Young Gun

This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Young Gun news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.

YOUNG GUNS

26 December 2021 0 comments

TOBY BALDWIN WASPS WING From enduring three hamstring injuries in two years, to attending ‘Hogwarts’ it’s fair to say 19-year-old Toby Baldwin has had an […]

MICHAEL JONES

19 December 2021 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS EDINBURGH LOOSEHEAD Despite achieving so much at the tender age of 19, Michael Jones remains grounded and will take things ‘one step at […]

ANEURIN OWEN

12 December 2021 1 comment

YOUNG GUNS DRAGONS CENTRE A NEURIN Owen is a real student of the game and intends to base his style on legendary New Zealand centre […]

SEB SMITH

5 December 2021 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS LEICESTER LOOSEHEAD PROP Seb Smith fell in love with Leicester Tigers the minute he he set foot in Welford Road to watch his […]

DAFYDD JENKINS

28 November 2021 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS EXETER CHIEFS DAFYDD Jenkins casts an envious eye towards the two Welsh caps that his close pal Christ Tshiunza won in the autumn […]

TOM WILSTEAD

21 November 2021 2 comments

YOUNG GUNS BRISTOL FLY-HALF TOM Wilstead lives out his schoolboy dreams every day he turns up for training at Bristol Bears. Fly-half Wilstead, 20, who […]

OLLY HARTLEY

14 November 2021 1 comment

YOUNG GUNS WASPS CENTRE OLLY Hartley yesterday took his first steps towards emulating his England trialist dad Gary when he made his Wasps debut in […]

GUY PEPPER

7 November 2021 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS NEWCASTLE FALCONS FLANKER GUY Pepper is the latest member of the Barnard Castle School production line who hopes to make it in the […]

TOM CARR-SMITH

31 October 2021 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS BATH SCRUM-HALF BATH’S problems at scrum-half this season have presented unexpected opportunities for Tom Carr-Smith to travel away and be involved in the […]

Young Guns: Glasgow Warriors lock Max Williamson

24 October 2021 0 comments

Scotland will boast plenty of experience at next year’s U20 Six Nations after prioritising first-year academy players in their squad last summer, among them a […]

BEN MURPHY

17 October 2021 1 comment

YOUNG GUNS Murphy feels his Lucs in on dual-reg WORCESTER WARRIORS LOOSEHEAD As one of 14 players to head out of Sixways on dualregistration, Ben […]

Young Guns: Saracens centre Josh Hallett

10 October 2021 0 comments

Josh Hallett says the feel-good vibes are permeating through Saracens after their return to the Premiership as he bids to make his full debut this […]

IWAN STEPHENS

3 October 2021 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS NEWCASTLE FALCONS WING Adam Radwan may have turned into the poster boy of Newcastle Falcons but the story of cross-code winger Iwan Stephens […]

Young Gun: Gloucester centre Jack Reeves

26 September 2021 0 comments

Jack Reeves is coveted with one of the Premiership‘s great supporting casts in senior centres Mark Atkinson, Billy Twelvetrees and Chris Harris, but no influence […]

JACK METCALF

19 September 2021 2 comments

YOUNG GUNS SALE SHARKS CENTRE One year on from the collapse of the prestigious academy at Yorkshire Carnegie, homegrown product Jack Metcalf says there is […]

CAMERON ANDERSON

12 September 2021 2 comments

YOUNG GUNS WASPS FULLBACK/CENTRE When Scotland travelled to Argentina two years ago for the U20 World Championship they boasted the likes of Euan Ashman, Cam […]

Young Gun: Exeter Chiefs lock Cory Teague

5 September 2021 1 comment

Boasting one of the more famous surnames in the southwest quadrant of English rugby must come with some added pressure for lock Cory Teague, but […]

Young Gun: Worcester Warriors centre Oli Morris

29 August 2021 0 comments

Oli Morris discusses his ambitions for the new Premiership season and divulges in how his Warriors career started with a trip to Krasnodar, Russia

Young Guns: Wasps centre Will Simonds

22 August 2021 0 comments

Will Simonds appears well set to excel at Wasps this season with John Mitchell now joining a coaching group that puts expectations on the up […]

Young Guns: Gloucester back row Josh Gray

15 August 2021 0 comments

Last March, Eddie Jones invited seven players from the England U20s camp to train with the senior team during the Six Nations fallow week. Among […]

Young Guns: Cornish Pirates back row Bear Williams

8 August 2021 1 comment

The new recruit at the Mennaye tells Adam Ellis how his past as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion is still present in his skills as a forward

Young Guns: Bedford Blues prop Corrie Barrett

1 August 2021 0 comments

The former Ulster and Munster academy prop spent two years playing rugby in New Zealand

Young Guns: Gloucester lock Arthur Clark

25 July 2021 0 comments

The England U20 lock talks about his journey through the team’s Grand Slam triumph and combining his rugby with farming life

Young Gun: Cornish Pirates flanker Will Gibson

18 July 2021 1 comment

Will Gibson was involved with the academy at Exeter Chiefs before heading to Cardiff Met, signing a one-year deal at Pirates in June

Young Gun: Gloucester flanker Harry Taylor

11 July 2021 0 comments

Young Gloucester openside Harry Taylor harbours hopes of gaining his first run out for the Cherry and Whites later this year, after seeing teammate […]

Young Guns: Worcester Warriors wing/centre Jack Johnson

4 July 2021 0 comments

Premiership defences will have to watch out for much more than Ollie Lawrence in the Worcester backline with the towering force of Duhan van der […]

ARTHURRELTON

27 June 2021 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS EXETER CHIEFS WINGER Two tries in two matches for Arthur Relton have given the fleet-footed winger the perfect start to life in England’s […]

Young Gun: Cornish Pirates fly-half Harry Bazalgette

20 June 2021 1 comment

Harry Bazalgette has championed BUCS Super Rugby for putting him on the path to the top level of the game after the conclusion of his first season […]

Young Gun: Saracens tighthead Harvey Kindell-Beaton

13 June 2021 0 comments

Highly-rated England tighthead Harvey Kindell-Beaton is ready to wreak havoc at scrum-time in the Six Nations after leaning on the expertise of scrum gurus Matt […]

Young Guns: Worcester Warriors wing Harri Doel

6 June 2021 0 comments

Harri Doel is hell bent on becoming the latest Welsh sensation to shine for Worcester after pulling on the No.11 jersey not long vacated by British […]

Young Gun: London Irish hooker George Davis

30 May 2021 1 comment

Davis may face competition in the Exiles academy from captain Joe Vajner, but he believes his position is centered on hooker despite also playing back row

CHEICK KONE

23 May 2021 0 comments

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 […]

Young Gun: Harlequins lock George Hammond

16 May 2021 0 comments

Hammond is one of two locks to have emerged at Harlequins this season, going back to England U20s with clubmate Hugh Tizard in 2020

Young Gun: Newcastle Falcons fly-half Louie Johnson

9 May 2021 1 comment

Sedbergh captain Louie Johnson is gunning for a shot with Alan Dickens’ England U20s side next season and did his chances the world of good […]

Young Gun: Bath and England U20 wing Gabe Goss

2 May 2021 0 comments

The Beechen Cliff School wing has made an impact for England U20s after initially being left out of the EPS by head coach Alan Dickens

Young Guns: Harlequins centre Lennox Anyanwu

25 April 2021 1 comment

After stints on loan at Esher and London Scottish, Anyanwu is now benefitting from a year under new coaching arrival Jordan Turner-Hall

Young Guns: London Irish hooker Joe Vajner

18 April 2021 0 comments

The captain of London Irish U18 talks to Adam Ellis about his hopes of representing England at age-grade level this summer

Young Guns: Harlequins hooker Sam Riley

18 April 2021 1 comment

Few up-and-coming players can claim to have such a rich abundance of coaching nous available to them to the degree of Harlequins hooker Sam Riley. […]

DAN JOHN

4 April 2021 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS EXETER FULL-BACK Fortunately not being able to drive didn’t put the brakes on Dan John racing back to Exeter from Wales last month to get […]

Young Guns: Worcester Warriors fly-half Fin Smith

28 March 2021 0 comments

Name-checked by England head coach Eddie Jones earlier this month, we meet the young Warriors playmaker

Young Guns: Leicester Tigers back-five forward Ollie Chessum

21 March 2021 0 comments

As a young lock forward learning his trade in the hugely competitive Premiership, Ollie Chessum could have no better tutor than Tigers head coach and […]

EWAN RICHARDS

14 March 2021 0 comments

YOUNG GUNS BATH SECOND ROW Premiership debutsat 18 are rare so it comes as no surprise when England U20s prospect Ewan Richards describes his recent experiences […]