THREE Worcester Warriors players are in England Saxons’ youngest ever squad for the Churchill Cup.
Forwards Graham Kitchener and Matt Mullan and wing Miles Benjamin are all included.
After meeting the USA at Northampton on Saturday, the Saxons face Tonga at Gloucester before the finals day at Worcester on June 18.
Saracens prop Matt Stevens features in an England squad for the first time since completing his two-year ban for cocaine use. He is joined in the squad, which has an average age of 23, by Worcester-born Luke Narraway.
England Saxons, forwards: Attwood (Gloucester), Botha (Saracens), Brookes (Newcastle), Crane (Leicester), Gaskell (Sale), Gibson (London Irish), Gray (Harlequins), Johnson (Exeter), Kitchener, Mullan (both Worcester), Narraway (Gloucester), Paice (London Irish), Stevens (Saracens).
Backs: Benjamin (Worcester), Brown (Harlequins), Clegg (Harlequins), Goode (Saracens), Hodgson (London Irish), Ojo (London Irish), Sharples (Gloucester), Trinder (Gloucester), Turner-Hall (Harlequins), Twelvetrees (Leicester), Young (Newcastle).
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