YOUNG GUNS

JACK ROWNTREE
LEICESTER TIGHTHEAD
Jack Rowntree does not have far to look for advice. In fact, given his dad is the former Leicester and England prop Graeme, who went on to coach his country at two World Cups and is now in charge of scrummaging affairs at Munster, help could not be any closer.
“At the start I wasn’t really interested in rugby but dad obviously introduced me to it and I’ve always been around it growing up,” says Rowntree, 18. “I wasn’t any good at other sports so it felt pretty natural coming into it and then progressing along Tigers pathw...

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