Changes as England head to Adelaide
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:22
Oliver Lindsey-Hague (Harlequins) has been called in as a replacement for Ollie Phillips (Stade Francais) for the next two legs of the IRB Sevens World Series in Adelaide and Hong Kong (March 19 to 21 and 26 to 28).
Lindsey-Hague, who made his England Sevens debut in Las Vegas last month, takes over from the Stade Francais wing who has returned to his club for rehabilitation following a foot injury.
England Sevens coach Ben Ryan has retained 11 players since last month's outing with Josh Drauniniu (Royal Navy and Harlequins) the only change to the squad.
England are currently in fourth place in the IRB standings behind Fiji, Samoa and New Zealand respectively and go to Adelaide and Hong Kong to try to boost their tally before their home event, the Emirates Airline London Sevens in May.
Ryan said: "It is a shame to lose an experienced player like Ollie but this is a new opportunity for Oliver who had a great debut in Vegas. This is his chance to come back and cement his place in the squad.
"Oliver was unlucky to miss out on selection the first time around for Adelaide and Hong Kong and it just shows the competitiveness for places in the squad.
"We have remained consistent this season with selection and are glad to see the return of Josh and are grateful to Harlequins for releasing him and Oliver."
England squad: Jake Abbott (Worcester Warriors), Donald Barrell (Saracens), Chris Brightwell (Bedford), Dan Caprice (Blackheath), Josh Drauniniu (Royal Navy & Harlequins), Ben Gollings (captain, Gold Coast, Australia), Oliver Lindsey-Hague (Harlequins), Tom Powell (Cambridge), James Rodwell (Moseley), Nick Royle (Fylde), Mat Turner (Bristol Rugby), Christian Wade (London Wasps).
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