WALES Under 16s head coach Paul Berry has named a 24-player squad for the forthcoming Four Nations Series.
Six have been selected from Bridgend Blue Bulls, while Torfaen Tigers have five in the party. Aber Valley Wolves are celebrating three inclusions and there are two from fledgling outfit West Wales Jets.
Seven players – including Tyler Mills, who is the grandson of Wales Hall of Famer Jim Mills and the son of former captain David Mills, and Lewis Mathias, whose grandfather Roy starred for St Helens and Wales – are from English clubs.
Wales host Ireland at The Lextan Gnoll on Saturday, May 31, and travel to Biggar RFC on Sunday, June 29 for a tilt with Scotland.
They will wrap up the series on Saturday, July 12 against England Community Lions at Halton Farnworth Hornets.
Squad: Charlie Burrows, Jake Leighton, Alfie Prosser, Evan Williams (all Torfaen Tigers/West Monmouth school), Lewis Mathias, Tyler Mills (both Crosfields/Great Sankey High School), Eddie Ashman (Kippax Welfare/Harrogate Grammar), Evan Benjamin (Bridgend Blue Bulls/Pencoed Comprehensive), Matthew Clatworthy (Bridgend Blue Bulls/Porthcawl), William Dawkins (Bridgend Blue Bulls/Bryntirion Comprehensive), Charlie Eatly (West Wales Jets/Ysgol Gyfun Y Strade), Ceirion Emment-Jones (Bridgend Blue Bulls/Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd), Josh Harding (Aber Valley Wolves/Blackwood Comprehensive), Ioan Herbert (Bridgend Blue Bulls/Gowerton), Scott Hewitt (Dewsbury Moor/Thornhill Community Academy), Noah Johnson (Aber Valley Wolves/Corpus Christi), Kelyn Jude-Hobbs (Torfaen Tigers/Croesyceiliog Comprehensive), Will Mathers (Kippax Welfare/Castleford Academy), Zac Nottingham (West Wales Jets/Dyffryn Aman), Ronan Parry (Orrell/Upholland High School), Elis Thomas (Bridgend Blue Bulls/Ysgol Gyfun Bro Dur), Ed Williams (Seaton Rangers/Cockermouth School), Rhys Wood (Aber Valley Wolves/Heolddu Comprehensive), Harry Wrigglesworth (Swansea Rams/Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin).
