{"id":23699,"date":"2026-02-20T22:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=23699"},"modified":"2026-02-20T22:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:28:13","slug":"six-nations-2026-generational-henry-pollock-ready-for-first-england-start-against-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=23699","title":{"rendered":"Six Nations 2026: ‘Generational’ Henry Pollock ready for first England start against England"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Such has been Pollock’s impact that already children at rugby clubs across England have been spotted running around with black head tape on, scoring tries and imitating his pulse-checking celebration.<\/p>\n

Northampton’s club shop does a roaring trade in sales of black head tape, which Pollock wears to protect his ears.<\/p>\n

But his influence goes further than that.<\/p>\n

Former Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll came home from covering last Saturday’s game against Italy in Dublin to find his son dressed as Pollock.<\/p>\n

Bordeaux Begles players mocked Pollock,<\/a> who ended up in a final-whistle scuffle, in their post-match celebrations after winning last season’s Champions Cup final.<\/p>\n

“Pollock is an outstanding rugby player and I think he is brilliant for the game,” former Scotland scrum-half Andy Nicol told Radio 5 Live.<\/p>\n

“My daughters are 25 and 22 and they don’t know who Tom Curry or Ben Earl are. They know who Henry Pollock is.”<\/p>\n

In less than six months, he went from being an England Under-20 player to playing for the British and Irish Lions.<\/p>\n

“He is a great character and I got on well with him on the Lions tour in a weird kind of way,” said assistant coach Johnny Sexton, who received a tongue-in-cheek 40th birthday message on tour off Pollock.<\/p>\n

A number of solo tries – one which cut open Leinster in a Champions Cup semi-final win and a remarkable chip-and-chase against Sale Sharks – showed Pollock has the speed and finishing prowess of a Test winger.<\/p>\n

That ability to turn a game on its head, with a moment of magic, was missing for England in their defeat by Scotland<\/a> last weekend.<\/p>\n

Former Ireland wing Shane Horgan added on BBC 5 Live: “He does things that few others can, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a spectacular moment by him [against Ireland] that galvanises England’s performance.<\/p>\n

“You’ve got an extremely highly skilled, massively talented individual who has enormous self-confidence, and that confidence has not been blunted by anything yet.<\/p>\n

“That is when you get those generational players. They have all the components but also this bullet-proof confidence, which means they can just keep on delivering throughout their career.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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