England Elites & Knights Squads Announced

England Elite Training Squad:
Chris Bridge, Ben Harrison, Adrian Morley, Richard Myler, Ben Westwood (all Warrington);
Tom Briscoe (Hull FC);
Peter Fox, Liam Watts, Kris Welham (all Hull KR);
Rob Burrow, Ryan Hall, Ben Jones-Bishop, Danny McGuire, Jamie Peacock, Kevin Sinfield (all Leeds Rhinos);
Danny Brough, Eorl Crabtree, Leroy Cudjoe, Luke Robinson (all Huddersfield Giants);
Michael McIlorum, Paul Prescott, Sam Tomkins, Joel Tomkins, Sean O'Loughlin (all Wigan Warriors);
James Graham, Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Leon Pryce, James Roby, Michael Shenton, Jon Wilkin (all St Helens);
Tony Clubb (Harlequins);
Brett Ferres (Castleford Tigers).

England Knights:
Joe Arundel, John Walker (both Castleford Tigers);
Ryan Atkins, Chris Riley (both Warrington Wolves);
Jodie Broughton, Stefan Ratchford, Matty Smith (all Salford City Reds);
Josh Charnley, Liam Farrell, Darrell Goulding, Stefan Marsh, Lee Mossop (all Wigan Warriors);
Paul Clough, Jonathan Lomax, Scott Moore (all St Helens);
James Donaldson, Elliott Whitehead (both Bradford Bulls);
Dale Ferguson, Michael Lawrence, Jermaine McGilvray, Larne Patrick, Shaun Lunt (all Huddersfield Giants);
Luke Gale (Harlequins),
Kallum Watkins (Leeds);
Joe Westerman (Hull FC).

Good to see the RFL taking international Rugby serious with plans for the Elite squad to meet three times over the year in two day training camps.

Any preparation we can get going into the four nations at the end of the season and the Rugby world cup in 2013 will benefit England enormously.

Also, with the England Knights programme being resureccted the future could be looking very bright for International Rugby.

Would like to see more Internationals though.