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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Gallan

Jack van Poortvliet: ‘There are things I can learn from Youngs and Care’

Jack van Poortvliet at England training in Verona
Jack van Poortvliet, at England training in Verona, says being demanding on the field ‘comes naturally to me’. Photograph: Dan Mullan/The RFU Collection/Getty Images

Jack van Poortvliet calls himself a “student of the game” and England’s 22-year-old scrum-half has no trouble recalling a couple of standout moments involving two of his colleagues.

The first is Ben Youngs’s 66th-minute try against Argentina that saw England nudge ahead in a 2011 World Cup group game. The second is Danny Care’s solo score against France in 2016 that helped secure a Six Nations grand slam win in Paris.

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