The Daily Mail's Rob Wildman looks at Chris Robshaw's school days.
"From a teenage prop to the first England captain under interim coach Stuart Lancaster. That’s the story of Chris Robshaw’s rise through the ranks.
When Robshaw enrolled at Millfield School - the famous Somerset sporting institution - his strength and mobility stood out.
‘We did not have anyone else for prop,’ was Jonathan Brimacombe’s assessment of his new pupil aged 14.
‘He had a very good build for it, but as he was he was very mobile, he had as much an influence in the front row as he would have had if he had played in the back row. Chris did eventually gravitate to back row but prop is where he started.’"
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