NO Junior World Cup this year, or last, and therefore no junior world player of the year for either season but I wonder if in normal times young Leicester scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet might have received that prestigious award for 2021.
The young Tiger impressed massively when he got his chances with Leicester and this week capped a fine season by winning the inaugural U20 Six Nations player of the tournament.
In a pretty competitive quick-fire tournament in Cardiff, Poortvliet skippered England to a Grand Slam, starting all five games and impressing all-comers. The award itself was vot...