FOUR Worcester Rugby Club starlets have been included in the England under 19 squad set for the inaugural Six Nations Championships next year.

Full-back Chris Hooper, flanker Mark Hopley, hooker Mitchell Hulme and lock William Bowley, all part of Worcester's academy, are in the squad which will play in the championship between January and March.

Until now fixtures at this age group have been arranged on an ad hoc basis, but a full Championship has now been formed and fixtures will, as far as possible, mirror those at Senior, 'A' and at Under 21 levels.

England will launch their Championship with a match away to Scotland on January 31 at a venue still to be arranged and they will then play France at Broadstreet RFC near Coventry on February 14, Wales at Llanelli on February 21, Italy at a home venue to be confirmed on March 7 and Ireland in Cork on March 28.

They will then fly to France for the FIRA Under 19 World Cup from April 4 to 20.