Ayoola Erinle has been recalled into the England Sevens side for the latest leg of the FIRA European Grand Prix Series.
Former Tigers and Wasps centre one of five changes
Ayoola Erinle has been recalled into the England Sevens side for the latest leg of the FIRA European Grand Prix Series.
Erinle, who won two full caps in 2009, is one of five changes to the squad for the tournament in Barcelona this coming weekend.
The former Biarritz, Leicester Tigers and London Wasps centre will join Sevens World Series regulars Simon Hunt and Dan Norton as well as Andrew Higgins and Chris Brightwell as Ben Ryan's side look to follow up on their victories in Lyon and Moscow.
"We've made five changes to the Moscow squad and that's in line with our policy for the series to widen our net and get more players involved," Ryan said.
"A couple of old hands are back in to break down their games and will have supporting roles, so Dan Norton, for example, will back up Nick Royle. Ayoola Erinle is a free agent and he's weighing up his options at the moment. He's got pedigree and he's potentially a real asset.
Experience
"We're looking at players in different positions and different roles and it's been good so far. From a coaching point of view this series has been a great test bed to try things out.
"In terms of experience, it's great and it means that we can look at guys who can get up to 28 games under their belts rather than have someone going straight in to make their debut in the world series.
"We still have at least half-a-dozen of contracted world series regulars that will rejoin the rest of the squad for pre-season in August. Competition for places will be tough."
England will take on France, Georgia, Italy, Romania and the Netherlands in pool matches..
England Sevens: John Brake, Chris Brightwell, Chris Cracknell, Ayoola Erinle, Andrew Higgins, Simon Hunt, Christian Lewis-Pratt, Tom Mitchell, Dan Norton, James Rodwell, Nick Royle, Rob Vickerman.
