YOUNG GUNS

SAM SPINK
WASPS CENTRE
If Elliot Daly decides to quit Wasps next summer, one of the men who will be aiming to fill his huge boots in their midfield is 19-year-old Sam Spink.
A centre of considerable promise, Spink played his early rugby for Esher and Teddington whilst attending Hinchley Wood Secondary School, but somehow escaped the attentions of London Irish and Harlequins to sign for Wasps at the age of 14.
“Everyone has their own pathway,” says Spink, who is close friends with Harlequins academy hooker Jack Musk.
“Quins had about 80- odd lads at a trial but I wasn&rsquo...

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