By JON NEWCOMBE

From South Shields to South Africa and beyond, Olly Cracknell is used to doing the hard yards.
Driven by what he saw as a burning injustice in his final year at Leeds Grammar School, the Leicester back rower has taken a more circuitous route to the top than most, but given his appetite for hard graft, it is almost fitting that the 28-year-old has not had it easy.
“I didn’t get Player of the Year in my last year at school and I was fuming because I really wanted to get it,” he said. “The school had a tour to South Africa so I thought I’ll train really hard for this tour and...