The Pacific Western Conference has named its squad of 25 players to face Durham University in June.

From the North of England, Durham University which has a very successful rugby program and two of their recent graduates have signed with pro clubs in England. They are on a four-game tour of California.

The Pacific Western Lions will assemble June 11 for a five-day camp before playing the tourists at UC Santa Cruz on June 16.

“There’s a lot of enthusiasm from the players and the coaches in the conference for this,” said Lions Head Coach Lucas Bradbury. “It’s been about three years trying to get this off the ground. But we’re doing it. We know we’ll beep against it playing Durham Univetrity, but we’re looking forward to it.

The players on the Lions squad are:

Brandon Johnson, Chico State

Broc Hayes, Chico State 

Oisin Collins, Chico State

Charlie Brennan, Chico State

Nigel Dreklser, Chico State

Tommy Patton, Chico State

Jackson Wagner, Fresno State

Michael Nicolas, Sacramento State 

Zach Tai, Sacramento State

Travis Haugen, Sacramento State

Khalil Owens, Sacramento State

Zeth Tutupoly, San Francisco State

Gregory McGhee, San Jose State

Sean Means, Stanford

Yutaro Kobayashi, UC Davis

Fedor Nikoayev, UC Santa Cruz

Noah Stid, UC Santa Cruz

Billy O' Driscoll, UC Santa Cruz

Graham Wolfe, UC Santa Cruz

Conor Sexton, UC Santa Cruz

Christopher Steele, Nevada-Reno

Ethan Ray, Nevada-Reno

Garren Albright, Nevada-Reno

Ryan Adair, Nevada-Reno

Mario Diaz, Nevada-Reno

Coaches:
Head Coach: Lucas Bradbury (Chico State)

Manager: Beau McSwain (Chico State)

Assistant Coaches
James Fonda
Jeremy Sanford (UCSC)
Robbie Bellue (UCSC)