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Christ Tshiunza

CUT ANOTHER angle and you’ll see a different side to Christ Tshiunza. Start off with his university studies. At Exeter uni, he studies sports science – makes sense – and business. That one? “I see it like a hobby because I’ve always wanted to get into the business world,” he says.

The adroit Exeter Chiefs back-five forward then catches the word ‘hobby’. For a start, he doesn’t quite know which aspect of the business world he’d wish to burst into, merely that he wants to make a big impact when he does decide. This is more like a driven young lad keeping his hand in on something that’s a little bit different.

Look at the 20-year-old’s journey from war-afflicted Kinshasa to Cardiff, and from university rugby to the Test scene, though, and it has all been about offering up something brilliantly different. In recent months, for example, he’s been tearing about for Chiefs

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