RUGBY UNION: Ilkley's Matthew Postlethwaite is training with the England under-18 squad in Leeds ahead of their international with France at Doncaster on Sunday.

The Ilkley Grammar School A Level student joined the Sale Sharks Academy last season after playing all his junior rugby from the age of five with the Ilkley club.

This season the second row has captained Sale's under-18s and has made his debut for Sale Jets in the Aviva A league. He has represented Yorkshire at under15, 16 and 18 level, the North under-16s and 18s as well as captaining the England under-16 B team.