SIX North Midlands players have been included in the Midlands Under 18 squad for an assessment day at Loughborough Grammar School on Sunday (12pm).

There are four Worcester academy players in the squad — props Hugh McBride (Bromsgrove School) and Ryan Furniss (Worcester Sixth Form College), hooker Henry Waltier (Bromsgrove School) and lock Will Brennan (Prince Henry’s HS, Evesham).

Bromsgrove School duo number eight Sean Young and flanker Hugh Lockhart are also included.

The assessment day forms the next stage in the selection process for the Midlands squad ahead of the annual Divisional Festival in Leeds in early January.