Redshaw ready to lead from the front

By PAUL REES

Ben Redshaw trained with England during last year’s World Cup before he had made his Newcastle debut, already marked out as a player to watch.
Redshaw, who captained England Under-18s in last year’s Six Nations festival, was called up for a week ahead of England’s opening World Cup match against Argentina, part of head coach Steve Borthwick’s policy of giving emerging players a taste of what it took to become a Test player.
When Alex Codling took over as Newcastle’s director of rugby last summer, he very quickly identified Redshaw as one of the players he would be looking to ...

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