When did you start playing rugby? I went to my local club, Tumble, when I was six or seven. I was there through the age grades and got picked up…
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Hotshot: Leinster fly-half Joey Carbery
You were born in New Zealand. Did you start your rugby there? Yes, at my school St Joseph’s in Dargaville. My dad and grandad were keen to get a rugby…
Hotshot: Saracens prop Billy Walker
Tell us about your rugby background… My dad and older brothers played so I wanted to as well and I started when I was about five at Chelmsford rugby club.…
Hotshot: Edinburgh/London Scottish scrum-half Hugh Fraser
When did you first play rugby? At Teddington aged six. My dad was a big rugby fan and I was rugby mad as a child. What happened next? I stayed…
Hotshot: Yorkshire Carnegie flanker Josh Bainbridge
So Josh, when did you start rugby? I joined Guisborough from U10s because a lot of friends played and my grandad used to play. I had a season at U15s…
Hotshot: Ospreys centre Owen Watkin
When did you take up rugby, Owen? When I was four, with Tondu. I stayed with them for a few years, then moved on to Bryncethin when I was 15.…
Hotshot: Lichfield fly-half Holly Aitchison
How did you get into rugby? My dad Ian took me to Waterloo when I was five because he was DoR there. I played for Waterloo, with the boys, until…
Hotshot: Connacht prop Conan O’Donnell
How did you get into rugby? My first sport was Gaelic football, which I started when I was three or four, with St Mary’s. I played until U18s and we…
Hotshot: Scarlets centre Ioan Nicholas
How did you get into rugby? My father, Adrian, was a wing at Pontyberem and when I wanted to start playing with my friends he coached our team all the…
Hotshot: Ulster full-back Jacob Stockdale
Tell us about your rugby background… My dad and grandad played and I started when I was about six at Ballynahinch. Then I played schools rugby at Wallace High in…