QR1: (q2) Felix Balshaw (FRA) WR 254 (CH = 246 last month) vs (qWC) Luca Pow WR 986 (CH = 838 last October)
A note on Leeds-born Felix Balshaw which I posted when he first popped up in a draw against a British player (Sharm el-Sheikh M15 qualies in February last year):
[He is] the son of the former England [& Bath] RU player, Iain, who was one of 19 England players who played during the win over Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup final in Sydney, coming on as a replacement in extra time. He moved to Biarritz in 2009 to play club rugby for Biarritz Olympique & that's where young Felix, who's 18 [now 20], grew up & obviously opted to take a leaf out of Evan Furness' book & play for his adopted homeland, though he'd have been not quite 3 when Iain made the move.
QR1: (q2) Felix Balshaw (FRA) WR 254 (CH = 246 last month) vs (qWC) Luca Pow WR 986 (CH = 838 last October)
A note on Leeds-born Felix Balshaw which I posted when he first popped up in a draw against a British player (Sharm el-Sheikh M15 qualies in February last year):
[He is] the son of the former England [& Bath] RU player, Iain, who was one of 19 England players who played during the win over Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup final in Sydney, coming on as a replacement in extra time. He moved to Biarritz in 2009 to play club rugby for Biarritz Olympique & that's where young Felix, who's 18 [now 20], grew up & obviously opted to take a leaf out of Evan Furness' book & play for his adopted homeland, though he'd have been not quite 3 when Iain made the move.
QR1: (q2) Felix Balshaw (FRA) WR 254 (CH = 246 last month) vs (qWC) Luca Pow WR 986 (CH = 838 last October)
A note on Leeds-born Felix Balshaw which I posted when he first popped up in a draw against a British player (Sharm el-Sheikh M15 qualies in February last year):
[He is] the son of the former England [& Bath] RU player, Iain, who was one of 19 England players who played during the win over Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup final in Sydney, coming on as a replacement in extra time. He moved to Biarritz in 2009 to play club rugby for Biarritz Olympique & that's where young Felix, who's 18 [now 20], grew up & obviously opted to take a leaf out of Evan Furness' book & play for his adopted homeland, though he'd have been not quite 3 when Iain made the move.
