'Exciting talent' Dan Bibby will make his England debut at the penultimate leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series in Glasgow.
UWIC playmaker joins Odejobi and Cracknell in new-look squad
'Exciting talent' Dan Bibby will make his England debut at the penultimate leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series in Glasgow.
Bibby, who plays for UWIC, is one of three changes to Benjamin Ryan's squad - with Mark Odejobi and Chris Cracknell also included following the Tokyo tournament.
England Students full-back Bibby finally gets his chance after training with the squad all season, while Odejobi and Cracknell are both returning to action after injury.
Harlequins wing Charlie Walker, the injured Christian Lewis-Pratt and former captain Greg Barden, who has been forced to retire, are the players to make way.
And coach Ryan is looking forward to seeing the trio in action in Scotland.
Talent
"Dan Bibby's an exciting talent who's definitely one for the future and he's trained with us throughout the season, including appearing in our warm-up tournament in Spain on the eve of the series," said Ryan.
"It's been a long road back for Mark Odejobi who played for us last season. He's worked very hard to get fit and he's trained well to keep out two very experienced Sevens players in Andy Vilk and Simon Hunt. It's great to have Chris Cracknell back after missing him in Tokyo too."
England, who are fourth in the Series rankings, will face Kenya, the USA and Australia on Saturday in the pool stages at Scotstoun on Saturday.
"We're pretty excited about the next two legs, the squad has trained well and we want to finish well and start building towards next season," said Ryan
"It's always good to come to a new venue - the latest great world city to be added to the series. It'll be well organised by Scotland, and we're expecting a great atmosphere and energetic support."
England Sevens: Dan Bibby (UWIC), John Brake, Chris Brightwell, Chris Cracknell, Sam Edgerley (Rosslyn Park), Tom Mitchell (Oxford University), Dan Norton, Mark Odejobi (Brunel University), Tom Powell, James Rodwell, Mathew Turner, Rob Vickerman.
