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RISING STARS

1 ALEX COLES

Age 21 (21 Sept 1999)

Born Cambridge

Club Northampton

Position Second-row

Country England

When did you first play rugby? I was about ten. I started at Newmarket. My dad played when he was younger whereas I’d always played football and cricket, so he said I should try rugby.

It took me a bit of time. I was always one of the taller people in my year and when that started to be advantageous in rugby, when I was around 13,

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