North Midlands Rugby Football Union Limited

North Midlands will begin their four match county programme with a short trip to Broadstreet RFC near Coventry on Thursday October 22 to play Warwickshire (7.30pm).

The game starts a busy month for the county Under-16s with a trip to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire on November 1 followed by a return to Broadstreet on November 15 for a Super Sunday tournament where they will play Leicestershire.

North Midlands complete their county programme with a home game against Staffordshire at Bromsgrove's Finstall Park ground on November 25.

All games will be watched by Midlands Under-16 selectors ahead of the Midlands trials and Divisional Festival later in the season.

The North Midlands squad for the Warwickshire game was selected after matches involving Greater Birmingham, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire at Bromsgrove last month.

North Midlands Under-16s: 15 Chris Fensome (Bishop Challoner School and Greater Birmingham); 14 Jamahl Lynch (King's Norton Boys School and Greater Birmingham), 13 Ryan Millar (King Edward's School and Greater Birmingham), 12 Jack Wardle (Light Hall School and Greater Birmingham), 11 Jack Bruten (Kingstone HS and Herefordshire); 10 Tom Sharwood (Bishop Perowne School and Worcestershire), 9 Andrew Smith (Monmouth School and Herefordshire); 1 Rob Higgins (Church Stretton School and Shropshire), 2 Tom Foster (Oldbury Wells School and Worcestershire), 3 Ryan Home (Oldbury Wells School and Worcestershire), 4 Jacob Bates (Charlton School and Shropshire), 5 Jack Fletcher (Aylestone School and Herefordshire), 6 Chris Nuttall (King's Worcester and Worcestershire), 7 Matt Masters (Idsall School and Shropshire), 8 Solomon Dacres (King Edward VI Five Ways and Greater Birmingham). Replacements: Damon Poole (Bromsgrove School and Worcestershire), Tom Chard (Church Stretton School and Shropshire), Sam Ball (Bishop Perowne and Worcestershire), Jake Hayden-Wright (Worcestershire), Daniel Young (Bromsgrove School and Worcestershire), Sam Waltier (Bromsgrove School and Worcestershire), Spencer Lunn (Kingsley College and Worcestershire), Jack Smith (Ellesmere College and Shropshire), Alex Rumsey (Minster College and Herefordshire).