Three Baggies youngsters went away with their nations during the October international break.
Alex Williams made his second appearance for Wales U21s, but couldn’t prevent them from falling to a 4-2 defeat against Slovakia in their friendly clash.
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Having been an unused substitute for their first match against Czechia, the Baggies full-back started the second match - playing 62 minutes before being replaced.
Williams has been on-loan at non-league Stratford Town for the last month gaining important senior experience away from Richard Beale’s PL2 setup.
There was plenty of excitement for young winger Ollie Bostock during his first call-up to Wales’ U19s, as he started the second of their double-header of friendlies against Italy.
After playing 33 minutes off the bench during the first match against the Blues - which ended in another intriguing scoreline of 3-3 thanks to a 94th-minute equaliser for the young Dragons - Bostock made his full debut in the final game where his nation triumphed 4-3.
It was another late show by Chris Gunter’s team, who sealed victory thanks to Elliot Myles’ 91st-minute spot-kick. More importantly, there were vital minutes for Ollie - who only returned to action for Albion’s 21s last time out against Leeds after missing the first seven games through injury.
Finally, goalkeeper Ben Cisse was called up to the England Men’s Elite League Squad for their two matches with Italy and Czechia, but didn’t feature over the two encounters.
The shot-stopper was an unused substitute as Paul Nevin’s team won 2-1 and 3-0 respectively.
Despite not playing, it was another good experience for Cisse at a higher age group, and he will return for regular game time at The Hawthorns for the Baggies’ PL2 team as they gear up for a busy schedule of fixtures.
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