#2. Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)
Age 23
Position Prop
Heyes made his Test debut in 2021 in England’s fixture against the USA at Twickenham.
The 22-year-old prop was part of Nottingham Forest’s academy playing as a goalkeeper before he made the transition to Rugby with Nottingham Moderns and then Newark.
It wasn’t too long until he moved on to Leicester’s academy where he earned selection for England U18s in 2017.
After a successful campaign with his club in 2019/20 he got the call to be a part of England’s training camp for the autumn internationals. In 2023, Heyes was included in Steve Borthwick’s England squad for their Guinness Six Nations campaign.
