Elliot Daly facts | 10 things you didn’t know about the speedster

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Monday, 20 July 2020 at 14:16
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Here is a list of the 10 Elliot Daly facts you didn’t know about England back. He’s quite the character on and off the field!

1. Starting out

Daly played his early rugby at Beckenham from age five before moving to Dorking in 2006, where he spent three years. He was educated at Cumnor House School and Whitgift School, after which he joined Wasps' Elite Player Development Squad.

2. Played for and against the Lions

Daly is just the second ever man to play for and against the Lions after facing them for the Barbarians four years previous.

3. England debut

He celebrated his first senior start for his country with a monster left-footed penalty against South Africa in November 2016 and the following week had his maiden Test try against Fiji. He is the master of monster kicks.

4. Multi-sport athlete

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. He's also a big cricket fan

5. Partner

The fullback met his gorgeous girlfriend when he was still at school. The pair met at the £18,618-a-year Whitgift School for boys in Croydon, south London, where Daly, 28, was a pupil and she worked as a sports events organiser – although they were both 18 at the time.

6. Nickname

He got his nickname, Briefcaser, after the back turned up at his first Wasps training session in his Whitgift school uniform and carrying you know what!
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7. The best kick ever

t Daly's kick into touch ends up landing in a bin 50 metres away.

8. Puppy love

His best mate Winston has his own Instagram profile, boasting over 11,000 followers.

9. Hidden talents

"I can juggle pretty well. My brother taught me and it’s one of those skills you don’t forget. I can’t juggle more than three balls but I think I could juggle three rugby balls."

10. His celebrity hero

"Will Ferrell. I’m a big fan. I’ve seen all his films about five times! Anchorman is probably my favourite. My other dream dinner guests would be Brian O’Driscoll because he’s a childhood hero – I met him after the Leinster game, and Beyoncé."
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