JACK OWLETT
EXETER PROP
You could say Exeter tight-head Jack Owlett faces stiff competition.
Harry Williams is vying with Dan Cole to be England’s first choice; Tomas Francis started for Wales in the Six Nations and has 31 caps; Greg Holmes is a 27-cap Wallaby who played in the 2015 World Cup final against New Zealand; and Moray Low is a Scotland Test veteran who plays either side of the scrum.
Ordinarily, Owlett might take one look at this array of stars and think, ‘Not for me’.
However, Owlett is no ordinary player for, at 23, he is among a rare breed of late developers ...