YOUNG GUNS
ULSTER FLANKER

After captaining Ireland to the U20s Grand Slam title, Reuben Crothers aspires to break into Ulster’s first team.
Openside Crothers, 20, joined Ulster aged 16 and despite going through the age groups, he endured a nightmare 2020.
He said: “I first came in the system at Ulster U16s and worked my way up from there, playing U17, U18 and U19 before playing Ireland U18s and now in the U20s.
“The first year of my Ulster Academy contract was a bit of a struggle because I spent most of the year out with a knee injury and I also lost my best f...