All posts tagged "Young Gun"
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Young Gun
/ 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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Young Gun
/ 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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Young Gun
/ 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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Young Gun
/ 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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Young Gun
/ 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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Young Gun
/ 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
/ 12 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
/ 12 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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Young Gun
/ 12 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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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Cameron Neild – Sale hooker
Cameron Neild is rising through the ranks at Sale Sharks and is part of this year’s England U20s setup, but he...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun – Jonny Hill – Gloucester lock
When his college application fell apart Jonny Hill was forced into an unexpected gap year – but it proved a vital...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Sam Stuart – Harlequins scrum-half
After three anterior cruciate ligament injuries in as many years Sam Stuart is finally ready to start repaying the faith Harlequins...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: George Catchpole – Leicester back
North Walsham is a famed breeding ground for Leicester Tigers but it was two of their Lions that inspired centre George...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Chapman – Worcester wing/scrum-half
Tom Chapman is only 19 but the speedster has already been on the books of Saracens, Bath and Blackheath. But after...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Ed Hoadley – London Irish scrum-half
There are not many better places to learn your trade as a scrum-half than at London Irish and Ed Hoadley does...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Howe – Wasps and England U18 wing
Wasps wingers are all the rage and their depth of talent doesn’t stop at Christian Wade and Tom Varndell – just...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Josh Peters – Northampton lock
It’s a country renowned for tiki-taka rather than rucks and mauls but after honing his skills with the oval ball in...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Fowlie – London Irish centre
England‘s new elite squad may have a glaring dearth of outside centres, but thanks to London Irish‘s Tom Fowlie, the future...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Scott Steele – Leicester scrum-half
It’s never easy to make your breakthrough at Leicester Tigers – just ask Billy Twelvetrees – but in Ben Youngs, scrum-half...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Will Bigley – London Wasps prop
He may not be a Wasps regular just yet, but with the tutorage of a former All Black captain 21-year-old Will...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Zach Kibirige – Newcastle winger
The Newcastle production line appears to have hit the buffers in recent years but with the Falcons ready to unleash flyer...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Dunn – Bath hooker
Tom Dunn rose so rapidly through the Bath ranks last season he had a parody Twitter account set up in his...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Harry Wells – England U20s lock
He may just have a watching brief during today’s JWC final but England U20s and Leicester lock Harry Wells believes that patience...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Owen Jenkins, Wales U20s winger
The son of former Wales hooker Garin Jenkins and part of the Welsh U20s squad at the Junior World Championships –...
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20 Questions
/ 12 years ago20 Questions: Nathan Morris – England U20s & Wasps hooker
Enjoying the England U20s experience? Brilliant! We’ve got a great ethos and really good squad spirit. It’s more like being with...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Ellis Jenkins – Cardiff Blues flanker
A Cardiff Blues flanker proudly leading his country into battle – well, Sam Warburton might have missed the Lions‘ opener against...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Jonah Holmes – Wasps and Henley full-back
Jonah Holmes made the bold call to switch from the back of rucks to the last line of defence at the...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Smallbone – London Irish prop
London Irish prop Tom Smallbone has been doing more than his fair share of homework this season and hopes it will...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: James Chisholm – Harlequins back row
A week after Alex Gray told The Rugby Paper that he could make the move from No.8 into the centres, another...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Sean Kennedy – Edinburgh scrum-half
Not many can lay claim to beating Ulster twice in successive matches this season – but then Edinburgh scrum-half Sean Kennedy...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Nick Tompkins – Saracens centre
As a converted flanker it’s little surprise that Nick Tompkins’ kicking game remains a work in progress – but in England...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Stuart Townsend – Exeter and England U18 scrum-half
Stuart Townsend’s choice of scrum-half idol tells you everything you need to know about his style of play. The 17-year-old readily...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Mark Bennet – Glasgow centre
Mark Bennett was so highly-rated coming through the ranks at Glasgow that French giants Clermont Auvergne brought him to the Stade...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Will Graulich – Gloucester lock
As the latest Gloucester lock to serve his apprenticeship at Hartpury, Will Graulich is certainly in good company – and the...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: George McGuigan – Ireland U20 hooker
This year’s Six Nations has been a frustrating one for Ireland U20s but for Newcastle hooker George McGuigan the most important...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi – Northampton prop
Being picked to start for England U20s on home soil at Franklin’s Gardens against Italy – Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi admits he could...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Owen Williams – Scalets fly-half
Man of the match on your senior league debut is what every youngster dreams of but after following it up with...
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Young Gun
/ 12 years agoYoung Gun: Tom Collins – Northampton centre
Northampton youngster Tom Collins was very nearly a Cobbler rather than a Saint but the centre insists he has no regrets...
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