Cumbria well represented in England Community Lions’ train-on squads

Cumbria are well represented in the England Community Lions’ extended train-on squads at Under-16s and Under-18s age groups.

They have just been announced as they prepare for a busy few months of internationals for both age groups.

The Under-16s have named 39 players, a number that will later be trimmed following a trial on May 13 and will take on Wales in Wales on 3rd June before home internationals against Scotland (June 18), Ireland (September 2) and Wales (September 16).

The players not selected from that trial game will still have a representative opportunity when a Lions Regional Selection take on a French Regional side in England during July.

Across the country 23 clubs are represented through the Under-16s programme with nine of them from Cumbria.

Hensingham supply four with Jaylen Conway, Hewnley Donnan, Theo Crowe and Arben Pervizaj; Wath Brow Hornets have three representatives in Matthew Creasey, Alfix Cox and Layton Dockray and they are joined by Lowca’s Xenden Callander and Egremont’s Lloyd Stainton.

The full train-on squad with players listed alongside their clubs:

·       Jaylen Conway (Hensingham)

·       Henley Donnan (Hensingham)

·       Theo Crowe (Hensingham)

·       Arben Pervizaj (Hensingham)

·       Xenden Callander (Lowca)

·       Mathew Creasey (Wath Brow Hornets)

·       Alfie Cox (Wath Brow Hornets)

·       Layton Dockray (Wath Brow Hornets)

·       Diego Walker (Leigh Miners Rangers)

·       Jack Bibey (Leigh Miners Rangers)

·       Dylan Hughes (Leigh Miners Rangers)

·       Jack Reed (Leigh Miners Rangers)

·       Lloyd Stainton (Egremont Rangers)

·       Nathaniel Parker (West Bank Bears)

·       Ethan Gaffney (West Bank Bears)

·       Zak Mannion (West Bank Bears)

·       Alfie Leyland (West Bank Bears)

·       Ethan Sykes (Rochdale Mayfield)

·       Liam Kershaw (Birkenshaw Bluedogs)

·       Zavier Dele Charley (Salford City Roosters)

·       Leo Morley (Salford City Roosters)

·       Oliver Shallcross (West Hull)

·       Kian Goodhand (West Hull)

·       Harry Bates (Saddleworth Rangers)

·       Elliot Robson (Shaw Cross Sharks ARLFC)

·       Jack Jones (Shaw Cross Sharks ARLFC)

·       Alex Golightly (Bentley ARLFC)

·       Harry Deakin (Bentley ARLFC)

·       Bradley Bullock (Lock Lane)

·       Evan Irwin (Lock Lane)

·       Jayden Aaron (Ashton Bears)

·       Lucas Mulqueeney (Crosfields)

·       Lewis Pilling (Blackbrook Royals)

·       Deiniol Geleziunas (Queensbury)

·       Jack McCarthy (Woolston Rovers)

·       Stanley Beaumont (Hull Wyke)

·       Tyler Sykes (Dewsbury Celtic)

·       Kenzie Witty (Heworth)

·       Dylan Whitham (Cas Panthers)

Thirty-six players from 24 clubs have made the Under-18 train on squad  with seven of them from Cumbria.

Kells supply three – Sam Murtagh, Dylan Grears and Harley Nelson; there’s two from Hensingham in Miller Dalton and Fletcher Holgate while Daniel Knott (Dalton) and Dewvon Sharp (Wath Brow) complewtew the Cumbrian contingent.

Six of the squad, including Holgate played for the Lions Under-16s last season.

The Under-18s programme mirrors that of the Under-16s with the squad set to be trimmed following a trial on May 13 and will then take on Wales in Wales on June 3 before home internationals against Scotland (June 18), Ireland (September 2) and Wales (September 16).

The squad including players’ name and clubsis:-.

·       Daniel Knott (Dalton)

·       Sam Murtagh (Kells)

·       Dylan Grears (Kells)

·       Harley Nelson (Kells)

·       Joe Lewis (Siddal)

·       Henry Ogden (Siddal)

·       Jacob Rushforth (Siddal)

·       Oliver Smart (Siddal)

·       Henry Parkin (Emley Moor)

·       James Surtees (Shaw Cross Sharks)

·       Devan Sharp (Wath Brow Hornets)

·       Miller Dalton (Hensingham)

·       Fletcher Holgate (Hensingham)

·       Joshua Hopkins (Leigh East)

·       Cameron Robinson (Waterhead Warriors)

·       Adam Robinson (Waterhead Warriors)

·       Harrison Dodd (Waterhead Warriors)

·       Harry Barker (Waterhead Warriors)

·       Marcus Geener (Saddleworth Rangers)

·       Scott Simmons (Orrell St James)

·       Ruben Ruane (Blackbrook Royals)

·       Luke Sutcliffe (Blackbrook Royals)

·       Joshua Langley (Blackbrook Royals)

·       Malachi Price (Wigan St Judes)

·       George Jamieson (Salford City Roosters)

·       Joe Dyson-Sanderson (Newsome Panthers)

·       Armand Jozsef Palinkas (Milford)

·       Callum Cottington (Ashton Bears)

·       Ben Metcalfe (Rochdale Mayfield)

·       Harry Sheridan (Rochdale Mayfield)

·       Jack Lawler (West Hull)

·       Alfie Hough (Hindley)

·       Charlie Harrison (Dewsbury Moor)

·       Taylor Giroud (Brentwood Eels)

·       Lewis Davies (Pilkington Recs)

·       Theo Roberts (Skirlaugh)