The London & South East Under 18 selectors have invited 34 players, including 6 Hertfordshire players, to a training and selection day at Thurrock RFC in Essex on Sunday (November 30).

Six players from this season's England U18 Conference squad - Henry Staff, Sam Stanley, Ben Ransom, Peter Austin, David Francis and Rob Buchanan - have joined Matt Keyte, who was capped for England U18 last season, alongside the players chosen after last weekend's first divisional get-together at Thurrock.

A London & South East U18 team will play a practice match against a London Academies XV - drawn from the England Rugby Academies at Harlequins, London Irish, London Wasps and Saracens - on Sunday December 21 before participating in the Divisional Festival at Broadstreet RFC near Coventry on January 2-4, 2009.

The Hertfordshire players are:

Backs:
Jamie Hearn (Hertfordshire, Oaklands College and Saracens Academy)
Henry Staff (Hertfordshire, Bedford Modern and Saracens Academy)
Andrew Stredwick (Hertfordshire, Dame Alice Owens School and Old Albanian RFC)

Forwards:
Matthew Sinderberry (Hertfordshire, Merchant Taylor's School)
James Speirs (Hertfordshire, Roundwood Park and Harpenden RFC)
Matthew Steele (Hertfordshire, Dame Alice Owens School and Cheshunt RFC)