Irregularly
from 1977 to 1993 there was an annual divisional championship played
between teams representing the London & South-Eastern Division,
the Midlands Division, the Northern Division and the South-Western
Division. Below is a hypothetical squad listing if the competition
were to be revived at this point in time.
Only
players currently (2016-17 season) playing in England, eligible for
the England side and not long-term injured are considered. * denotes
England-capped players.
NORTH
DIVISION (red jerseys & socks, white shorts)
15
Mike Haley (Sale); 14 Denny Solomona (Sale), 13 Luther Burrell*
(Northampton), 12 Owen Farrell* (Saracens, c & k), 11 Chris
Ashton* (Saracens); 10 George Ford* (Bath), 9 Danny Care*
(Harlequins); 1 Ross Harrison (Sale), 2 Tommy Taylor* (Wasps), 3
Kieran Brookes* (Northampton), 4 Geoff Parling* (Exeter), 5 Kearnan
Myall (Wasps), 6 Mark Wilson (Newcastle), 8 Josh Beaumont (Sale), 7
Jacob Rowan (Gloucester).
[Subs:
16 George McGuigan (Leicester), 17 Simon McIntyre (Wasps), 18 Paul
Hill* (Northampton), 19 James Craig (Northampton), 20 Calum Clark*
(Northampton), 21 Ben Spencer (Saracens), 22 Sam James (Sale), 23
Mathew Tait* (Leicester).]
MIDLANDS
DIVISION (blue jerseys & socks, white shorts)
15
Alex Goode* (Saracens, k); 14 Manu Tuilagi* (Leicester), 13 Jonathan
Joseph* (Bath), 12 Ben Te'o* (Worcester), 11 Josh Bassett (Wasps); 10
Billy Twelvetrees* (Gloucester), 9 Ben Youngs* (Leicester); 1 Matt
Mullan* (Wasps), 2 Dylan Hartley* (Northampton, c), 3 Dan Cole*
(Leicester), 4 Calum Green (Newcastle), 5 Courtney Lawes*
(Northampton), 6 Mike Williams (Leicester), 8 Teimana Harrison*
(Northampton), 7 Tom Wood* (Northampton).
[Subs:
16 Tom Youngs* (Leicester), 17 Alex Waller (Northampton), 18 James
Hall (Bristol), 19 Graham Kitchener (Leicester), 20 Thomas Waldrom*
(Exeter), 21 Dan Robson (Wasps), 22 Shane Geraghty* (Bristol), 23
Chris Pennell* (Worcester).]
SOUTH-WEST
DIVISION (green jerseys & socks, white shorts)
15
Mike Brown* (Harlequins); 14 Semesa Rokoduguni* (Bath), 13 Jonny May*
(Gloucester), 12 Ollie Devoto* (Exeter), 11 Jack Nowell* (Exeter); 10
Henry Slade* (Exeter, k), 9 Chris Cook (Bath); 1 Mako Vunipola*
(Saracens), 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie* (Exeter), 3 Kane Palma-Newport
(Bath), 4 Dave Attwood* (Bath, c), 5 Charlie Ewels* (Bath), 6 Dave
Ewers (Exeter), 8 Ben Morgan* (Gloucester), 7 Don Armand (Exeter).
[Subs:
16 Dave Ward (Harlequins), 17 Ellis Genge* (Harlequins), 18 Shaun
Knight (Bath), 19 Mitch Lees (Exeter), 20 Zach Mercer (Bath), 21
Callum Braley (Gloucester), 22 Freddie Burns* (Leicester), 23 Jason
Woodward (Bristol).]
LONDON
DIVISION (white jerseys & shorts, white socks with red bands)
15
Anthony Watson* (Bath); 14 Christian Wade* (Wasps), 13 Elliot Daly*
(Wasps), 12 Joe Marchant (Harlequins), 11 Marland Yarde*
(Harlequins); 10 Alex Lozowski (Saracens, k), 9 Joe Simpson* (Wasps);
1 Joe Marler* (Harlequins), 2 Jamie George* (Saracens), 3 Kyle
Sinckler* (Harlequins), 4 Joe Launchbury* (Wasps), 5 Maro Itoje*
(Saracens), 6 Chris Robshaw* (Harlequins, c), 8 Billy Vunipola*
(Saracens), 7 Jamie Haskell* (Wasps).
[Subs:
16 Rob Buchanan (Harlequins), 17 Mark Lambert (Harlequins), 18 Jake
Cooper-Woolley (Wasps), 19 George Kruis* (Saracens), 20 Jack
Clifford* (Harlequins), 21 Luke Baldwin (Worcester), 22 Danny
Cipriani* (Wasps), 23 George Lowe (Harlequins).]
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