EVERYONE REMEMBERS their first day at big school. The nerves, the brand-new uniform and, quite literally, looking up to the older kids who run the show in the playground.
And joining a Premiership side’s senior academy is a largely similar experience for the hundreds of young men dipping their toes into the big time every year.
Rubbing shoulders with England heroes they have long dreamed about emulating is bound to be at least slightly intimidating, even for the most cocksure of talented rugby-playing teenagers. But it’s something they have to take into their stride at this stage of their careers.
“On the first day I was
