THE FORMER ENGLAND AND LEICESTER CENTRE AND NOW LEICESTER ACADEMY COACH

ANTHONY ALLE
With hindsight, getting capped by England at 20, just over a year after leaving school, was way too soon. But you never know when such opportunities are going to come along so you have to grab them.
Funnily enough I made my debut against the All Blacks playing opposite my current boss, Aaron Mauger, who was also one of the senior players when I moved from Gloucester to Leicester in 2009. England were in transition and we lost 41-20. I swapped jerseys with Aaron at the end and it’s on my wall at home.
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