Stuart Lancaster will announce his squad for the Six Nations on January 11th. After the appointment of Graham Rowntree, Andy Farrell and Stuart Lancaster as England interim coaches it seems that this will be the time for the youngsters to prove themselves.

Andy Farrell is currently coaching with Saracens so he will certainly have knowledge about the vast array of youngsters that are on offer to England in the Saracens camp. Stuart Lancaster was the England Saxons coach prior to his interim appointment meaning he knows about the young talent that England have already produced with the Saxons and Graham Rowntree was of course a coach during Martin Johnson's era so knows about the current batch of players. Put together, these three men have more knowledge about current English players than any other.

Being involved with Gloucester Rugby has brought to my attention that there are a great deal of up-and-coming rugby stars who many believe will star for England one day. Some surely will but other youngsters that are still at U18's and U20's level are not making first team starts for their clubs. At Kingsholm, the likes of Charlie Sharples, Henry Trinder, Freddie Burns and Jonny May are such brilliant young talents but the question is, are they really capable of getting into the England setup and representing them regularly?