Clifton scrum half Blake Boyland will be heading to Malage as aprt of the England 7s squad. The men - drawn in Pool A - will take on Fiji and Scotland on Friday, and complete their group stage against South Africa on Saturday. The squad is formed from a mix of Premiership, university and core contracted sevens players, as the England Sevens programme relaunches in 2022.

2021 Olympian and 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Alex Davis is named as captain for the upcoming season while Tom Bowen is set to earn his 50th cap for England having reached the World Series milestone with GB Sevens last year.

“This is a new team with a lot of young players. We have 10 players making their debut in an England Sevens shirt, which is an exciting opportunity for this group to perform on the World Series,” said Head Coach Tony Roques.

“We’d like to thank wider stakeholders who have shown support and collaboration to give players the chance to show what they can do in this environment and hopefully develop them as people and players.

Ed Coulson and Will Homer have been awarded core contract status, and join fellow contracted players Jamie Adamson, Jamie Barden, Max Clementson and Freddie Roddick. Also named are Blake Boyland and Calum Randle. Joe Browning (Leicester Tigers) and Harlequins duo Hayden Hyde and Will Trenholm are selected for their England Sevens debuts.

Squad
Jamie Adamson
Jamie Barden
Blake Boyland
Tom Bowen
Joe Browning
Max Clementson
Ed Coulson
Alex Davis (C)
Will Homer
Hayden Hyde
Calum Randle
Freddie Roddick
Will Trenholm