PAUL REES
Tommy Reffell started last season looking to establish himself as a regular in title-winning Leicester’s back row and finished it as a Wales international.

One of the stand-out players in this summer’s series in South Africa, he left his native Pencoed as a 15-year-old and, when he signed a senior contract in 2019, paid tribute to the Welford Road club.
“Tigers took me in at an early age as one of their own and made me into the person I am now,” he said then. In the coming seasons, he will face a dilemma along with other players who are based in England such as Louis Rees-Zammit, ...