Kitchener picked for tour to Oz
Shropshire teenager Graham Kitchener will be heading Down Under this summer as part the England under-18s rugby squad jetting off to Australia for a development tour. Shropshire teenager Graham Kitchener will be heading Down Under this summer as part the England under-18s rugby squad jetting off to Australia for a development tour. The Adams Grammar School pupil, who is also on the books of Worcester Warriors, has been named in the 32-man squad for the trip. The lock will now be hoping to be involved in the four games of the three-week tour, which includes a match against the Australian Schools at Ballymore in Brisbane on August 19. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
Shropshire teenager Graham Kitchener will be heading Down Under this summer as part the England under-18s rugby squad jetting off to Australia for a development tour.The Adams Grammar School pupil, who is also on the books of Worcester Warriors, has been named in the 32-man squad for the trip.
The lock will now be hoping to be involved in the four games of the three-week tour, which includes a match against the Australian Schools at Ballymore in Brisbane on August 19.
Conor O'Shea, director of the RFU's National Academy, said: "This is a tremendous development opportunity for some of our best young players."
The squad is mainly made of players, including Kitchener, that helped England under-18s to Six Nations Festival victories over France, hosts Scotland and Ireland. Only defeat to Wales saw them fail to complete a clean sweep.
