{"id":649190,"date":"2026-06-20T16:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T16:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/649190\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T16:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T16:12:09","slug":"englands-most-capped-rugby-stars-reunite-at-holt-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/649190\/","title":{"rendered":"England&#8217;s most capped rugby stars reunite at Holt school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Norfolk-born Youngs, 36, who attended the private school near Holt, was appointed its head of performance sport in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He and Cole have hosted a podcast, For The Love of Rugby, since January 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 39-year-old will now support Youngs as part of the school&#8217;s Talented Athlete Development Programme, which aims to support pupils with technical coaching, strength and conditioning, and workshops in nutrition and psychology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As well as Ben, his brother Tom Youngs and their father Nick, the school also counts Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman and billionaire businessman Sir James Dyson among its alumni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">James Knight, director of sport at Gresham&#8217;s and former director of rugby at local club North Walsham RFC, added: &#8220;It is incredibly exciting to welcome Dan to Gresham&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;His outstanding achievement in rugby, combined with his dedication and expertise, will make a significant contribution to our sporting programmes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Do you have a story suggestion for Norfolk? Contact us below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Norfolk-born Youngs, 36, who attended the private school near Holt, was appointed its head of performance sport in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-649190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}