All posts tagged "Young Gun"
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: George Perkins – England U20s & Saracens wing
George Perkins used to be the fast kid running around people but he has had to find new tricks since joining...
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Maliq Holden – Hartpury College wing
Maliq Holden was heartbroken after being dropped for last year’s AASE League final but it might well be the best thing...
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Ellis Genge – England U20s and Bristol prop
It took three years for Ellis Genge to concede a move to prop from the back row would give him the...
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Rory Thornton – Wales U20s & Ospreys lock
As far as good weeks are concerned, the past seven days could not have gone much better for Rory Thornton. He...
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Oskar Hirskyj-Douglas – Wasps back row
Oskar Hirskyj-Douglas has been a standout performer for Henley this season but getting his professional debut for Wasps was his main...
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Lovejoy Chawatama – London Scottish prop
Lovejoy Chawatama only moved to the front row two years ago but last Saturday he celebrated his fourth international cap in...
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Jack Stanley – Exeter prop
Schoolboy Jack Stanley knew he was going to pack down alongside grown men when he made his debut for Taunton three...
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Javiah Pohe – Leicester and Nottingham centre
Breaking into the Leicester Tigers first team is no easy feat so Javiah Pohe is biding his time playing for Nottingham...
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Curtis Langdon – St Paul’s & London Irish hooker
Curtis Langdon might only be 17 but he knows what he wants and that is to help St Paul’s become only...
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Lewis Ludlam – Northampton and Coventry flanker
It definitely did not seem like it at the time, but being released by Northampton at the age of 14 is...
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Conor Dolan – Wellington and Wasps centre
Taking on the best schools in the country on a weekly basis is no mean feat but that is what Conor...
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Adam Hastings – Millfeld and Scotland U18s fly-half
Adam Hastings already has one of the most famous names in rugby but if that was not enough pressure on his...
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Biyi Alo – Saracens prop
Going backwards to go forward. As contradictory as it sounds it has been the life of tighthead Biyi Alo since he...
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/ 10 years agoYoung Gun: Piers O’Conor – Wasps full-back
Making an LV=Cup appearance for Wasps was the primary target of Piers O’Conor at the start of the season. But two...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Simon Hammersley – Newcastle full-back
Simon Hammersley was supposed to be one of Dean Richards’ long-term projects yet, ten games into the season, the young full-back...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Alex Gallagher: Blackheath fly-half
Blackheath were the first English club to have a World Cup winner in their ranks with John Gallagher and, 20 years...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Drew Cheshire – Moseley wing
Drew Cheshire has been one of the most prolific try-scorers in the National Leagues for the past two seasons with 46...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Max Northcote-Green – Bath back row
Max Northcote-Green faced a difficult choice in the summer of 2012 – push on with his rugby career or take a...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Dan Thomas – Gloucester flanker
Former Wales U20 captain Dan Thomas hopes to be involved in the LV=Cup with Gloucester in three weeks and, with an...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Jean-Baptisite Bruzulier – Worcester scrum-half
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...
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/ 11 years agoYoung Gun: Auguy Slowik – Bristol full-back
Auguy Slowik is not the most famous name in Bristol‘s glittering squad but with four tries in the space of seven...
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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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