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Bristol Bears scrum half Harry Randall scores try on England debut
It was an England debut to remember for Harry Randall at Twickenham on Sunday afternoon.
The Bristol Bears scrum half scored one try, set up another and was named man of the match as England beat the USA 43-29 in front of 10,000 fans.
Ellis Genge, who grew up in Knowle West, was co-captain of the inexperienced side whose starting XV featured eight debutants.
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Ruled out of the Six Nations through injury, 23-year-old Randall said that it was “an absolute honour” to represent his country.
He told Channel 4 after the match: “It’s been a dream of mine for a long time so happy to get out there with the team today and put in a good performance and get the win…
“We scored some nice tries out there today as a team. I think our think our biggest area to look at (ahead of the next match) is defensively. They got round us a few times. How can we stop that.”
Harry Randall (fifth from left) was one of 12 England debutants on Sunday – photo: RFU
Randall, who was born in Slough but spent most of his childhood in Wales, arrived at Ashton Gate from Gloucester in 2018.
He will be forever remembered by Bears fans for scoring the fastest European try in history when he touched down after just 15 seconds against Toulon in the 2019/20 Challenge Cup final.
Randall’s debut for England at Twickenham came in a busy weekend for Bristol Bears players.
Kyle Sinckler played in the Lions’ first warm-up match in South Africa, Callum Sheedy scored 14 points in Wales’ victory over Canada and Semi Radradra was called up into the Fiji sevens squad to defend the Olympic Games gold medal in Tokyo.
Main photo: RFU
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