Pre-season is not necessarily the time or place to be making big statements about promising young rugby players, but you don’t have to view the game through a particularly analytical lens to understand that 20-year-old Mason Grady has got a big future ahead of him.
He was one half of a young centre partnership alongside Max Llewellyn when Cardiff stepped up their preparations for the new season at Kingsholm on Friday night. It was a staccato performance from a mix-and-match side against a Gloucester side who were primed for the start of their new Premiership season next weekend.
The Cherry and Whites scored from four driving lineouts in the first half. The game was over at that point and spoke to the nature of it. There were errors and Cardiff were largely outmuscled.
