“Over the last 12 months, the Talent squad has competed in the Egmont Tournament (Denmark), hosted the Swedish national team, travelled to the USA to compete against their development team and now we are hosting the Netherlands Development team for a series of five games, from the 17 to 19 of February in Lilleshall National Sports Centre.
We see competition as a key part of overall athlete development and it’s important that we continue to provide appropriate competitive opportunities. The restructuring of our domestic competition will support this, with available game time doubling for our Talent athletes, who will all now play in the Premiership AND a lower division, while remaining with their home club.
The games against the Netherlands Development team give us the opportunity to expose talent athletes to a different style of rugby, new opponents and allows them to put their game plans into action. We’re also looking forward to building a stronger relationship with our Dutch friends and learning from each other.”
Stuart McLindon, Performance Pathway Manager
|
Name |
Classification | Club |
|
Faye West |
3.5 | West Country Hawks |
| Josh Tudge | 3.0 |
North East Bulls |
|
Luke Collier |
2.5 | West Country Hawks |
| George Rogers | 2.5 |
Solent Sharks |
|
Josh Williams |
2.5 | West Coast WRC |
| Joel Connor Saunders | 2.5 |
London WRC |
|
Josh Payne Gover |
1.5 | Solent Sharks |
| Harri Jenkins | 1.5 |
West Country Hawks |
| Luke Wilson | 1.0 |
Solent Sharks |
| Sam Dickinson | 0.5 |
Solent Sharks |
| Bruno Carrico | 0.5 |
West Country Hawks |
Game times
|
17 February |
Game 1 | 19:30 to 21:00 |
|
18 February |
Game 2 | 11:00 to 12:30 |
|
Game 3 |
16:00 to 17:30 |
|
| 19 February | Game 4 |
9:00 to 10:30 |
| Game 5 |
13:00 to 14:30 |
Please contact stuart.mclindon@gbwr.org.uk if you would like to spectate at any of the games.
