CHARLIEATKINSON WASPS FLY-HALF
Charlie Atkinson’s first two Premiership games could hardly have been more different. After delighting in his Wasps debut against Sale in August, a follow-up appearance off the bench against Saracens a couple of weeks later had the makings of something special.
Going up against England captain Owen Farrell was the stuff of dreams for Atkinson, then 18 and fresh out of school, but one of the landmark moments of a fledgling career was destined to last just five minutes before Farrell was red-carded for laying the youngster out.
“It was ...