Worcester are rightly proud of their academy and, after being called into the England U20s Six Nations squad at just 18, Seb Atkinson is one of its shining lights.
A ball-playing insidecentre who cites England’s Owen Farrell and South African World Cup winner Damian de Allende among players he looks up to, Atkinson played his junior rugby for Luctonians RFC before coming on to Warriors’ radar at 13 following county trials.
“I grew up in Wimbledon but my parents moved back to Shropshire when I was one and I started playing at Luctonians when I was five,” says Atkinson.
“The atmosphere there...