16. Harlequins failed to offer Joe Launchbury a professional contract aged 18, so he left the club and joined then National League 2 South side Worthing.
17. Speedster Elliot Daly was a talented cricketer as a teenager, representing England Under-15s and Surrey at various age-group levels. He was an all-rounder, with fast bowling his forte, and appeared good enough to possibly make the first-class county grade before he chose rugby union.
18. Prop Mako Vunipola started playing rugby in Wales, and played alongside brother Billy for New Panteg RFC.
19. Number 10 George Ford played for England Under 18s at just 15 years of age.
20. Harry Williams still drives a 1999 Nissan Micra. He studied English and sports science at Loughborough University – and scraped a 2:1 by 0.1 per cent! Was part of the same Whitgift Daily Mail Cup-winning side as Elliot Daly and Marland Yarde.
