Roberts Hoping Quins Young Roses Will Help Wales Career Bloom Again
OLD stager Jamie Roberts reckons playing alongside “bossy” young pretenders Marcus Smith and Joe Marchant has helped revitalise his career.
Experienced centre Roberts was floored by his omission from this summer’s Lions tour of New Zealand but has risen from the canvas to play a starring role for Quins, who last week showed their intent with an impressive away win at Wasps.
Smith and Marchant have earned plaudits and are both on England’s radar, while 93-cap Roberts is relishing his role in their development.
Roberts, 30, told The Rugby Paper: “We’ve got a nice balance in our backline and Danny Care and I are thorns between two roses in Marcus and Joe.
“I’ve enjoyed playing with Joe over the last two seasons; he’s very athletic, very keen to learn and he’ll break into the England side at some point, it’s just a question of when.
“Joe reminds me of Jonathan Joseph – a very similar player who’s got that in-to-out movement and a fantastic arc of pure-driven speed. He’s instinctive in the way he plays and is very tough to bring down, as Wasps discovered last weekend.
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