5 Rugby Players You FORGOT Came From These Academies

He played for Horsham and also represented Barns Green before joining the Harlequins Academy age 15. After Harlequins failed to offer him a professional contract aged 18, he left the club and joined National League 2 South side Worthing for the 2009–10 season.

His performances at Worthing under Will Green, then head coach and former Wasps player, saw him recommended to his former club. Launchbury played in several A League matches for Wasps and, after a spell training with the Eastern Province Kings in South Africa, did enough to be given a full-time contract from July 2010.

He's since gone on to captain Wasps and become a key player for England, winning 62 caps to date.

He was a member of the Saracens Academy for three years during his teens. He then moved to New Zealand at the age of 18. Francis then returned to the UK to play for Edinburgh and Doncaster Knights before returning to the Southern Hemisphere. He's since returned to England with Northampton Saints and has also won eight caps for his country since making his debut against Argentina in 2017.

While at Harrow School, Billy joined the Wasps Academy. He made his senior team debut in 2011–12 season and played 30 matches over two seasons before leaving at the end of the 2012–2013 season for Saracens. A spell that's often forgotten.

Despite being from Bath and being a Bath player, he left the Blue, Black and Whites for Gloucester's academy in 2008. He turned professional with the Cherry and Whites before joining Leicester Tigers. Burns then rejoined his boyhood club in 2017 before departing at the end of the 2019/20 season.

Banahan moved to Bath in the summer of 2006, after previously appearing for the London Irish Academy and was brought to the Recreation Ground as a lock. The powerhouse speedster went onto play for Bath and England on the wing before joining Gloucester.