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Saints players miss out on England Sevens selection



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Published Date: 02 October 2008
Not one Northampton Saints player has been included in the 26-man England Sevens squad announced today by coach Ben Ryan.
The training squad was named as part of the build-up to the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 in Dubai next March and meets next week.

The 26 will be looking to prove themselves to gain selection for the 12-man squad to travel to Dubai to take part in t
he Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens on November 28 and 29 - the first leg of the IRB Sevens World Series.

Despite the squad being drawn from 16 different clubs and organisations, there are no players in the squad.

Squad
Jack Adams (Gloucester Rugby)
Greg Barden (Bristol Rugby)
Kevin Barrett (Exeter Chiefs)
Tom Biggs (Leeds Carnegie)
Chris Cracknell (Exeter Chiefs)
Rhys Crane (Bath Rugby)
Ollie Cook (Sedgely Park)
Isoa Damudamu (Army)
Carl Fearns (Sale Sharks)
Ollie Frost (Worcester Warriors)
Charlie Gower (London Irish)
Matt Jess (Exeter Chiefs)
Dan Norton (Gloucester Rugby)
Josh Ovens (Bath Rugby)
Ollie Phillips (Newcastle Falcons)
James Rodwell (Moseley)
Tony Roques (Cornish All Blacks)
Charlie Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester)
David Tait (Sale Sharks)
Guy Thompson (Gloucester Rugby)
Adam Thompstone (London Irish)
Matt Turner (Bristol Rugby)
Rob Vickerman (Leeds Carnegie)
Tim Visser (Newcastle Falcons)
Mark Woodrow (Pertemps Bees)
Mickey Young (Newcastle Falcons)



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  • Last Updated: 02 October 2008 4:10 PM
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england nut,

london 09/10/2008 23:13:15
That was because Saints havent released any players to play for the england sevens side!! England wanted to select Brake and Ansbro but were told they were unavailable. Same went for Ashton last year.
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