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THE revelation that Quins 18-year-old Marcus Smith trained with England one afternoon at the end of last season after taking an A-level exam that morning prompts the question: Who was the last schoolboy to earn selection in an England squad?
For that we have to go back to 1996 and Paul Sampson, left, who was called into the full England squad by Jack Rowell for training while still a student at Woodhouse Grove in Bradford.
That was the year Sampson won the England Schools 100m final in 10.48secs, beating Dwain Chambers in the process, while he had starred in a memorable 30-3 win over the ...

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