England Sevens squad named for Cape Town

December 07, 2017
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England Rugby

England Sevens head coach Simon Amor has named his squad for the Cape Town Sevens on 9-10 December, where England will return to the Cape Town Stadium as defending champions.

Two changes have been made to the side that won bronze in Dubai last weekend in the opening tournament of this season’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.

Charlie Hayter re-joins the squad for Cape Town after making his return from injury in the Dubai Sevens invitational tournament last weekend. Hayter captained the England Sevens academy side, playing under the banner of The Royals, and was 13th man for the World Series squad.

England Sevens squad for Cape Town:

Tom Bowen
Phil Burgess
Richard de Carpentier
Will Edwards
Harry Glover
Charlie Hayter
Ollie Lindsay-Hague
Ruaridh McConnochie
Tom Mitchell
Dan Norton
James Rodwell
Ethan Waddleton
Will Glover – 13th man

England’s Pool C fixtures (Saturday 9 December, live on Sky Sports Arena with coverage starting at 8.05am. All times GMT):

v Uganda - 9.21am
v Argentina - 12.42pm
v Scotland - 4.03pm