16 Dec 2022

​England vs. Scotland - Home nations go head-to-head in festive scrimmage

​England vs. Scotland - Home nations go head-to-head in festive scrimmage

England’s Senior Men’s and Women’s teams are playing scrimmage matches against Scotland in Durham this weekend.  

Both England teams will use the matches to help prepare for the upcoming Novotel Cup

Match schedule (please note match times are approx.)

Saturday, 17th December 

16:00 – England vs Scotland (W) 

18:30 – England vs Scotland (M) 

Sunday, 18th December 

10:30 – England vs Scotland (W) 

13:30 – England vs Scotland (M) 

All matches will be live streamed on our YouTube channel

Squads 

Men’s

  • Noah Sykes (Team Sunderland) - Setter 
  • Cam Rhodes (Newcastle Staffs) - Setter 
  • Ben Lucas (University of Nottingham) - Outside 
  • Christian Christie (Essex Rebels) - Outside 
  • Jordan Dalrymple (Malory Eagles) - Outside 
  • Stefan Cowley (Newcastle Staffs) - Outside 
  • Nathan Fullerton (Malory Eagles) - Opposite 
  • Max Norton-Steel (Essex Rebels) - Opposite 
  • Ephraim Mills (IBB Polonia London) - Middle  
  • Will Evans (Sheffield Hallam) - Middle  
  • Zakk Hadgett (Newcastle Staffs) - Middle 
  • leuan Lamb (Newcastle Staffs) - Middle 
  • Thomas Jefferson (Essex Rebels) - Middle  
  • Chester Searle (Malory Eagles) - Libero 
  • Iraj Safaee (University of Nottingham) - Libero 

  • Simon Loftus - Head Coach 
  • Chris Jones - Team Manager 
  • Marcel Sivak - Assistant Coach 
  • Paul Jegede - Physio 
  • Hai-Binh Ly - Analyst 

Women’s

  • Georgia McGovern (Claremont McKenna) - Setter           
  • Holly Bentley (Leeds Gorse) - Setter 
  • Mattea Goalen (Richmond) - Setter  
  • Steph Boyce (Malory Eagles) - Middle        
  • Isobel Brown (University of Nottingham) - Middle 
  • Beth Appleton Jones (Durham University) - Middle 
  • Lauren Cadwgan (Darkstar) - Opposite/Middle 
  • Jess Tasker (University of Nottingham) - Outside/Middle 
  • Sofia Nicholson (Durham University) - Outside 
  • Alice Brand (Durham University) - Outside 
  • Zsofia Palanki Omoshebi (Darkstar) - Opposite) 
  • Abi Littler (Darkstar) - Libero 
  • Abby Hogan (University of Nottingham) - Libero 

  

  • Maria Bertelli - Head Coach 
  • Paul Welsh - Assistant Coach 
  • Audrey Cooper - Assistant Coach 
  • Will Short - Physio

Photo: Phil Gibbin