England centre Paolo Odogwu sorts his future

The 23-year-old is Wasps’ leading try scorer this season, with six tries in just eight games so far this term.

The rapid winger come outside centre has been in scintillating form recently, claiming man-of-the-match in the high-scoring win over Bath Rugby.

That form saw Odogwu named in the England Squad for the Guinness Six Nations.

Speaking about the contract extension, Odogwu said: “I’m really happy to have extended my time at Wasps.

“I’m having a great time playing in this team at the moment and I’ve felt at home ever since I joined the environment. There’s a great culture and buzz about the place and working with all the coaches over the past couple years has given me the confidence in my ability and the opportunity to show what I can do on the field.

“I have really loved my time at the club so far. All the squad are working hard to build on the progress we have made recently and I’m excited about being part of Wasps’ future.”

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1. Captain Owen Farrell celebrates every point he scores by linking his index fingers together to make a ‘JJ’ sign, the Joining Jack salute, Joining Jack being a charity dedicated to the needs of sufferers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.^[ Farrell is also a patron for Duchenne muscular dystrophy charity Duchenne UK.

2. As a schoolboy, Maro Itoje played several sports including basketball, football, rugby and athletics, representing England at U17 level in shot put.

3. Tom Curry is the nephew of former England hooker John Olver and cousins of former Northampton Saints fly-half Sam Olver, who is now at Ealing Trailfinders.

4. Mako Vunipola, far-right in the back row, and Billy, fourth right, played for East Wales schools alongside Wales’s Taulupe Faletau. However, after attending English schools they made the switch to represent England. Billy even once admitted he wanted Australia to win the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

5. George Ford as a young teenager played in the academies at both Wigan Warriors and Bradford Bulls before switching to Union with Leeds Carnegie.

6. Anthony Watson's uncle, Mark, was a Concorde pilot

7. The twins had a trial at Manchester City, who they support, but that was scuppered by Tom Curry scoring an own goal. Probably for the best in the end.

8. Powerhouse Sam Underhill was born in Dayton, Ohio, in USA as his father Greg was stationed there with the RAF but the family moved to Gloucester when he was about 10-years-old.

9. Jonny May once clocked 10.71 for the 100 metres with a strong argument to be England’s quickest wide man ever.

10. Centre Henry Slade has Type 1 diabetes, and often injects insulin at half-time in a game.

11. Despite failing to cross the whitewash in his 66 caps since making his England debut in 2012, Joe Marler did score in one of his two appearances for the British & Irish Lions during the 2017 tour to New Zealand.

12. Second-row Jonny Hill is the nephew of former Rugby League international Paul Loughlin

13. Beno Obano and Ollie Thorley are both cousins of Maro Itoje. Thorley's Grandfather re-married a Nigerian woman who is the Saracens lock’s aunt.

14. Wasps speedster Paolo Odogwu is the Premiership Rugby 7’s All-time top try scorer.

15. Tighthead-prop Harry Williams still drives a 1999 Nissan Micra.

16. Speedster Elliot Daly was a talented cricketer as a teenager, representing England Under-15s and Surrey at various age-group levels. He was an all-rounder, with fast bowling his forte, and appeared good enough to possibly make the first-class county grade before he chose rugby union.

17. Harlequins failed to offer Joe Launchbury a professional contract aged 18, so he left the club and joined National League 2 South side Worthing before signing for Wasps.

18. Record-breaking scrum-half Ben Youngs actually made his international debut as a substitute on the wing for the injured Ugo Monye in the Calcutta Cup match against Scotland on 13 March 2010

19. Prop Ellis Genge suffers from the disability Dyspraxia. The condition affects the use of muscles. Different types of dyspraxia can affect writing, speech and other movements involved in learning. Forever inspiring us, the prop has gone onto help kids going through the same tough problems.

20. Owen Farrell was not at first registered as a Farrell, but took mum Colleen’s family name of O’Loughlin. The couple married in 1995, changing Owen’s surname to Farrell the following year.