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BBC News
11-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Argentina Tests can be making of young England
Ben Curry says this summer's tour to Argentina can be the making of a generation of England 18-year-old Curry went on England's last trip to the country in a back injury contributed to him having to wait another four years for his first Test cap, he says the atmosphere around England's two Test victories had a lasting effect on him."I remember Argentina in 2017, there was barb wire around the stadium, a moat," the flanker told Radio 5 Live. "It was a completely different atmosphere to anything I had ever seen. "Especially for some of the younger players who haven't done it before, it makes you grow up." As in 2017, this year's away series against the Pumas coincides with a British and Irish Lions tour, opening up opportunities for younger players to stake their claim to senior England prop Afolabi Fasogbon, part of the England under-20 side who won their age-grade world title last summer, was included in a four-day training camp this week before squad selection on Monday, 23 are a place above England in the world rankings and have beaten France, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia on their home turf over the past 12 will take on the Pumas in the 35,000-capacity Estadio Uno in Buenos Aires – the home of top-flight football side Estudiantes - on 5 July before travelling to San Juan and an altitude of about 1,500m above sea level for the second and final match of the series seven days later. Curry, who turns 27 on Sunday and has captained club side Sale this season, says he expects to have more of a leadership role than he did eight years ago."I am no longer the most nervous person in the room which is quite nice!" he joked."It has come round full circle. I am not that old, but in terms of this group I will probably have to step up a bit with us missing a few people."There is definitely enough here to hold the fort down. Whatever the team requires I will do." 'I need to find my Leicester shirt' Bath and Leicester's players have missed this week's training camp as they prepare for Saturday's Premiership is in no doubt which set of absent team-mates he is backing."I need to find my Leicester shirt," he said."I'd love Leicester to win it. I think anyone who's not a Bath fan will want Leicester to win it to be honest."Everyone loves an underdog don't they? Up the Tigers!"
BBC News
04-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Prop Fasogbon signs new Gloucester contract
Gloucester tighthead prop Afolabi Fasogbon has signed a new contract at 20, enjoyed an eye-catching debut Premiership season which included 12 starts in the league for fifth-placed Gloucester."When I had the chance to sign for Gloucester after leaving London Irish, I knew it was the best place for me to develop my game," Fasogbon told the Cherry and Whites' website."This season has been so enjoyable. I'm just trying to learn from every moment, good or bad and keep adding to my game."The length of Fasogbon's contract extension has not been revealed but Gloucester say it will keep him at Kingsholm "for the 2025-26 season and beyond."Fasogbon's emergence this season led to him being nominated for Breakthrough Player of the Season at the Rugby Awards, an award won by Northampton Saints flanker Henry Pollock."When we signed Afo we were excited about his potential, but we were careful not to throw him in too early," Gloucester director of rugby George Skivington added."I think you're seeing the benefits of that this season. He's been excellent considering he's still only a young man, particularly for a prop. "But he's still got a long way to go and a lot of potential to unlock."
BBC News
20-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Fit-again Feyi-Waboso named in England training camp
Exeter and England wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso's prospects of playing Test rugby this summer increased after the 22-year-old was selected for a two-day England training camp this has not played since dislocating his shoulder in December, with his comeback delayed by a setback suffered at an England camp in centre Seb Atkinson, Leicester back row Emeke Ilione and Sale midfielder Rekeiti Ma'asi-White are also included in a 33-strong group that does not include either British and Irish Lions, or players from Northampton and Bath, who are preparing for European finals this 20-year-old prop Afolabi Fasogbon, who was ruled out of Six Nations contention with an ankle injury, is named, along with the likes of Jamie George, George Ford and Ben Curry, who missed out on Lions selection earlier this month. England training squad Forwards:Joe Batley (Bristol Bears), Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Richard Capstick (Exeter Chiefs), Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby), Ben Curry (Sale Sharks), Theo Dan (Saracens), Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins), Afolabi Fasogbon (Gloucester Rugby), Jamie George (Saracens), Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers), Emeka Ilione (Leicester Tigers), Nick Isiekwe (Saracens), Jack Kenningham (Harlequins), Gabriel Oghre (Bristol Bears), Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Shark), Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks), Tom Willis (Saracens)Backs:Charlie Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby), Seb Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby), Oscar Beard (Harlequins), Joe Carpenter (Sale Sharks), Tobias Elliott (Saracens), Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs), George Ford (Sale Sharks), Rekeiti Ma'asi-White (Sale Sharks), Cadan Murley (Harlequins), Luke Northmore (Harlequins), Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks), Harry Randall (Bristol Bears), Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers), Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers) Feyi-Waboso had a breakout campaign last season, scoring his first international try off the bench in Six Nations defeat by Scotland, before crossing in all three matches on England's summer tour of Japan and New Zealand. His top-end pace brings an extra dimension to England's attack and was sorely missed despite the team finishing second in this year's Six and England publicly disagreed over how his injury treated, with the recently-signed Professional Game Partnership giving England a greater say in the conditioning and rehabilitation of their centrally contracted head coach Rob Baxter indicated earlier this month that Feyi-Waboso could get a run-out in the Chiefs' final game of the season against Sale on 31 British and Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell suggested that he would supplement his initial 38-man selection for the tour of Australia with later call-ups for those who need a chance to prove their will play Argentina in Buenos Aires and San Juan on 5 July and 12 July respectively before a one-off Test against the United States on 19 July in will play an uncapped warm-up match against a France XV on 21 June at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham.
