EHREN PAINTER
NORTHAMPTON TIGHT-HEAD PROP
Ehren Painter’s first two Premiership matches for Northampton could hardly have been more contrasting. Making his home debut towards the end of a humiliating 63-13 loss to Saracens, the 20-year-old might have been forgiven for packing up.
However, a stunning win at Leicester just eight days later confounded critics and players alike.
“The experience has made me hungrier”, says Painter, who featured three times for England U20s during the Six Nations and now has his sights on this summer’s Junior World Cup. “We had two r...