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COLOMIERS, FRANCE - JULY 14: Tom Mitchell of England (r) celebrates with Will Edwards of England following their victory and qualification to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games following the Cup Final match between France and England on day two of the Mens 7s Olympic Games Regional Qualification at Stade Michel Bendichou on July 14, 2019 in Colomiers, France. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

FIVE of Team GB’s silver medallists from Rio 2016 are included in Tony Roques’ initial training squad for the Tokyo Olympics.
Rio skipper Tom Mitchell, all-time World Series leading try scorer Dan Norton, Dan Bibby, Phil Burgess and Ollie Lyndsay-Hague are among 12 English players in the 21-man squad.
They are joined by six Scots, including 7s captain Robbie Fergusson and Welsh trio Luke Morgan (Ospreys), Luke Treharne and Morgan Williams.
Head coach Roques said: “We’ve picked a squad with a huge amount of experience in successful sevens programmes and everyone is up for the challenge.”
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