Scrum-half grew up watching England’s Ben Youngs and Danny Care – now he goes up against them for a World Cup starting spot
Jack van Poortvliet calls himself a “student of the game” and England’s 22-year-old scrum-half has no trouble recalling a couple of standout moments involving two of his colleagues.
The first is Ben Youngs’s 66th-minute try against Argentina that saw England nudge ahead in a 2011 World Cup group game. The second is Danny Care’s solo score against France in 2016 that helped secure a Six Nations grand slam win in Paris.
