Lewis McKay

The game will decide who makes it into the final 22 for the North team that will then compete in an inter-divisional series of games from which the final England squad will be chosen.

After a gruelling Develoment Weekend at Sheffield’s Mount St Mary’s College, 41 potential internationals were named for the North Division’s Final Trial.

Following the game the North 16 Group squad will have a weekend training session in January at King Edwards & Queen Mary School, Lytham, which includes a warm-up match against Lancashire Under 17s.

A week later the squad moves onto the Divisional Festival at Broadstreet RUFC (Coventry) where the initial England selection will be made.