The Exeter back-row – one of the best uncapped players in
England – provides Leinster with a giant challenge on Saturday
Every team sport has them. Year after year they perform to a reliably high standard for their club but, for whatever reason, international recognition never materialises. Their peers know better: if you asked his fellow professionals to nominate the best uncapped player in England over the age of 25, an unassuming 30-year-old with a sweet tooth and a history of knee trouble would still top many lists.
At 6ft 4in (193cm) tall and weighing 19st 9lb (125kg), Dave Ewers should be impossible to miss. Scour every other newspaper in
Britain and
Ireland, though, and Exeter’s giant-sized trump card will barely rate a mention before this weekend’s colossal Champions Cup quarter-final against Leinster at Sandy Park. Rarely has the contrast between such a huge man and his almost invisible public profile been so enormous.