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RISING STARS

1 CONNOR BOYLE

Age 19 (19 Feb 2000) Born Livingston Position Openside Club Watsonians Country Scotland

Where did it all start for you? I went to school at Stewart’s Melville in Edinburgh, then started playing for Watsonians.

I’m in the Edinburgh Academy now and I’m lucky to train with brilliant back-rows Monday to Friday. As an openside flanker, I’m not short on guys I can learn from. The problem is how do I get

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