Front five players to be given specialist coaching

SCHOOLS RUGBY
By TOM JEFFREYS

ENGLAND have announced 26 players to attend an U18s specialist front five camp.
England pathway and Red Roses scrum coach Nathan Catt will lead the camp alongside senior scrum coach Tom Harrison in a bid to help acclimatise tight five prospects to scrummaging and line-out lifting with players of a similar size to them. It’s a key aspect in England’s youth progression given the disparity in size at this stage in 18-year-olds’ development, with England U18s assistant coach Will Parkin saying: “It will test their positional skill...

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