By Sam Jackson

Hard-hitting: Racing 92 lock Junior Kpoku

Junior Kpoku, ineligible for Steve Borthwick’s England team while playing for Racing 92, says the prospect of representing France is unlikely.
The powerful second row, 19, was a key part of England’s U20 World Cup win in the summer, and has taken that form into the Top 14 this season starting eight of 11 league games for Stuart Lancaster’s Racing 92.

Boss: Stuart Lancaster
To play for Les Bleus, Kpoku – who joined Racing aged 18 from Exeter to be closer to his unwell father – would need to have been registered with a French club f...