UNIVERSITY of Worcester trio Mark Hanson, Alistair McDonald and Robert Cooke have been called for an England Students trial.

They will travel to Loughborough next week and will hope to make the final trial in January before the England Students and England Universities squads are named.

England Students, who are coached by Oxford's Steve Hill and former England full-back Paul Hull, play at Twickenham for the first time against France on February 4 then take on Italy Under 25 in Sardinia on February 10 before facing France for a second time in Lille on March 10.

England Universities, coached by Loughborough's Alan Buzza and Paul Westgate, have three games this season, against Wales, Scotland and the Combined Services Under-21 team.