Young Guns: Harlequins centre/wing Ben Waghorn

By BEN JAYCOCK

Ben Waghorn could have become a rugby league player rather than playing the 15-a-side game but the Harlequins and England U20s centre, who is fairly fresh to the top level, is confident he made the right choice.
Despite growing up in south London, the 19-year-old played both codes as a youngster and for 10 years travelled almost an hour with his father to play for rugby league club, Elmridge Eagles.
Having been a part of the London Broncos academy it looked like Waghorn was set to play league until Harlequins came knocking while he was in sixth form.
“I actually grew up pref...

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