New Zealand and Las Vegas
Jake Abbott (Worcester Warriors)
Donald Barrell (Saracens)
Kevin Barrett (Saracens)
Chris Brightwell (Bedford)
Dan Caprice (Blackheath)
Ben Gollings (Gold Coast, Australia)
Dan Norton (Bristol Rugby)
Tom Powell (Cambridge)
James Rodwell (Moseley)
Nick Royle (Fylde)
Matt Turner (Bristol Rugby)
Christian Wade (London Wasps)