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Consistency key for high jumper Freddie Steward, after breakthrough year at Leicester Tigers

Former England U20 star Steward reflects on 2020, ending the year as Leicester’s nailed-on starter at full-back

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The Rugby Paper Team
23 December 2020

Leicester Tigers full-back Freddie Steward

RANGY Leicester fullback Freddie Steward has vowed not to be a ‘ten-game wonder’ as he fights to be the latest Norfolk-born star to excel for club and country.
Steward, 20, hails from the same Holt RFC stable as Ben and Tom Youngs and is riding a similar path to the top, having started all three of this season’s league games after featuring strongly at the back end of last season under new head coach Steve Borthwick.
Borthwick’s faith has not been misplaced, with former schoolboy cricketer Steward using his ‘cool customer’ prowess under the high ball to great effect as he aims to build on ...

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