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Getting to know: England U20s scrum-half Ollie Allan

Ollie Allan scores for England in their World Rugby U20 Championship semi-final win over Ireland (Photo by Carl Fourie/World Rugby)

It’s been quite the adventure in South Africa for England, the reigning Six Nations champions emerging from a series of adverse in-game situations to reach this Friday’s World Rugby U20 Championship final versus France.

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Ollie Allan wasn’t available to head coach Mark Mapletoft during the European spring. Instead, he was hamstrung and watched the title-clinching victory over the French in Pau from his university digs in Loughborough.

With that pesky leg ailment since healed, Allan has returned to the England squad and been a key component in what has been achieved so far in the Cape Town winter.

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Only the scrum-half and skipper Finn Carnduff, his Leicester clubmate, have started all four games against Argentina, Fiji, South Africa and Ireland, a run of selection vindicated by the snazzy fashion he ran in his first-half try against the Irish last Sunday at the DHL Stadium.

Preparing for an age-grade World Cup final is very different compared to what Allan was doing at this exact time a year ago. London Irish had just folded and he was scratching around to see what alternative might materialise. It eventually turned out to be Tigers.

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Ahead of the World Cup final, he took a post-lunchtime break from his England preparations to tackle the RugbyPass Q&A, a quickfire 36-question, five-section session where his answers included Ben Youngs, Patrick O’Grady and Bawo:

THE BASICS
Born: February 4, 2004;
Joined England age-grade: First game was at Millfield U18s against Italy;
Club: Leicester;
Height: 6ft;
Weight: 89kg;
Position: Scrum-half;
Boots: Adidas RS15 (Nike Tiempo in recent games);
Gumshield: I’ve a retainer one;
Headgear: No;
School: St John’s in Marlborough.

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RATE YOURSELF (out of 100)
Pace: 92, I back myself;
Passing: 90;
Tackling: 82.

THE PAST
My favourite England player of all time is… I would say Ben Youngs is definitely up there;

Favourite try I have ever scored is… Probably against DMP for Rams when I was on loan last year. It was halfway, a little snipe and then gassed it to the line;

A rugby memory that makes me smile is… Playing for Hungerford, my local grassroots team seniors. Getting a run out there was quite fun a couple of years ago;

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The moment I realised I could make it is… I’d say when I transitioned to scrum-half. That was at London Irish. My coach Patrick O’Grady transitioned me to scrum-half. I sort of started getting more trust from the coaches and felt I was progressing more quickly;

One piece of advice I would give to my younger self is… Trust the process;

My best subject in school was… God, this is bad; PE. I used to do history. I wasn’t very good but I enjoyed it;

The first player who made me fall in love with rugby is… That’s a good question. I don’t really know. I’d say probably watching (Manu) Tuilagi;

Growing up, my position was… I was 10, 15 at Irish before moving to scrum-half. At my Hungerford club I started at 10, then went to centre, back to 10 and then to nine;

The coach who has most impacted my game is… My dad and I would say Patrick O’Grady as well.

THE PRESENT
My best attributes on the field are… My kicking, speed of pass, physicality;

One thing I’m doing to improve my education is… I’m at Loughborough, sports science;

My favourite current England player is… Ben Earl;

My favourite YouTuber is… Beta Squad;

My hardest working teammate is… Finn (Carnduff), the captain;

My most skilful teammate is… I’d say Ben Redshaw is probably up there;

My favourite training drill is… 15-v-15;

My favourite music artist is… This changes every week. I do a lot of Bawo, quite a low key artist.

THE FUTURE
A player who could go all the way is… Asher (Opoku-Fordjour);

If I could play with anyone, I would like to play with… Anybody? I guess Dan Carter. It would be nice to be paired with him;

I will be happy with my career if I… Continue to make my family proud, if my future kids see me as a role model, someone to look up to;

One thing I want to add to my game is… My sort of, what’s the word, attacking threat around the breakdown;

If I could play in any other country, I would play in… I’d love to play in France;

One person I want to meet is… Anyone in the world? I haven’t really thought about that. Chris Hemsworth;

One trophy I would love to win is… The World Cup.

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