From Ireland playmaker Joey Carbery to England centre Joe Marchant, RUCK takes a look at the five players who The Guardian expected to take the game by storm back in 2017 and sees how they are getting on now.
#1. Joey Carbery
They said: “It took him three minutes on his first full appearance for Leinster in September to announce himself, receiving the ball on his own 10-metre line against Treviso and confounding three defenders to score the first of two tries. Ireland have a succession plan for Sexton.”
Where is he now? Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. An established member of the Ireland (35 caps) and Leinster squads, however, remains behind 37-year-old Sexton in the pecking order.
