Eight Wigan scholarship players have been called into a 39 man train on squad for England Under 16s next season. More than any other club.

They are: Kyle Dempsey, Oliver Gildart (son of Ian), Ryan Hampshire, Brad Lawrence, Aaron Lewczenko, Jack Sharrocks, Lewis Tierney, George Williams

England Under 16s will play a two-Test series against France along with proposed Tests against Wales during the 2011 season.

The full squad of 39, which features 22 newcomers, consists of eight Wigan Warriors scholarship players, seven from Leeds Rhinos, six St Helens, six Hull FC, three Harlequins RL, three Warrington Wolves, three Bradford Bulls, two Castleford Tigers and one Hull KR player.

Full Squad:

England Youth 39-man Squad:
Alex Abbott-Tavener (Harlequins RL)
Jack Anderson (Hull FC)
Jordan Baldwinson (Leeds Rhinos)
Josh Casey (Bradford Bulls)
Oliver Davies (St Helens)
Bradley Day (Leeds Rhinos)
Jake Dehal Clark (Castleford Tigers)
Kyle Dempsey (Wigan Warriors)
Zak Dewhirst (Warrington Wolves)
Kane Ditchfield (St. Helens)
Lewis Galbraith (St. Helens)
Gabriel Gatu (Hull FC)
Oliver Gildart (Wigan Warriors)
Ryan Hampshire (Wigan Warriors)
Jordan Harper (Leeds Rhinos)
Ali Ibrahim (Hull FC)
Joe Keyes (Harlequins RL)
Ryan Langton (Hull FC)
Bradley Lawrence (Wigan Warriors)
Michael Learmonth (Leeds Rhinos)
Scott Lee (Leeds Rhinos)
Arron Lewczenko (Wigan Warriors)
Harry Lightfoot Brown (Harlequins RL)
Jack Logan (Hull FC)
Ryan Maneely (Warrington Wolves)
Matthew Marsh (Hull KR)
Alex Mellor (Bradford Bulls)
William Milner (Warrington Wolves)
Curtis Naughton (Bradford Bulls)
Ben Parry (St Helens)
Greg Richards (St Helens)
Andre Savelio (St Helens)
Jake Shorrocks (Wigan Warriors)
Liam Sutcliffe (Leeds Rhinos)
Connor Taylor (Castleford Tigers)
Lewis Tierney (Wigan Warriors)
Bobby Tyson-Wilson (Hull FC)
Ben White (Leeds Rhinos)
George Williams (Wigan Warriors)

Congratulations to the Wigan eight and all the others selected for the England squad.

Does anyone know the positions that the eight players selected from Wigan play?

Most of them will only be first year scholars at Wigan next season.

Aaron Lewczenko, Lewis Tierney and George Williams played last year.

Lewczenko played on the wing for the Under 15s and scored 6 tries in one game in a 72-0 win over Workington.
Tierney was full back for the Under 15s and also kicked goals.
Williams is a stand off. Didn't see much of the Under 15s last year but was very impressed when I saw him play, in defeat, away at St Helens.

Ryan Hampshire was one of the most sought after young players in RL. He was the standout player in the English Schools finals.

Much appreciated Bilko.

Is Oliver by any chance Ian's son ?

he is. goes to my school and plays year above for us, great stand off

Yep as I stated in my original post.

well done too all players

He was at Hull last year, everytime ive seen him for country, Hull and Normanton hes been one of the best players on the pitch.

A stand off or full back.

When I saw the name Gildart the son of Ian immediately came to mind.

Does RL have a greater proportion of sons of former players reaching a relatively high level than other sports, say soccer or cricket? It's an interesting fact how many former stars' offspring certainly reach this level - although of course they don't all make it to the top. Let's hope Gildart junior is starring for Wigan in a few years time.

By analogy with this argument in 20-25 years time Wigan might have a team made up mainly of Tomkins, Farrells and O'Loughlins......!

yeah, hopefully no coyles though

thats a very good argument/debating topic.........
soccer.......lampards, redknaps, cloughs,furgesons, ..off my hear
cricket...broads, dexters,...again off my head
rugby league..........leuluais,...and tbh cant think of any others.......off my head

btw..good luck to the guys selected

Ah yes the famous fergesons!!!

If the only father and son combination you can come up with in Rugby League is te Leuileui's you do not have a clue so do not try to get smart.

Someone told me a while back that Oliver Gildart played centre/second row at Pats, occasionally 13 but does play 6 at school because he is the best player in the year.

Not sure how true that is though, but well done to all 8 Wigan lads.