Rising star: Luke Northmore

HARLEQUINS No.13 Luke Northmore aims to follow teammate Alex Dombrandt in proving why university rugby is becoming a development route of choice.
Like England back row prospect Dombrandt, Northmore could barely have dreamed of a future in professional rugby when, aged 18, he spent his first year out of school working in a pasty shop while turning out for Tavistock RFC in the Devon & Cornwall League.
Rugby and boozy nights out were all the rage on the edge of Dartmoor, but life changed when, also in common with Dombrandt, he headed to Cardiff Met Univer...