Worcester women in England call

5:35pm Tuesday 31st July 2007

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FOUR Worcester Rugby Club women have been included in the England squad for a four-day training camp.

Hooker Pippa Crews, prop Samantha Dale, winger Katherine Merchant and number eight Catherine Spencer will all be put through their paces by top-class coaches.

The reigning RBS Six Nations Grand Slam champions return to training for the new season tomorrow with a four-day camp at RAF Halton, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

Alongside new head coach Gary Street, the England elite squad of 44 will have the chance to learn from some of the best coaches in the game.

RFU national academy coaches Nigel Redman and Mark Mapletoft will, for the first time, link up with the England women players.

They will be joined by Leeds Carnegie defence coach Simon Middleton, London Irish academy coach Barrie John Mather, WRU skills coach Danny Wilson and Alan Hughes, who is the director of sport at Stowe School.