{"id":245785,"date":"2025-10-28T06:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T06:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/245785\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T06:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T06:55:07","slug":"autumn-nations-series-henry-pollock-and-noah-caluori-among-five-young-england-x-factor-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/245785\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Nations Series: Henry Pollock and Noah Caluori among five young England X-factor stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Prem start was enough for the teenage sensation to gain a spot in Borthwick’s squad.<\/p>\n

Five tries against Sale Sharks<\/a> on his first Prem start was as big of an impact as you can hope to make.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old Saracens wing is a potential new star of English rugby and was immediately brought into the England training camp as a development player.<\/p>\n

He clearly impressed and was picked ahead of in-form Leicester Tiger Adam Radwan in the final squad<\/a> for the four Tests.<\/p>\n

Caluori’s point of difference – his ability in the air – has earned him rave reviews from players and pundits.<\/p>\n

The way 6ft 4in Caluori can hang high and take a ball over his head could prove a powerful weapon on the biggest stage, but he also has pace and power in abundance, twice leaving George Ford flailing at thin air as he motored past him.<\/p>\n

“His raw athleticism is unreal,” former England wing Ugo Monye told BBC’s Rugby Union Weekly.<\/a><\/p>\n

“The law changes with escorting has removed the protection for the catcher, so we are now seeing the most proficient and athletic guys in the air, which is being celebrated.”<\/p>\n

Borthwick has two years until the World Cup and it is clear he wants to fast-track Caluori’s development.<\/p>\n

England’s opposition this autumn – Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Argentina – are all teams who made the quarter-finals of the last World Cup.<\/p>\n

The easiest fixture on paper is against Fiji on 8 November, but could Caluori be set for more than just a brief run-out this autumn?<\/p>\n

“I know we’ve got good wingers and Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Tommy Freeman will probably start, but he [Caluori] is not too far away,” former England wing Chris Ashton added.<\/p>\n

“It would not be an issue if he did play as he has been that good. Every bit of his game is worthy of a cap.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Prem start was enough for the teenage sensation to gain a spot in Borthwick’s squad. Five tries…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-245785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}