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Teams announced for 2022 Junior Touch Championships
Four England teams have been announced for the 2022 Junior Touch Championships.
This year’s event, the first Junior Touch Championships to be held since 2019, are returning to France, this time to the Sports Centre De Vichy in the heart of the Auvergne-Rhones-Alpes region.
England are the reigning champions from the last edition, taking home the Gold medals in the Boys 18s, Girls 18s, Mixed 18s and Mixed 15s.
The 64 players and 11 non-travelling reserves were whittled down from the initial 158 players chosen in the boys and girls squads following the 2021 Nationals.
Nineteen clubs are represented, from as far afield as Canterbury, Manchester, Leeds and Cheltenham, and there will be a residential training weekend in Nottingham in early July before the teams head to France.
Many congratulations to all of the players who have been chosen to represent their country!
Boys 18s
Head Coach Jon Weston-Stanley
Asst Coaches Nathan Bourke, Alex Scott
| Sam Clacher | CSSC London Eagles/SETA |
| Harrison Cross | CSSC London Eagles/SETA |
| Jacob Gumbs | NW Blades |
| Ivor Harrington | West Wildcats |
| Sebastian Hillebrand | Thames Valley Vikings/West Wildcats |
| Thomas Kerr | Midland Tigers |
| Dylan Madge | Oxford/West Wildcats |
| William Murphy | Cambridge/Midland Tigers |
| Lucas Norton | West Wildcats |
| Tom Penniceard | Wolves/SETA |
| Max Penniceard | CSSC London Eagles/SETA |
| Benjamin Smith | Camp Hill/West Wildcats |
| Joseph Thompson | Nottingham/Midland Tigers |
| Ellis Watts | Peterborough/Midland Tigers |
| Tom Wilson | Wolves/SETA |
| Charlie Wood | Wigan Warriors/NW Blades |
| Non-Travelling Reserve | |
| Kapene Plews | Wolves/SETA |
Girls 18s
Head Coach Andy Penniceard
Asst Coaches Emily Simon, Oscar Davies
| Anna Dennis | Wigan Warriors/NW Blades |
| Cerys Godwin | Cheltenham/West Wildcats |
| Bea Graham | Wolves/SETA |
| India Halsall | Wigan Warriors/NW Blades |
| Lucy Hawkrigg | Crewe and Nantwich/NW Blades |
| Charlotte Lloyd | Nottingham/Midland Tigers |
| Maddie Miles-Kingston | Cheltenham/West Wildcats |
| Iris Nasir | Canterbury/SETA |
| Mathilde Palmer Denning | West Wildcats |
| Isobelle Phipps | Thames Valley Vikings/West Wildcats |
| Abigail Pritchard | Canterbury/SETA |
| Olivia Rawlinson | SETA |
| Phoebe Simon | Nottingham/Midland Tigers |
| Alice Summers | Galaxy London/SETA |
| Mia Watts | Peterborough/Midland Tigers |
| Jessica Wright | Crewe and Nantwich/NW Blades |
| Non- Travelling Reserves | |
| Molly Jones | Yorkshire Thorns/NW Blades |
| Cathryn Richardson-Waldin | Wolves/SETA |
| Matilda Setna | Wolves/SETA |
Mixed 18s
Head Coach Sam Lawton-Davies
Asst Coaches Bex Holmes, Bradley Murphy
| Annie Ainscough | Thames Valley Vikings/NW Blades |
| Zara Atkin | Thames Valley Vikings/West Wildcats |
| Thomas Cowan | Cheltenham/West Wildcats |
| Archie Devlin | Nottingham/Midland Tigers |
| Samuel Dixon | NQ Rebels/NW Blades |
| Matthew Hawes | Nottingham/Midland Tigers |
| Chloe Hill | SETA |
| Adam Jacques | Chester Cheetahs/NW Blades |
| Thomas Jacques | Chester Cheetahs/NW Blades |
| Maisie Pollard | Nottingham/Midland Tigers |
| Poppy Riddleston | Revolution/West Wildcats |
| Jacob Rigby | Wigan Warriors/NW Blades |
| Samuel Thorpe | NQ Rebels/NW Blades |
| Isaac Wheatley | Wigan Warriors/NW Blades |
| Ted Wilson | Chester Cheetahs/NW Blades |
| Emma Martin | Wolves/SETA |
| Non-Travelling Reserves | |
| Charlie Rowberry | Revolution/West Wildcats |
| Charlotte Shuker | Greater Birmingham Bears/West Wildcats |
| Sophie Wadsworth | Camp Hill/West Wildcats |
Mixed 15s
Head Coach Claire Rylance
Asst Coaches Will Lupton, Chris Wade
| Esme Ashley | Crewe and Nantwich/NW Blades |
| Bailey Blackburn | Banbury Saxons/West Wildcats |
| Sam Dean | Nottingham/Midland Tigers |
| Ella Dean | Nottingham/Midland Tigers |
| Cara Edwards | Thames Valley Vikings/West Wildcats |
| Ethan Gallagher | West Wildcats |
| Sofia Lawton | Chester Cheetahs/NW Blades |
| Ben Lucraft | |
| Benjamin McInnes | Camp Hill/West Wildcats |
| Izaac Oxford | West Wildcats |
| Theo Oxford | West Wildcats |
| Ellis Pearce | Nottingham/Midland Tigers |
| Archie Penniceard | Wolves/SETA |
| Maisie Rosewell | Revolution/West Wildcats |
| Oliver Simon | Nottingham/Midland Tigers |
| Eloise Hillebrand | Thames Valley Vikings/West Wildcats |
| Non-Travelling Reserves | |
| Louie Carolan | Midland Tigers |
| Ella Coyne | SETA |
| Austen Cross | Wolves/SETA |
| Imogen Loveridge | Nottingham/Midland Tigers |