Another feather in the cap of OLs junior teams! Under 16 prop Gregg Swinburn was picked to play in the Welsh Exiles team.
The Welsh Rugby Union runs a team known as the Welsh Exiles where those of Welsh Ancestry can be picked to play on behalf of the Exiles team, and where talent scouts try and identify potential in younger players, with a view to bringing them back into mainstream rugby in Wales, potentially even representing Wales at international level. Previous Exiles have included Tom Shanklin, and Colin Charvis and Huw Bennett, well known names in International Rugby.
Gregg Swinburn (known in the team as "Sherli" due to his long red hair) registered his ancestry with the WRU and got a surprise invite to come and play for them in late February. He was unequivocally shocked by the invite and spent the two weeks in the run up doing a bit more physical training! He met up with about 9 new team members to the Exiles core, and ended playing the second half as loosehead, his normal position.
