Exclusive: The England and Leicester full-back on his meteoric rise, overcoming self-doubt and enjoying the sights in Australia
Photograph: Will Russell/The RFU Collection/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Will Russell/The RFU Collection/Getty ImagesThe England and Leicester full-back on his meteoric rise, overcoming self-doubt and enjoying the sights in Australiahe latest census data reveals there has been a 9% spike in Australia’s population since England last toured here in 2016. It is a significant rise but still less steep than Freddie Steward’s career graph over the same period.
Sitting in the lunchtime sunshine at a local Perth bowling green, his bucket hands look big enough to accommodate two bowls each. Perhaps Steward’s key attribute, though, is the inner drive that has propelled him out of rural Norfolk and into the England squad. A fear of potential failure undermines so many fledgling careers but not in his case. “A lot of people when they hit a roadblock or an obstacle they go into their shells. They don’t want to risk it or figure out a solution to overcome it.
From Steward’s earliest days growing up “in the middle of nowhere” in the countryside near Dereham, the middle son of a chartered surveyor and an agronomist has always enjoyed a bit of competition. “I think it’s been in me since birth. My mum and dad are both very competitive and growing up all of us brothers were trying to outdo each other. We’d spend hours playing sport in the garden, probably more football than rugby.
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