Brendan Gallagher

Brendan Gallagher: Henry Pollock showing us all he’s the real deal

Henry Pollock has silenced the doubters – and he’s only just getting started. Brendan Gallagher explains why England have a special talent on their hands.

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Brendan Gallagher
28 June 2026

Henry Pollock became the youngest player to be made the man of the match in a Prem final

The Henry Pollock haters are melting away quicker than a Cornetto in the noon day heat ..... as was always going to be the case the more and more the sceptics see him in action.

We here at The Rugby Paper have the advantage of having tracked him for four or five years now.
Indeed history will probably record that the last serious Pollock ‘pile on’ came on May 9 when Leicester Tigers went to work against a substandard Northampton Saints who had already secured a play-off pace and just for once took their foot off the accelerator.
They got walloped 41-17 and when “our Enry” came on midway throu...

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