Lighting up the road to Twickenham

Five players who’ll stamp their class on the pool stages

Fri, 11 Nov, 2011 - 00:00

George North (Scarlets)

HARD to believe that George North will not celebrate his 20th birthday until after the 2012 Six Nations championship, such has been his impact in this calendar year. For a winger, he is enormous but he has the pace, feet and subtle skills of a Shane Williams. That is a lethal combination.

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