■ By NEALE HARVEY
ENGLAND U18s coach Jon Fisher insists modern day academy players are set up for success and that tired old clichés about ‘gym monkeys’ no longer apply.
Fisher, once a teenage starlet himself with London Irish and England before injuries hampered his career, believes the Red Rose U18s squad that departs for a three-match tour of South Africa today contains the best prepared players ever.
Fisher, 30, who now coaches at London Irish, said: “Today’s Premiership academy system is unrecognisable from the experience I had.
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