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“Zinzan’s son” – 5 Standout Ireland U20s Players At The Six Nations Summer Series

#4. Iwan Stephens

  • Age: 20
  • Club: Newcastle Falcons
  • Position: Winger

Stephens crossed codes to join the Falcons’ senior academy in the summer of 2020, signing from Super League side Leeds Rhinos, and was promoted into the first-team squad in the summer of 2022. 

The jinking winger burst onto the Premiership scene with a try on his debut at home to Harlequins in September 2021, going on to score in his next game away to Bath.

A serious knee injury curtailed his involvement in the remainder of the 2021-22 campaign, but he made his England Under-20s debut in Spring 2021, going on to represent them again that summer in the U20s Summer Series in Italy

DID YOU KNOW? Rugby union runs in the Stephens family with Iwan’s father Colin being a former Welsh international fly-half who famously kicked Llanelli to victory over then world champions Australia back in 1992

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