CAPE TOWN :The under-20 World Cup in South Africa is shining a spotlight on the best young talent on the planet, including the sons of former Rugby World Cup winners and several others hoping to follow 'the old man' into test rugby.England scrumhalf Charlie Bracken's dad Kyran won the 2003 World Cup and also
CAPE TOWN :The under-20 World Cup in South Africa is shining a spotlight on the best young talent on the planet, including the sons of former Rugby World Cup winners and several others hoping to follow 'the old man' into test rugby.
"My dad was my main rugby hero growing up," Charlie told reporters previously."I think I’m over critical of myself and he was when he was playing as well. He was a bit of a perfectionist so he kind of brings me back to reality." Junior Wallabies captain Teddy Wilson was not born when his dad David won the World Cup in 1999 playing as a flank, the pinnacle of a career in which he won 79 caps and skippered the team for a couple of years.
"It’s great to have someone like him who’s experienced all this stuff so I can lean on him when I need to."
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