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RISING STARS

1 LOUIS LYNAGH

Age 19 (3 Dec 2000) Born Treviso, Italy Position Full-back Club Harlequins Country England

Where did you start playing? Richmond on Sundays, aged four. My mum’s Italian and I was born in Treviso but we moved over here when I was four. My dad (Michael Lynagh) tells a funny story about getting a call from Jason Leonard after my first session because me and his son had got in a fight at training!

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