Oliver Haig speaks with a distinctly South English accent, so unique that he could have confused the All Blacks lineout calls at Twickenham this weekend.
The top 50 prospects under 23 years of age currently plying their trade in New Zealand features three capped All Blacks already.
New signing Billy Burns is set to make his Munster debut against Bath later today in a pre-season friendly at The Rec.
Ireland went into last year’s World Rugby U20 Championship with very high hopes after clinching their second successive Six Nations age-grade Grand Slam and they lived up to that hype in the pool stages, following a high-scoring opening round draw with England in Paarl with victories over Australia and Fiji.
Ireland have made four changes to their starting XV for Thursday’s second pool match at the Junior World Championship.
How boyhood Harlequins fan Jack Kenningham rose from obscurity to live his dream as a Premiership champion and England squad member.
The Crusaders have resumed training this week following the bye, and head coach Scott Robertson has named his side to host the Reds in Christchurch on Friday night.
All Blacks midfielder Jack Goodhue headlines a trio of re-signings made by the Crusaders as the reigning back-to-back champions look to offset the losses of six All Blacks.