A QUARTET of NCFC Academy players have been called up to play in forthcoming youth international tournaments.

Declan Rudd will be hoping to feature for England Under-17s in the Elite Round Tournament in Tel Aviv from March 19 to March 31 while fellow 'keeper Jed Steer has also been called up by England for the Montaigu Tournament in France from March 15 to March 25.

Meanwhile Welsh youngsters David Stephens and Josh Dawkins have been selected for inclusion in their country's squad competing in the U-17 Elite Round Tournament in Northern Ireland from March 15 to March 23.