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Trio doubtful for England camp over Covid-19 concerns

Ollie Thorley

  • Age: 24
  • Club: Gloucester
  • Position: Winger
  • Former clubs: N/a
  • International history: England U18 & U20
  • Place of birth: London
  • Did you know? He is the cousin of Maro Itoje

The accolade of being the youngest player to appear for Gloucester since the game went professional in 1997 belongs to Ollie Thorley.He made his debut for the Cherry & Whites in 2013 as a 17-year-old, partnering World Cup winner Mike Tindall in the centre of an LV= Cup match, and has since gone on to prove himself as one of the brightest talents at Kingsholm.

A World Rugby U20 Championship winner in 2016, Thorley has pace, power and an eye for the try line. His impressive club performances saw him called up to the wider Six Nations squads for the 2019 and 2020 championships.


Lewis Ludlow

  • Age: 26
  • Club: Bedford
  • Position: Back-row
  • Former clubs: N/a
  • International history: England U18
  • Place of birth: Bedford
  • Did you know? Ludlow is also a Welsh-qualified player through a grandfather

In the summer of 2013, Ludlow represented England under-18 on their tour of South Africa. The hard-hitting back-rower made his breakthrough into the first team in 2013, and has developed into a key member of the squad for the Cherry and Whites.


Jack Clement

  • Age: 19
  • Club: Gloucester
  • Position: No.8
  • Former clubs: N/a
  • International history: England U18
  • Place of birth: Walsall
  • Did you know? He also played county cricket for Gloucestershire and originally had dreamt of a career in cricket. 

The number eight also captained Cheltenham College and made his England U18 debut against France in the Aon International Series in August 2018, playing all three games of the tour in South Africa.

He says both Olly Morgan and Nick Runciman played a huge part in his early development and says going unbeaten with Cheltenham College first team in 2018 for only the third time in the school’s history is his proudest rugby moment Clement.


Joe Heyes

  • Age: 21
  • Club: Leicester Tigers
  • Position: Prop
  • Former clubs: N/a
  • International history: England U18 & U20
  • Place of birth: Nottingham
  • Did you know? His father was Darren was a goalkeeper for Nottingham Forest. His Grandfather was Leicester City and Swansea City Goalkeeper, George Heyes