The Cockney kid who's ended up playing for Wales after a phone call from Mike Ruddock

There’s a new accent in the Wales U20s squad this season.

We can’t be sure that Freddie Chapman’s favourite dishes involve jellied eels and pie and mash and it’s still not clear if he’s managed to get his head around Chas and Dave.

But the Ospreys forward is a fully fledged Essex boy who is on the bench for Byron Hayward’s team when they face France in the U20 Six Nations clash in Oyonnax.