When the superstars of Sydney Roosters take to the field at the DW Stadium on Sunday evening in the 2019 World Club Challenge, the Wigan winger Tom Davies may be forgiven if he takes a moment to look around and pinch himself. He is already a Super League winner at the age of 22 but not so long ago Davies would have been thought more likely to be watching his hometown club from the stands as the Warriors aim to be crowned the best club side in the game.
“I came to terms with the fact that I wasn’t going to make it,” he says. The journey for most talented young players in Wigan is often fairly simple: they are signed for the club’s junior development system at a young age and eventually progress to the first team. Davies’s story could not be more different.
Written by Aaron Bower
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/16/wigan-tom-davies-world-club-challenge-sydney-preview under the title “Wigan’s Tom Davies: ‘I came to terms with the fact I wasn’t going to make it’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
