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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Duncan Bech

I was a bit too bulked up – Ollie Sleightholme thriving after dropping muscle

PA Wire

Ollie Sleightholme is operating at his ideal playing weight after discovering the bulking up programme that turned his Northampton team-mates into Gallagher Premiership champions took the edge off his own game.

Sleightholme is aiming to win his first England cap on the upcoming tour to Japan and New Zealand to cap a stellar season that produced a domestic title and the personal triumph of emerging as the league’s top try-scorer.

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