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Rugby could be the new football says Maccabiah captain Leaman

March 11, 2010 12:25
Abel Leaman, Adam Driver and Sam Isaacs received Middlesex caps

ByAnonymous, Anonymous

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Jewish youth rugby is alive and well after three players from local clubs were selected the Middlesex Under 15s 1st XV.

JFS Year 10 boys Abel Leaman and Adam Driver and Sam Isaacs from Merchant Taylors were in the starting line-up for their County’s opening match of the season against Sussex in Brighton.

Lock forward Leaman and scrum half Driver, who both play for Harrow RFC in Stanmore and outside centre Isaacs, who plays for local rivals Watford-based club Fullerians, have also been selected for the RFU National Elite School of Rugby at London Wasps.

After the match, which Middlesex lost 7-3, Isaacs, who played football at the Fulham Academy for five years before switching to rugby, said: “It’s not a sport that you normally associate with Jewish boys, but I go to a rugby playing school and developed my game there. I think it’s great that JFS now have rugby teams and that more Jewish boys are playing regularly and it’s inspiring to see players like Adam and Abel coming through.