YOUNG GUNS
Warriors so lucky Kone popped up

WORCESTER WARRIORS LOCK
As the newest member of the Worcester Warriors senior academy, Cheick Kone admits there is still plenty for him to learn as a newcomer to rugby nine years after he left war-torn Ivory Coast for Europe.
In the aftermath of the country’s bloody civil war of 2011, Kone and his father sought a better life and arrived in Bologna, Italy before settling on a move to Britain in 2015.
Kone’s father, a black belt in taekwondo, had pushed him into the martial art as a youngster but the second row filled his ...