Loughborough Lightning hooker Lucy Calladine has been named as the England U20 Women’s captain for the 2024/25 season.
The 19-year-old hooker has six U20 caps to her name, including three attained in the 2024 Six Nations Women Summer Series. Calladine has represented Lightning in this season’s Premiership Women’s Rugby and PWR Up Series, as well as Loughborough University Women in the BUCS National League.
Calladine is one of six Lightning players who have been named in a 32-player squad that is meeting for a four-day meeting at Loughborough University which commences today (Monday 3 February).
Haineala Lutui has been added to the squad that already included Calladine, Lucy Finch, Keevy Fitzpatrick, Amelia Williams and Carmela Morrall.
The team will be joined by U18 Women’s head coach James Cooper, Benny Williams (Player Development Group Coaching Lead) and RFU Head of Women’s Performance, Charlie Hayter.
England U20 Women will return to camp at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre for a three-day camp between 27-29 March. Upcoming fixtures for England U20 Women will be communicated in due course.
LJ Lewis said: “Following on from our January meeting, as a group we want to continue to progress our winning moments in camp in preparation for the upcoming spring block.
“Our aim for this camp is to further implement our tactics of Winning Moments and Space through speed of thought and action, all under the umbrella of body and ball always moving. Above all else, our main objective is to maintain a high challenge and high support camp environment to elevate our players’ growth.
“I want to congratulate Lucy Calladine on her captaincy. She is a standout character in camp and projects all of our U20 principles especially her application to lead self and to be the best rugby player she can be. A big welcome must go to Haineala [Lutui] who has impressed in her pathway career so far.”
England U20 Women’s February camp squad (includes current club and U20 caps)
Forwards
Jasmine Adonri (Trailfinders Women, uncapped)
Iley Bailey (Harlequins, uncapped)
Joia Bennett (Saracens, 6 caps)
Lucy Calladine (c) (Loughborough Lightning, 6 caps)
Lucy Finch (Loughborough Lightning, uncapped)
Keevy Fitzpatrick (Loughborough Lightning, uncapped)
Zara Green (Harlequins, uncapped)
Amelia Hyndman (Sale Sharks, 2 caps)
Haineala Lutui (Loughborough Lightning, uncapped)
Freya McGinlay (Trailfinders Women, uncapped)
Sophie McQueen (Gloucester-Hartpury, uncapped)
Maddy Page (Harlequins, uncapped)
Lilly Plowman (Exeter Chiefs, uncapped)
Tyla Shirley (Harlequins, 5 caps)
Lucy Simpson (Gloucester-Hartpury, uncapped)
Alisha Smith (Gloucester-Hartpury, uncapped)
Ellie Smith (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)
Amelia Williams (Loughborough Lightning, 7 caps)
Backs
Daisy Aspinall (Gloucester-Hartpury, uncapped)
Molly Bunker (Gloucester-Hartpury, uncapped)
Ella Cromack (Harlequins, 4 caps)
Millie David (Bristol Bears, 5 caps)
Jess Doyle (Bath University, uncapped)
Natalee Evans (Bristol Bears, uncapped)
Evie Haskell (Newcastle University, uncapped)
Sophie Hopkins (Sale Sharks, 4 caps)
Millie Hyett (Gloucester-Hartpury, 6 caps)
Poppy Love (Trailfinders Women, uncapped)
Amelia MacDougall (Saracens, 5 caps)
Carmela Morrall (Loughborough Lightning, 5 caps)
Sarah Parry (Harlequins, uncapped)
Abigail Pritchard (Gloucester-Hartpury, uncapped)
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