Being part of a 49-7 home defeat might not live long in the memory of some people, but try telling 18-year-old Harlequins tighthead Fin Baxter his senior men’s debut against Racing 92 last month was anything other than glorious and you’d most likely be given a hiding.
In fact, as an advanced brown belt in judo, the former Cobham RFC junior might be tempted to launch you from the Stoop to Twickenham High Street if you suggested his late appearance as a replacement that day was anything other than a triumph – which, of course, it was.
Reliving his finest moment to date, Baxter says: “The 11 mi...