English rugby's rising star who overcame childhood arthritis

English rugby's rising star who overcame childhood arthritis

Picture the scene: as an England training session winds down, less than a fortnight before their autumn series starts with a Twickenham firecracker against Australia, three back-rowers remain on the field, conversing on turnovers, comparing angles of attack and how to get in and out and away. Two of them are youngsters in Guy Pepper and Emeka Ilione – the other is an older hand in Sam Underhill. “You get yourself in those positions because you’r…