Such has been Pollock’s influence that already youngsters at rugby golf equipment throughout England have been noticed operating round with black head tape on, scoring tries and imitating his pulse-checking celebration.
Northampton’s membership store does a roaring commerce in gross sales of black head tape, which Pollock wears to shield his ears.
But his affect goes additional than that.
Former Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll got here house from masking final Saturday’s sport towards Italy in Dublin to discover his son dressed as Pollock.
Bordeaux Begles gamers mocked Pollock, who ended up in a final-whistle scuffle, of their post-match celebrations after successful final season’s Champions Cup remaining.
“Pollock is an outstanding rugby player and I think he is brilliant for the game,” former Scotland scrum-half Andy Nicol advised Radio 5 Live.
“My daughters are 25 and 22 and they don’t know who Tom Curry or Ben Earl are. They know who Henry Pollock is.”
In lower than six months, he went from being an England Under-20 participant to enjoying for the British and Irish Lions.
“He is a great character and I got on well with him on the Lions tour in a weird kind of way,” stated assistant coach Johnny Sexton, who acquired a tongue-in-cheek fortieth birthday message on tour off Pollock.
Numerous solo tries – one which minimize open Leinster in a Champions Cup semi-final win and a outstanding chip-and-chase towards Sale Sharks – confirmed Pollock has the velocity and ending prowess of a Test winger.
That potential to flip a sport on its head, with a second of magic, was lacking for England in their defeat by Scotland final weekend.
Former Ireland wing Shane Horgan added on BBC 5 Live: “He does things that few others can, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a spectacular moment by him [against Ireland] that galvanises England’s performance.
“You’ve received a particularly extremely expert, massively proficient particular person who has monumental self-confidence, and that confidence has not been blunted by something but.
“That is when you get those generational players. They have all the components but also this bullet-proof confidence, which means they can just keep on delivering throughout their career.”
