EIGHT North Midlands players have been invited to play in the Midlands Under 16s final trial at Solihull School on Sunday.
Prop Hugh McBride (Bromsgrove School), tighthead prop Ryan Furniss (Chantry HS), lock Matt Fleckney (Adams GS) and number eight Barnie Woods (Bishop of Hereford’s Bluecoat School) will start for the Blues XV.
Wing Danny Mee (Sir John Talbot School, Whitchurch) is among the replacements.
They will be in opposition to county team-mates hooker Tom Grifiths (Bishop of Hereford’s Bluecoat School), scrum-half Oliver Simcox and centre James Hill (both Old Swinford Hospital School) who will play for the Reds XV.
All eight will stake their claims for inclusion in the Midlands squad for the first divisional festival of the season next month.
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