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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Josh Sharp – Loughborough Students fly-half
For the past three years, Josh Sharp had only one goal – to break into the Saracens first team and become...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Beno Obano – Bath prop
Beno Obano was a superstar on the school circuit in 2013 when his rampaging runs for Dulwich were feared all over...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: George Wacokecoke – Bath wing
As the biggest player on the field, it was hard to understand why rugby was not just about running through people...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Conor Murphy – London Irish scrum-half
Sunbury is hardly a small village deep in the Munster province but Conor Murphy could not be more Irish if he...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Liam O’Neill – Nottingham winger
Liam O’Neill was keen to impress Martin Haag when he made his Nottingham debut last weekend and two tries at Welford...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Bliss – Wasps and USA scrum-half
Tom Bliss is expected to make his Wasps debut today against London Welsh in a pre-season friendly at Adams Park. Joining...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Joe Marchant – Harlequins and England U18s centre
If Joe Marchant was not a rugby player he could have been in the latest Expendables movie as the action man....
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Josh Skelcey – Northampton wing
Last season started how it was supposed to for Josh Skelcey: First team debut for Northampton against London Irish in the...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Dean Adamson – Bedford winger
If at first you don’t succeed try, try and try again. This could the title of Dean Adamson’s rugby career so...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Kieran Treadwell – Harlequins and England U18s second row
It is quite common to see young players with a cross-border heritage gain international caps with different countries, at different levels...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Jordan Onojaife – Saints Academy lock
When Jordan Onojaife sat down at home to watch England‘s opening game at the Junior World Championship last month, little did...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Jamal Ford-Robinson – Cornish Pirates prop
Taking opportunities can make or break a young player’s career so Jamal Ford-Robinson was keen to show what he could do...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Cameron Cowell – London Irish full-back
Cameron Cowell says scoring his debut try for England U18s was the highlight of his career so far, but with the...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Henry Taylor – Saracens & England U20s scrum-half
Of all the players out in New Zealand trying to defend England‘s Junior World Championship crown, none of them are quite...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Hayden Thompson-Stringer – Saracens back-row/lock
Hayden Thompson-Stringer, 19, a late addition to the JWC, admits he is one of England‘s lesser-known prospects. However, the rapid trajectory...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun – Tom Woolstencroft – Bath & England U20s hooker
England‘s problems at hooker in New Zealand are not just limited to the senior squad, the U20s have already called up...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Steph Reynolds – Gloucester wing
There aren’t many silver linings from a lacklustre season at Gloucester but the emergence of pint-sized flyer Steph Reynolds is one....
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Alex Lozowski – Leeds full-back
Not many teenagers would choose exams over professional football, but as he prepares for life as a Premiership rugby player, Alex...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Jack Dixon – Dragons and Wales U20s centre
If it wasn’t for an untimely foot injury, Jack Dixon, 19, could have been preparing for a trip to South Africa...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Louis Grimoldby – Harlequins fly-half
English fly-halves with rugby league backgrounds are all the rage at present and in Louis Grimoldby, Harlequins look to have unearthed...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Jack Cosgrove – Worcester and Scotland U20s prop
Jack Cosgrove is a prop with plenty of ambition and while Worcester might be on the verge of relegation from the...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Lewis Boyce – Leeds and England U18s prop
Lewis Boyce wants to forge a career as a loosehead against the grizzled old warhorses in the Championship – so it’s...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Lucas Slowik – Bristol and England U18s centre
Bristol‘s Lucas Slowik is no stranger to setbacks but having already taken his place in the record books, the 18-year-old is...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Stanley South – Harlequins
The Harlequins Academy is fast becoming a conveyor belt of talent within the Premiership – and teenage lock Stanley South cannot...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Maro Itoje – Saracens lock
Until the U20s Six Nations, lock Maro Itoje, 19, didn’t list try-scoring among his strengths but after touchdowns in all five...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Seb Adeniran-Olule – Harlequins hooker
Young English props moving to hooker are all the rage and in Seb Adeniran-Olule, Harlequins hope they have unearthed yet another....
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Aaron Morris – Bedford full-back
The England U20s are traditionally packed with Premiership elite academy talent, but Aaron Morris takes great pride in being a Championship...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Joel Matavesi – Exeter fly-half
Joel Matavesi doesn’t just want to emulate his two older brothers – the dream is to one day play alongside them....
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Harry Mallinder – Northampton centre
With his dad in the top job, Franklin’s Gardens seems a logical place for Harry Mallinder’s prodigious talent. But given the...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Mike Haley – Sale full-back
Mike Haley has played in every position in the backline during his young career but now the Sale Sharks tyro has...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: James Gibbons – Gloucester prop
A teenage U-turn resulted in Gloucester prop James Gibbons abandoning a fledgling football career, but it was mum’s encouragement that eased...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Terrence Hepetema – Leicester back
Born in England but raised in New Zealand, Leicester centre Terrence Hepetema admits his first season back in his ‘home’ country...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Ben Morris – Newcastle flanker
When Ben Morris first tried his hand at rugby he was thrown in at the deep end – and the Newcastle...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Hendrickson – Exeter centre
With a lineage tracing back to the Land of the Long White Cloud, it was perhaps inevitable that Tom Hendrickson would...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Jack Carty – Connacht fly-half
Fresh from the first Pro12 and Heineken Cup starts of his career, fly-half Jack Carty is already being tipped as one...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Rhodri Williams – Scarlets scrum-half
The Scarlets have been awash with Williams but while he stands at just 5ft 9in, scrum-half Rhodri is determined to be...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Paul Hill – England u20s & Leeds prop
Paul Hill is being forced to play something of a balancing act at the moment between club and country but the...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Cory Hill – NG Dragons lock
As Wales‘ brightest talents spark an exodus from the Valleys it’s surprising to see one of their hottest prospects heading the...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Sam Olver – Northampton fly-half
Labelled a ‘softie in the backs’ by his dad, a former England hooker, Northampton Saints fly-half Sam Olver is already plotting...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Jack Walker – Leeds & England U20 hooker
For the last few years it’s been his older brother Chris making the headlines at Leeds Carnegie, but fresh from beating...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: George de Cothi – Worcester scrum-half
When a team are struggling at the bottom of the table they may look to their youngsters to provide the inspiration...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Harry Thacker – Leicester hooker
Making your father proud is something that every son seeks and Harry Thacker couldn’t have done much more to test his...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Teddy Thomas – Biarritz and France U20 winger
Wasps have Tom Varndell and Christian Wade but another of Europe’s traditional superpowers has discovered their own lightning quick double act...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Richard Palframan – London Irish prop
On his arrival at London Irish, Brian Smith insisted the Exiles had a gem on their hands and after a year...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Sam Davies – Ospreys fly-half
He’s the IRB Junior Player of the Year but Sam Davies is yet to make a league start for the Ospreys....
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Ellis – Bath lock
Tom Ellis has been hooked on rugby since the age of six but he took an unorthodox route to reaching his...
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Young Gun
/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Alex Lundberg – London Wasps prop
Alex Lundberg has completed a tricky conversion from back row forward to prop – his next challenge is an economic history...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Lewis Ludlow – Gloucester flanker
Lewis Ludlow is still a teenager but if he is to emulate his childhood idols the Gloucester flanker can expect to...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Howard Packman – Northampton full-back
It’s not always about what you know, but who you know – and in Howard Packman’s case it was his dad’s...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Charlie Ewels – Bath lock
Charlie Ewels has been nurtured by Bath and England since the age of 15 but there is only one man the...
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