Rising stars

Pictures RFU COLLECTION VIA JMP UK & EURFC ...

A round-up from around the grounds on who tasted success through the English rugby pyramid

THE FORMER LIONS FULL-BACK IS ENJOYING THE TRANSITION FROM PLAYER TO PUNDIT

The rise of Union Saint-Gilloise from the second tier to Belgian champions has been one of European football’s most remarkable stories of recent years, and their English centre-back has been at the heart of it

Several players born and bred overseas are now Lions. What does it mean to them to wear red?

It’s been a tortuous route to the top for the Wallaby flanker, who now has the British & Irish Lions in his sights…