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Watch - Racing 92's Henry Arundell finishes off 65m counter-attacking try
By Philip Bendon
Arguably, the most highly touted talent in English Rugby, Henry Arundell, has already collected a highlight reel worthy of a full career.
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The 21-year-old back-three star broke through for London Irish two seasons ago with his length-of-the-pitch try against Toulon grabbing headlines the world over.
Since then, Arundell has gone on to become an English international, with his five-try performance against Chile at the World Cup earning him a place in England’s 3rd place match with Argentina.
Whilst his performance that evening did set the world alight, it did prove that England head coach Steve Borthwick see’s a bright future for Arundell.
Now playing for French Top 14 powerhouse Racing 92 since London Irish’s heartbreaking demise. Arundell has gone to another level since his move to Paris.
Scoring a hattrick for the Parisians on his debut against Toulon, Arundell had social media abuzz with excitement.
A few weeks later and Arundell is at it again, this time against back-to-back European Champions La Rochelle.
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Ronan O’Gara’s side have had a rotten start to their season and currently languishes in 11th place whilst Racing top the table.
Thus it was little surprise that Racing took control of the clash in a rather dominant fashion.
Despite clearly being in the ascendancy, Racing struggled to get a crucial bonus point try.
That was of course until the final minutes when Arundell showed his athleticism to finish a remarkable try in the corner.
The score was so good that it had two-time Springbok Rugby World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi out of his seat.
Check it out!
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Henry Arundell continues to tear up trees in the Top 14.
It’ll be interesting to see how he fits into Borthwick’s plans for the Six Nations. pic.twitter.com/wxcwICTmR0
— Philip Bendon (@PBendon) November 27, 2023
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The weather was dreadful but the playing surface was great so there is no real excuse for such another poor standard of play from both sides. Dragons just the better team. But, what a shocking decision by the TMO not to award the Fifita try. This pretty much sums up Welsh rugby with poor teams and poor officials. The WRU have a lot of work to do and it needs to be done quickly to avoid rugby being lost to our future generations.
Go to commentsNo chance of Borthwick selecting any young talent. He announced his selection policy from the outset with naming a poor OF as Captain, retaining an equally poor Youngs and Vunipola brothers when there were many better EQP in the Premiership. SB revival of Leicester was based on SA muscle and a terrific Welsh flanker he has generally ignored young English talent.
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