STUDENTS got a chance to meet their rugby heroes during a training session.

Members of the England national team recently held a training session at Brighton College.

The squad included old boy Marcus Smith, who was the captain of the college’s first team only last year.

Current college stars Henry Simpson and Josh Jones were appointed as water boys during the training and were able to catch up with Smith.

A college spokesman said: “It was amazing to host England with a college boy in the squad who only left school less than six months ago.

“The college is really proud of Marcus’s achievements on the field but it is actually the way he is behaving off the field that we are really proud of.

“He is conducting himself brilliantly.”