ENGLAND under 20s star Huw Taylor will captain a young Worcester Warriors in Saturday's Singha Premiership Sevens at Newcastle Falcons' Kingston Park.

Fly-half Tiff Eden is the only other player in the squad with first-team experience at Warriors.

Academy players Sam Ripper-Smith, Tom Dodd, Ben Fowles and winger Josh Adams will all get a run-out.

Warriors under 18s duo Ted Hill and Dion King, England Sevens' academy player Jordan Ainslie, Spain Sevens' Jaike Carter, Hartpury College's Harry Cochrane and Melrose's Craig Jackson are also in the squad.

Academy manager Chim Gale said: "We're excited about travelling up to Newcastle and to play some free-flowing rugby.

"The competition will be an opportunity for some of the lads to showcase their talents at a great venue and also a special moment for some of them to pull on the Warriors jersey for the first time.

"Hopefully, we can put on a good display and book a place at the Sevens finals day at Wasps' Ricoh Arena.”

Warriors will start their day at 3.25pm against Leicester Tigers before back-to-back clashes against hosts Newcastle at 4.20pm and Sale Sharks at 4.50pm.

The finals' day takes place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on August 7.

Warriors Sevens squad:

1 Tom Dodd, 2 Jaike Carter, 3 Sam Ripper-Smith, 4 Huw Taylor (captain), 5 Ted Hill, 6 Ben Fowles, 7 Josh Adams, 8 Tiff Eden, 9 Harry Cochrane, 10 Dion King, 11 Jordan Ainslie, 12 Craig Jackson .

Group D fixtures:

Game 1 - Sale Sharks v Newcastle Falcons, 3pm;

Game 2 - Leicester Tigers v WARRIORS, 3.25pm;

Game 3 - Leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks, 3.55pm;

Game 4 - Newcastle Falcons v WARRIORS, 4.20pm;

Game 5 - Sale Sharks v WARRIORS, 4.50pm;

Game 6 - Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons, 5.15pm.