England Sevens squad named for Sydney

Head coach Simon Amor has named an experienced squad for the Sydney Sevens which takes place on 26-28 January.

 
Currently fourth on the World Rugby Sevens Series, England have been drawn in Pool C with Spain, Papa New Guinea and current world champions South Africa.

The squad sees both Dan Bibby and Alex Davis return to the side after they missed the opening two tournaments of the series while they recovered from injuries sustained in pre-season training.

Saracens’ Mike Ellery who has previously played for the England Sevens on the world series as well as representing Team England Sevens at the 2014 Commonwealth Games will also fly to Sydney for the third leg of this season’s competiton.

England Sevens squad for Sydney:

Dan Bibby
Tom Bowen
Phil Burgess
Alex Davis
Richard de Carpentier
Mike Ellery (Saracens)
Ruaridh McConnochie
Tom Mitchell © 
Ollie Lindsay-Hague
Dan Norton
James Rodwell
Ethan Waddleton
 
13th man: Will Edwards

England’s Pool C fixtures (all in GMT) live on Sky Sports Action:

England v Spain (Friday 26 January, 5am)
England v Papa New Guinea (Saturday 27 January, 3.41am)
England v South Africa (Saturday 27 January, 7am)