England star Henry Arundell has agreed a contract extension with the Racing 92 till 2026, offering a hammer-blow to England forward of the 2027 World Cup.
The 21-year-old joined the Parisian membership in the summertime after London Irish went bust, however will likely be allowed to play for Steve Borthwick’s England within the Six Nations because of distinctive circumstance. Nonetheless, similar to with Jack Willis and Toulouse, his resolution to stay in Paris will rule him out of rivalry to play for England thereafter till he returns to play within the Gallagher Premiership.
Which means England will likely be with out the rising star for a big chunk of the upcoming World Cup cycle, however he’ll however be accessible for the World Cup.
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Racing president Laurent Travers stated in a press release (translated on Google): “We’re delighted to see Henry lengthen his dedication with Racing 92.. He has simply joined our workforce for a couple of weeks however has already demonstrated all these qualities of a terrific competitor and a terrific maturity.
“He suits completely into the membership’s brief and medium time period aims and we’re satisfied that he will likely be one of many driving forces to realize them.”
Having solely made his debut for England in 2022 as a 19-year-old, Arundell already has seven tries for England in ten matches. Although his minutes on the World Cup this yr have been low, he nonetheless got here away with 5 tries- all towards Chile in Lille. Life in Paris has began effectively for the surface again, with 4 tries already to his identify regardless of solely making his debut a month in the past.
The Englishman is among the most wanted gamers within the recreation at present, so it is a main coup for Racing to maintain him at La Protection enviornment for the subsequent three years, significantly as he will likely be unable to play worldwide rugby for England throughout nearly all of that point because it stands.
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