Hull FC loose-forward Joe Westerman and Hull KR hooker Josh Hodgson have both been named in England's 34-man training squad as preparations for this year's Four Nations get underway.
The two former England Knights captains have been rewarded for their club form with call-ups to the extended training party.
The group will train at Loughborough University from June 15-17 as part of their build-up to this year's tournament in Australia and New Zealand.
Head coach Steve McNamara will fly in from his home in Sydney to lead the camp, which he feels is an important part of the national team's bid to taste international success Down Under this autumn.
"The camp is very important for us and I'm looking forward to working with all the players as a group again," said McNamara.
"We have made considerable progress over the last few years by getting together at specific stages of the year and this training camp allows us to build on that progress by spending valuable time together.
"It's been a difficult process putting this squad together because of the sheer number of players who were in contention: there is an enormous amount of talent emerging through the ranks in Super League."
McNamara has named a 34-man squad but nine of that party will not be available with Wigan playing their re-arranged Super League game against Widnes on June 18.
The England mid-season training squad is as follows:
Daryl Clark (Castleford Tigers)
Craig Huby (Castleford Tigers)
Michael Shenton (Castleford Tigers)
Elliott Whitehead (Catalan Dragons)
Leroy Cudjoe (Huddersfield Giants)
Brett Ferres (Huddersfield Giants)
Joe Westerman (Hull FC)
Josh Hodgson (Hull Kingston Rovers)
Carl Ablett (Leeds Rhinos)
Tom Briscoe (Leeds Rhinos)
Ryan Hall (Leeds Rhinos)
Zak Hardaker (Leeds Rhinos)
Kevin Sinfield (Leeds Rhinos)
Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos)
Jamie Jones-Buchanan (Leeds Rhinos)
Jonny Lomax (St Helens)
Tommy Makinson (St Helens)
James Roby (St Helens)
Alex Walmsley (St Helens)
Kyle Amor (St Helens)
Chris Hill (Warrington Wolves)
Richard Myler (Warrington Wolves)
Stefan Ratchford (Warrington Wolves)
Ben Westwood (Warrington Wolves)
Chris Bridge (Warrington Wolves)
John Bateman (Wigan Warriors)
Joe Burgess (Wigan Warriors)
Josh Charnley (Wigan Warriors)
Liam Farrell (Wigan Warriors)
Michael McIlorum (Wigan Warriors)
Sean O'Loughlin (Wigan Warriors)
Dan Sarginson (Wigan Warriors)
Scott Taylor (Wigan Warriors)
Matty Smith (Wigan Warriors)
