WRU North Wales Academy.
Five North Wales U18s Rugby Players make the initial Wales National U18s Squad.
Five players who represented RGC 1404 U18s are today making the long journey down to Cardiff to train at the WRU National Centre of Excellence.
The five players have been selected to be part of the initial squad of 50 players who are competing to be part of the full U18s Welsh squad.
Players:
Lewis Barker,
WRU N.W. ACADEMY, RYDAL PENRHOS, MOLD RUGBY CLUB
Dion Jones,
WRU N.W. ACADEMY , RYDAL PENRHOS , NANT CONWY RUGBY CLUB
Joe Simpson,
WRU N.W. ACADEMY ,RYDAL PENRHOS , BANGOR RUGBY CLUB
James Grundy,
WRU N.W. ACADEMY ,MOLD ALUN, MOLD RUGBY CLUB.
Alex Schwartz ,
ABBEY GATE SCHOOL CHESTER, MOLD RUGBY CLUB.
Marc Roberts the Performance program manager in North Wales said
“Getting 5 into the initial squad is testament to all the hard work that the coaches, management and players themselves have put in. It also shows that the academy programs are working. None of the players were involved in the U16s national set up last year and it has been their development over the last 12months that has pushed them forward. There has been a marked improvement in the whole U18s squad but we are already working hard to be better next year”
