LENNOX Hugo

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He initially felt that he was too small to play rugby sevens for the Ireland national team when he was first called up to the squad for his international debut at age 18 in 2017. "I remember getting that call from Ant [national coach Anthony Eddy]. I actually laughed on the phone to him. I just said, 'You hardly think I'm ready for that like?' It was purely because of my size at that stage but he just told me, 'Of course I do' and that was that. I rang my dad after and he never cared about my size before or would have never told me not to do something because I was smaller, but even he was reluctant to let me go to Germany for the tournament. I was thrown in the deep end anyway when I came on for my debut against Fiji. Throughout school I was always small and I just learned to adapt and take down bigger lads. I didn't ever think about it or my size putting me at a disadvantage but there were definitely others who were wondering when I was going to fall off the pace or drop off the standard. I always felt I had the ability to deal with the bigger boys and just had this attitude of wanting to make a point as well." (irishrugby.ie, 07 Jan 2020)