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Young Gun: Oskar Hirskyj-Douglas – Wasps back row

20 February 2015 1 comment

Oskar Hirskyj-Douglas has been a standout performer for Henley this season but getting his professional debut for Wasps was his main goal. That dream came […]

Young Gun: Lovejoy Chawatama – London Scottish prop

13 February 2015 2 comments

Lovejoy Chawatama only moved to the front row two years ago but last Saturday he celebrated his fourth international cap in England Students’ 32-16 win […]

Young Gun: Jack Stanley – Exeter prop

6 February 2015 1 comment

Schoolboy Jack Stanley knew he was going to pack down alongside grown men when he made his debut for Taunton three weeks ago but he […]

Young Gun: Javiah Pohe – Leicester and Nottingham centre

30 January 2015 1 comment

Breaking into the Leicester Tigers first team is no easy feat so Javiah Pohe is biding his time playing for Nottingham in the Championship where […]

Young Gun: Curtis Langdon – St Paul’s & London Irish hooker

23 January 2015 0 comments

Curtis Langdon might only be 17 but he knows what he wants and that is to help St Paul’s become only the second school to […]

Young Gun: Lewis Ludlam – Northampton and Coventry flanker

16 January 2015 1 comment

It definitely did not seem like it at the time, but being released by Northampton at the age of 14 is the best thing that […]

Young Gun: Conor Dolan – Wellington and Wasps centre

13 January 2015 0 comments

Taking on the best schools in the country on a weekly basis is no mean feat but that is what Conor Dolan and Wellington College […]

Young Gun: Adam Hastings – Millfeld and Scotland U18s fly-half

19 December 2014 0 comments

Adam Hastings already has one of the most famous names in rugby but if that was not enough pressure on his young shoulders, he decided […]

Young Gun: Biyi Alo – Saracens prop

5 December 2014 1 comment

Going backwards to go forward. As contradictory as it sounds it has been the life of tighthead Biyi Alo since he joined Saracens this summer. […]

Young Gun: Piers O’Conor – Wasps full-back

28 November 2014 1 comment

Making an LV=Cup appearance for Wasps was the primary target of Piers O’Conor at the start of the season. But two months in and the […]

Young Gun: Simon Hammersley – Newcastle full-back

21 November 2014 0 comments

Simon Hammersley was supposed to be one of Dean Richards’ long-term projects yet, ten games into the season, the young full-back has already made seven […]

Young Gun: Alex Gallagher: Blackheath fly-half

14 November 2014 1 comment

Blackheath were the first English club to have a World Cup winner in their ranks with John Gallagher and, 20 years on, his son Alex […]

Young Gun: Drew Cheshire – Moseley wing

7 November 2014 1 comment

Drew Cheshire has been one of the most prolific try-scorers in the National Leagues for the past two seasons with 46 tries in 69 games […]

Young Gun: Max Northcote-Green – Bath back row

31 October 2014 0 comments

Max Northcote-Green faced a difficult choice in the summer of 2012 – push on with his rugby career or take a gap year to see […]

Young Gun: Dan Thomas – Gloucester flanker

24 October 2014 0 comments

Former Wales U20 captain Dan Thomas hopes to be involved in the LV=Cup with Gloucester in three weeks and, with an A-League hat-trick against Leicester […]

Young Gun: Jean-Baptisite Bruzulier – Worcester scrum-half

17 October 2014 0 comments

Jean-Baptiste Bruzulier gave himself a five-point birthday present on Monday leading Worcester to victory against Northampton in the A-League. The scrum-half even got on the […]

Young Gun: Auguy Slowik – Bristol full-back

10 October 2014 0 comments

Auguy Slowik is not the most famous name in Bristol’s glittering squad but with four tries in the space of seven days the full-back is […]

Young Gun: Josh Sharp – Loughborough Students fly-half

3 October 2014 1 comment

For the past three years, Josh Sharp had only one goal – to break into the Saracens first team and become a professional rugby player. […]

Young Gun: Beno Obano – Bath prop

26 September 2014 1 comment

Beno Obano was a superstar on the school circuit in 2013 when his rampaging runs for Dulwich were feared all over the country. Linked with […]

Young Gun: George Wacokecoke – Bath wing

19 September 2014 0 comments

As the biggest player on the field, it was hard to understand why rugby was not just about running through people and scoring tries but […]

Young Gun: Conor Murphy – London Irish scrum-half

12 September 2014 0 comments

Sunbury is hardly a small village deep in the Munster province but Conor Murphy could not be more Irish if he tried. The scrum-half was […]

Young Gun: Liam O’Neill – Nottingham winger

5 September 2014 2 comments

Liam O’Neill was keen to impress Martin Haag when he made his Nottingham debut last weekend and two tries at Welford Road should have done […]

Young Gun: Tom Bliss – Wasps and USA scrum-half

29 August 2014 2 comments

Tom Bliss is expected to make his Wasps debut today against London Welsh in a pre-season friendly at Adams Park. Joining the club’s academy this […]

Young Gun: Joe Marchant – Harlequins and England U18s centre

22 August 2014 2 comments

If Joe Marchant was not a rugby player he could have been in the latest Expendables movie as the action man. Aside from his obvious […]

Young Gun: Josh Skelcey – Northampton wing

15 August 2014 0 comments

Last season started how it was supposed to for Josh Skelcey: First team debut for Northampton against London Irish in the LV=Cup, beating the Australian […]

Young Gun: Dean Adamson – Bedford winger

8 August 2014 1 comment

If at first you don’t succeed try, try and try again. This could the title of Dean Adamson’s rugby career so far. With his time […]

Young Gun: Kieran Treadwell – Harlequins and England U18s second row

1 August 2014 1 comment

It is quite common to see young players with a cross-border heritage gain international caps with different countries, at different levels – but doing so […]

Young Gun: Jordan Onojaife – Saints Academy lock

25 July 2014 2 comments

When Jordan Onojaife sat down at home to watch England‘s opening game at the Junior World Championship last month, little did he know he would […]

Young Gun: Jamal Ford-Robinson – Cornish Pirates prop

11 July 2014 0 comments

Taking opportunities can make or break a young player’s career so Jamal Ford-Robinson was keen to show what he could do when he turned up […]

Young Gun: Cameron Cowell – London Irish full-back

4 July 2014 1 comment

Cameron Cowell says scoring his debut try for England U18s was the highlight of his career so far, but with the full-back set to continue […]

Young Gun: Henry Taylor – Saracens & England U20s scrum-half

27 June 2014 0 comments

Of all the players out in New Zealand trying to defend England’s Junior World Championship crown, none of them are quite like Henry Taylor. For […]

Young Gun: Hayden Thompson-Stringer – Saracens back-row/lock

20 June 2014 1 comment

Hayden Thompson-Stringer, 19, a late addition to the JWC, admits he is one of England‘s lesser-known prospects. However, the rapid trajectory of fellow Saracens back […]

Young Gun – Tom Woolstencroft – Bath & England U20s hooker

13 June 2014 0 comments

England‘s problems at hooker in New Zealand are not just limited to the senior squad, the U20s have already called up reinforcements of their own […]

Young Gun: Steph Reynolds – Gloucester wing

6 June 2014 0 comments

There aren’t many silver linings from a lacklustre season at Gloucester but the emergence of pint-sized flyer Steph Reynolds is one. Reynolds, 20, one of […]

Young Gun: Alex Lozowski – Leeds full-back

30 May 2014 0 comments

Not many teenagers would choose exams over professional football, but as he prepares for life as a Premiership rugby player, Alex Lozowski’s tricky decision appears […]

Young Gun: Jack Dixon – Dragons and Wales U20s centre

23 May 2014 0 comments

If it wasn’t for an untimely foot injury, Jack Dixon, 19, could have been preparing for a trip to South Africa – as it is […]

Young Gun: Louis Grimoldby – Harlequins fly-half

16 May 2014 1 comment

English fly-halves with rugby league backgrounds are all the rage at present and in Louis Grimoldby, Harlequins look to have unearthed the next along the […]

Young Gun: Jack Cosgrove – Worcester and Scotland U20s prop

9 May 2014 0 comments

Jack Cosgrove is a prop with plenty of ambition and while Worcester might be on the verge of relegation from the Premiership, the loosehead insists […]

Young Gun: Lewis Boyce – Leeds and England U18s prop

2 May 2014 3 comments

Lewis Boyce wants to forge a career as a loosehead against the grizzled old warhorses in the Championship – so it’s a good thing he […]

Young Gun: Lucas Slowik – Bristol and England U18s centre

25 April 2014 1 comment

Bristol‘s Lucas Slowik is no stranger to setbacks but having already taken his place in the record books, the 18-year-old is becoming well versed in […]

Young Gun: Stanley South – Harlequins

18 April 2014 0 comments

The Harlequins Academy is fast becoming a conveyor belt of talent within the Premiership – and teenage lock Stanley South cannot wait to take his […]

Young Gun: Maro Itoje – Saracens lock

11 April 2014 1 comment

Until the U20s Six Nations, lock Maro Itoje, 19, didn’t list try-scoring among his strengths but after touchdowns in all five of England’s matches that’s […]

Young Gun: Seb Adeniran-Olule – Harlequins hooker

4 April 2014 0 comments

Young English props moving to hooker are all the rage and in Seb Adeniran-Olule, Harlequins hope they have unearthed yet another. The 18-year-old has been […]

Young Gun: Aaron Morris – Bedford full-back

28 March 2014 0 comments

The England U20s are traditionally packed with Premiership elite academy talent, but Aaron Morris takes great pride in being a Championship man. The Bedford Blues […]

Young Gun: Joel Matavesi – Exeter fly-half

21 March 2014 0 comments

Joel Matavesi doesn’t just want to emulate his two older brothers – the dream is to one day play alongside them. The youngest of three […]

Young Gun: Harry Mallinder – Northampton centre

14 March 2014 0 comments

With his dad in the top job, Franklin’s Gardens seems a logical place for Harry Mallinder’s prodigious talent. But given the 17-year-old’s pre-teen loyalties and […]

Young Gun: Mike Haley – Sale full-back

7 March 2014 0 comments

Mike Haley has played in every position in the backline during his young career but now the Sale Sharks tyro has finally nailed his colours […]

Young Gun: James Gibbons – Gloucester prop

28 February 2014 0 comments

A teenage U-turn resulted in Gloucester prop James Gibbons abandoning a fledgling football career, but it was mum’s encouragement that eased the transition to rugby. […]