I know he was injured but wasn't that at the beginning of the season? Not sure how serious it was. I got the impression from Hill that he was the main one of the youngsters who would warrant a starting place this season although I've watched Keith's pre-Birmingham interview and he mentioned all the other top youngsters apart from Digby? Anyone know if he's been playing for the under 21's?
I remember reading he as a condition where is body is struggling with advanced growth spurts, never really understood what this was at the time of reading it, so did a bit of on line research, it seems to be when your body is growing you can over do physical exercise and cause your body to want to grow at advanced speeds this can be very painful in joints and around the spine sometimes crippling, i can't find where i read it and can't remember all the details but the jest of it is this.... the growth of mussel can be sped up, but other stuff can't it just continues to grow at the same speed so when it comes to being fully formed mussel as already grown in and around the space where it needs to be, its cartilage in the joins and some sort of liquid in the spine its quite common with young people in their mid to late teens and the pain in the spine is more common in young competitive swimmers.