Four youngsters from Chelmsford Rugby Club have been selected for the Essex county under-14 team to play Cambridgeshire.
Rhys Mason (fly half), Luke Venn (scrum half), Martin Papperill (centre) and Mike Reilly (no 8) have been attending vigorous training sessions with the county squad since November.
The Cambridgeshire match is the first fixture of a series for Essex, with other ties scheduled against Kent, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hertfordshire, Lancashire and Wales.
The squad from which the boys have been selected includes 50 boys from all over the county.
(Essex v Cambridgeshire under-14's, kick-off 1pm, Sunday 26th January at Barking R.F.C.)
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