- Harry Potter will debut for Australia’s rugby workforce in Edinburgh towards Scotland
- JK Rowling wrote a lot of the books from her world-famous collection on this metropolis
- The 26-year-old winger was born six months after the primary e-book was launched
Australian rugby participant Harry Potter will debut for his nationwide workforce in Edinburgh on Sunday – the town the place JK Rowling wrote a lot of the books about his namesake.
The Wallabies face Scotland within the third recreation of their end-of-season European tour, earlier than travelling to Dublin for a check towards Eire, the place Joe Schmidt‘s aspect hope to land Australia their first Grand Slam since 1984.
They had been victorious within the opening recreation of their November tour, beating England 42-37 at Twickenham.
Potter was born in December 1997, six months after Rowling launched ‘Harry Potter and the Thinker’s Stone’ – the primary of seven books within the collection.
After lacking six months as a result of harm this season, his stellar performances for Western Pressure on their current South Africa tour caught Schmidt’s eyes and earned Potter an sudden first call-up.
Nicknamed ‘Wizard’ by a team-mate, the 26-year-old embraces the inevitable puns surrounding his identify, even difficult journalists to shock him with new ones.
Harry Potter was born six months after JK Rowling launched the primary e-book of her well-known collection
The 26-year-old will debut for Australia, regardless of residing the primary 10 years of his life in England
The Wallabies want to clinch their first Grand Slam since 1984 towards Eire subsequent week
‘It is a good problem for journalists to see if they’ll consider a singular or authentic Harry Potter pun,’ Potter stated.
‘It has been 26 years of it, so it is fairly humorous, I reckon. And yeah, tip my hat in the event you consider one thing authentic.’
The winger moved from London to Melbourne at 10 years outdated and, regardless of emigrating again to England to play three seasons at Leicester Tigers, has no doubts as to the place his loyalties lie.
Potter will turn into the 18th participant to make his debut for Australia in 2024, as they give the impression of being to finish 2024 on a powerful word.
‘I used to be [in Australia] for college,’ he stated.
‘I watched the Wallabies play from Yr 7 proper up till now and I heartily really feel like I used to be right here for a extra influential a part of my life.
‘I am talking with a extra Aussie than English accent, which does not make you are feeling too English to be trustworthy.
‘It is a pleasure to be with the Wallabies and definitely I really feel very Australian.’
