Rugby World Cup 2019: Mario Itoje (England)

Born: October 28, 1994 in London

Position: Lock/blindside flanker

Club: Saracens

Height: 1.95m

Weight: 115kg

Caps: 27 for England, three for British & Irish Lions

Itoje captained the England U20 team to win the 2014 IRB junior world championship and debuted for the senior side against Italy in the 2016 Six Nations.

He was a key contributor to England's 2017 Six Nations defence, playing off the side of the scrum, and was one of the Lions' standout players - and youngest, at 22 - in the drawn series against the All Blacks that same year. 

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