{"id":296985,"date":"2023-12-03T08:44:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T08:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=296985"},"modified":"2023-12-03T08:44:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T08:44:24","slug":"adam-radwan-could-play-gb-sevens-if-he-does-not-get-picked-for-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/adam-radwan-could-play-gb-sevens-if-he-does-not-get-picked-for-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Radwan could play GB Sevens if he does not get picked for England"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span>EXCLUSIVE<\/span> Newcastle Falcons star Adam Radwan admits he would love to play in the Olympics, as England&#8217;s most exciting winger could follow France star Antoine Dupont and others in taking part in sevens in Paris<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adam Radwan was called up to the England squad in 2021 under Eddie Jones<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The flying Newcastle winger has been a prolific try scorer in the Premiership\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Radwan could follow other stars like Antoine Dupont if he is not selected<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8216;Never a penalty!\u2019 Adam Radwan barks, protesting against Paris Saint- Germain\u2019s late equaliser against Newcastle United on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting in a cafe beside the River Tyne, he explains how he has been caught up in the buzz of the football team\u2019s return to the Champions League. \u2018I saw Kieran Trippier in Marks &amp; Spencer the other day, hood up,\u2019 he says. \u2018There\u2019s so much energy in the city on a match day. It\u2019s unbelievable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In a short period they\u2019ve gone from a team that were just surviving in the Premier league \u2014 not doing particularly well \u2014 to playing in Europe. We want to do the same with the rugby club.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Radwan wants his own piece of the action, be it for Newcastle Falcons or England. Club and country have always been his priorities, although there is a new option on the table, next summer\u2019s Olympic Games in Paris, that we discuss at the end of the interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019re not having a great season and when the football club\u2019s going well, you want a bit of that,\u2019 says Radwan, who starts today against Leicester Tigers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/21\/78509151-0-image-a-4_1701552833495.jpg\" height=\"378\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Adam Radwan is Newcastle Falcons&#8217; key wide player and offers a dangerous threat going forward<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/21\/78509147-0-image-a-5_1701552837388.jpg\" height=\"346\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Radwan is waiting for a chance for England at the Six Nations but could turn to Sevens if he is not picked<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/21\/78509149-0-image-a-6_1701552840005.jpg\" height=\"395\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Radwan has followed the success of Newcastle United and wants the rugby side to follow suit<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In my first season we finished in the top four. When you\u2019re doing well, there\u2019s that buzz in the crowd. Just look at St James\u2019 Park every weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We had a massive change last year. We\u2019re a young team chasing our first Premiership win. We\u2019ve created opportunities, but we\u2019ve just lacked that knockout blow. We feel like we\u2019ve let our fans down, so we want to get a win for them.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle\u2019s defeats have been sprinkled with Radwan magic. He is the most exciting English winger in the Premiership and the conversation turns to speed comparisons between rugby and football.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Your average footballer is faster than your average rugby player,\u2019 says Radwan, who can clock 10.85 metres per second. \u2018But I reckon the fastest rugby player should be faster than your fastest footballer. Rugby players are bigger and top sprinters are stocky and shredded. It\u2019s about power output.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Over the last two years, Radwan has been working at Newcastle with the Argentina wing Mateo Carreras and he watched his fellow speedster light up the World Cup with his spectacular running threat. Carreras scored three tries in six World Cup matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He\u2019s more direct than me. He\u2019ll take contact more because he\u2019s got such a low centre of gravity (he is 5ft 9in and 12st 5lbs) that makes him hard to tackle.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve tried to take on a little bit of that, getting stuck in if there\u2019s nothing on. If it\u2019s on to run from deep then we\u2019ll run from deep.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Radwan watched the World Cup at home in Newcastle, craving a piece of the action. He scored four tries in his two Tests under previous coach Eddie Jones, but is still waiting for a proper opportunity with the national team.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/21\/78509161-0-image-a-7_1701552883686.jpg\" height=\"409\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Radwan was last called up in June 2021 when Eddie Jones was in charge of the England setup<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/21\/78509153-0-image-a-8_1701552891348.jpg\" height=\"394\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He has been a prolific scorer at club level and combines speed with raw pace and power<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My goal is to get back in the England squad. I spoke to Steve Borthwick and I know what I need to work on,\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m a massive England fan. Watching the World Cup you think, \u201cWow, I want a piece of that\u201d. Ultimately, you get there by playing well for your club.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>If Radwan is not picked by England there is another option on the table. He recently spoke to Tony Roques, the man in charge of Team GB Sevens for France 2024, and the Olympic Games is now a real possibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My number one goal is to make the Six Nations squad, but there have been a couple of conversations with the Sevens guys.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s whether you can work it into the schedule with Newcastle and my goal to play for England XVs. If it\u2019s possible to make it work then I would definitely give it a go. &#8216;I mentioned it to Newcastle and they haven\u2019t said no!\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Should he miss out on the Six Nations, there could be a window to play in the Los Angeles and Vancouver Sevens tournaments during the Premiership\u2019s down weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/21\/78509911-0-image-a-9_1701552930192.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tony Roques, the man in charge of Team GB Sevens for France 2024, has been speaking with Radwan<\/p>\n<p>It would be a sensational twist in his journey, following the likes of Antoine Dupont and Michael Hooper to the short-code.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It would improve my defence, marking players with fast feet in big spaces. I\u2019d have to earn a spot and play a couple of tournaments before. We\u2019re not through to the next round of the Prem Cup, so there will be a couple of free weekends. We\u2019ll have to see.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s right up there with the biggest sporting events in the world, so it would be an honour to be part of something like that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>For Radwan, that big game buzz may be just around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12818581\/Englands-exciting-winger-Adam-Radwan-follow-footsteps-Antoine-Dupont-play-GB-Sevens-does-not-picked.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>EXCLUSIVE Newcastle Falcons star Adam Radwan admits he would love to play in the Olympics, as England&#8217;s most exciting winger could follow France star Antoine <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/adam-radwan-could-play-gb-sevens-if-he-does-not-get-picked-for-england\/\" title=\"Adam Radwan could play GB Sevens if he does not get picked for England\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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