Richard Rhodes, Chris Walker, Ben Sowrey and David Simmons – all from Prince Henry’s Grammar School in Otley – have been named in the North under-18 squad.

They join Leeds Carnegie colleagues Harry Hannan (Woodhouse Grove) and Oliver Shaw (Bradford Grammar) for the divisional festival at Broadstreet RFC in Coventry on January 2-4.

Bradford Grammar School’s Arnie Ellison and Ed Hainsworth have made it into the North under-16 team for their divisional festival, which starts at Broadstreet on January 9.