{"id":784080,"date":"2026-09-27T08:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T08:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/784080\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T08:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T08:22:22","slug":"he-is-a-movement-hes-the-new-taylor-swift-of-his-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/784080\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He is a movement. He&#8217;s the new Taylor Swift of his generation&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>  Published: 13 hours ago | 26 September 2026 15:06 EDT  <br \/> Updated: 13 hours ago | 26 September 2026 15:08 EDT  <\/p>\n<p>mens<\/p>\n<p>gallagher-premiership<\/p>\n<p>    Henry Pollock of Northampton Saints shouts instructions during the Gallagher PREM 2026\/2027 match between Northampton Saints and Newcastle Red Bulls at DPD Stadium at Franklin\u2019s Gardens on September 25, 2026 in Northampton, England. (Photo by David Rogers\/Getty Images) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand\" src=\"https:\/\/eu-cdn.rugbypass.com\/images\/common-svg\/select-arrow.svg\" height=\"6\" width=\"11\"\/>      <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rugbypass.com%2F\" onclick=\"GATracking.sendDataLayerEvent(&#039;preferredsourcegoogle&#039;);\" aria-label=\"Google Prefered Source\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790497341_711_google_preferred_source_badge_light.png\" alt=\"Google Prefered Source\" width=\"141\" height=\"44\" class=\"google-source\"\/> <\/a>     <\/p>\n<p>David Flatman has described Henry Pollock as the \u201cnew Taylor Swift of his generation\u201d after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/northampton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northampton<\/a> Saints star ensured the hype surrounding him showed no sign of slowing on the opening weekend of the Gallagher PREM.<\/p>\n<p>Flatman made the comparison after Saints\u2019 59-26 victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/newcastle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle<\/a> Red Bulls, a match which saw Pollock make his 50th appearance for the club just days after signing a new contract at Franklin\u2019s Gardens.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old had already generated plenty of attention before a ball had been kicked, warming up in a scrum cap before removing it moments before kick-off to reveal a new set of cornrows. His recent link-up with promoter Eddie Hearn has also added another dimension to his rapidly growing profile.<\/p>\n<p>While Tommy Freeman and James Pater grabbed the tries with hat-tricks in Northampton\u2019s nine-try win, Pollock remained one of the major talking points afterwards, with Austin Healey suggesting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/england\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a> back-rower could help take rugby to an entirely new audience.<\/p>\n<p>Healey did, however, warn that Pollock must continue to back up the attention with his performances, particularly to retain the respect of more traditional supporters as the hysteria surrounding him continues to grow.<\/p>\n<p>Fixture<\/p>\n<p>Gallagher Premiership<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790497342_481_102.png.webp\"\/> <\/p>\n<p> Bristol <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790497342_923_109.png.webp\"\/> <\/p>\n<p> Northampton <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/live\/bristol-vs-northampton\/?g=952953\/\" class=\"link-box\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a movement. He\u2019s the new Taylor Swift of his generation,\u201d Flatman explained on TNT Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing Pollock\u2019s new agent, Healey continued: \u201cEddie Hearn is great at what he does, and he\u2019s taking rugby, through Pollock, to new eyeballs, which is what we need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat he\u2019s got to do, Pollock, is remember two things. Rugby is largely based on respect and the old guys that watch the game, that don\u2019t like this new movement, releasing hairstyles on matchdays and pink-coloured boots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can still ingratiate yourself to those guys by getting stuck in, week in, week out, which I think he does, and he does in spades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got lots of respect for the game. Just because he\u2019s of a new age, the social media age, he\u2019s arguably the biggest social media English player that we\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s going to get bigger and bigger, but he has to perform on the pitch, first and foremost.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 13 hours ago | 26 September 2026 15:06 EDT Updated: 13 hours ago | 26 September 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-784080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784080","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=784080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}