The squad was selected after intense training camps, weeks of analysis and monitoring which culminated in the trial match on Wednesday evening.
WRU U18 Team Manager, Gethin Watts, said: “The trial match was a great exercise and was an opportunity for us to see all players once again in a game situation and allowed us to make some final assessments on players involved over the past few months.”
Wales begin their international campaign with a warm up game against Leicester Tigers at Welford Road on February 15th before taking on Scotland on 11th March 2 in Glasgow. The U18 team will then travel to Madrid in late March in order take part in the U18 FIRA-AER European championship.
“I’d like to thank everyone who was involved including all the regional performance managers and U18 coaches,” added Watts.
“As a management group we are really pleased with the number of talented and exciting players coming through the WRU player pathway and we’re looking forward to working with this squad and preparing for the season.”
2012 Wales U18 Squad
Forwards
Callum Jay Lewis – Blues
Nicky Smith – Ospreys
Elliot Dee – Dragons
Ethan Lewis – Blues
Scott Otton – Ospreys
Nicky Thomas – Ospreys
Alex Jefferies – Dragons
Gus McPherson- Blues
Scott Andrews- Dragons
Joshua Helps- Scarlets
Derryn Jones- Dragons
Benjamin Roach- Blues
Calum Davies – Ospreys
Scott Matthews – Dragons
James Benjamin – Dragons
Backs
Shaun Clarke – Blues
Connor Lloyd – Scarlets
Luke Crane- Dragons
Gareth Thomson – Blues
Jack Maynard – Scarlets
Dafydd Wyn Howells – Ospreys
Jack Dixon – Dragons
Mike Jones – RGC 1404
Ben Roberts – Ospreys
Steffan Hughes- Scarlets
Lewis Hudd – Dragons
Hallam Amos – Dragons
Ethan Davies- Dragons
