LIST: Rugby players who starred in academy football

Luckily they saw the light.

At age 11 he was invited to join the Academy at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club which meant giving up club rugby although he was able to continue playing the game at Prince Henry's Grammar School in Otley.

Here he is with now Premier League and England international Jamie Vardy back in the day.

He was a sporting allrounder in his teenage years, playing not only rugby for the Wasps academy but also football for the Chelsea academy. He had also played for Arsenal alongside Harry Kane (middle).

The Saracens winger started his sporting life as a footballer in Notts County's academy - but he was a frustrated forward playing as a defender and was soon to be disenfranchised with the game.