A FORMER Ipswich schoolboy is aiming to catch the eye on a global stage when the Under-20 Rugby Junior World Championships kick-off next month.
On a beautiful sunny day Ipswich Rugby Club hosted their inaugural Youth sevens festival.
WALKING out on to the hallowed turf of Twickenham and competing in front of thousands of spectators would be a career highlight for most rugby players.
INSPIRATIONAL skipper Matt Edison has no intention of taking his foot off the gas, even though his Bury St Edmunds side wrapped up promotion in style with a 73-0 win over Chingford at The Haberden on a snowy Saturday.
Jonathan Pearce is switching from the summer to the winter game as he takes up the post of RFU Rugby Development Officer for Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
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