ONE of the more exotic recent Oundle graduates is strapping lock Josh Peters – 6ft 7in and an athletic 17 stone – who was dual qualified for England and Spain before opting for the later.
Peters' family moved to Marbella when he was two and he started his lifelong association with the club there while playing as a mini before graduating to their youth sides where they won four national age group titles. As a result of that he played for both Spain U17 in their annual game against Portugal, and Spain U18 in the Rugby Europe tournament.
Running parallel to that was his age group career in England after becoming a pupil at Oundle aged 12. Peters was an outstanding age group international and featured for England U18 in their Six Nations tournament and on tour in South Africa, with those performances resulting in an Academy contract with Northampton.
Peters couldn't break into the Saints First XV and after loan spells with Coventry and Cambridge joined Blackheath at which point he made the decision to commit himself internationally to Spain.
To date he has made nine Test match appearances and had just established himself as a first choice lock when Covid struck. Meanwhile, after a spell in France playing with Dijon, he has recently moved back to England to play with Doncaster Knights.
