Danny Tickle has been rewarded for an impressive first season at Hull when he was named among the additions to the Great Britain train-on squad.
The 24-year-old goalkicking forward, who has been capped at England Under-21 level, has enjoyed a new lease of life since his move to the KC Stadium from Wigan 12 months ago and was last week named Hull’s player of the year.
Tickle is joined in the training squad by team-mates Garreth Carvell, Richard Horne, Gareth Raynor and Kirk Yeaman, who were all involved in the 2006 Tri-Nations Series.
They take the number of players chosen to prepare for the three-Test series against New Zealand, starting next month, to 22 with representatives of Wigan, Leeds and St Helens still to be