Welsh Rugby Association Wales and Regions

This is the Scarlets youth’s third U20 campaign, and he has revealed that he and the rest of the team have relaxed before their six-nation show with England this week in the evenings with ITV shows featuring occasional table tennis games.

S4C: Wednesday, 19.50, RFC: Six Nations U20, Wales v. England
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After seeing old U20 teammate Ben Carter win his first senior card at Principality Stadium last weekend, Costelow marched his troops back to the team hotel to catch another player who is still young enough to play alongside them in the current Six Nations campaign, Louis Rees-Zammit, his debut brilitt.

But after a double-dose rugby, it was obviously time to relax by watching an episode of the very popular Love Island.

We went as a group to watch Wales against Canada and then when we returned we watched Lions. It kept everyone occupied, Costelow said.

Then it was Love Island at nine. It’s always a bonus because it’s hard to be in a bubble

I don’t think I’ve ever been away from home so long before, even though I’ve had time away from Leicester, but many of the team’s younger boys haven’t been much away.

It is important to keep discussions going and keep team spirit high. We had a zoom call one day with Lloyd Ashley of Ospreys, who talks well about mental health.

He told us how important it is to have a lot of conversations and keep everyone’s spirit high. That’s what I’ve been trying to do.

It’s easier for Welsh fans to know that Costelow has also found time to hone his goal-watching skills, which must be the sharpest if Wales is to get a surprise at Cardiff Arms Park on Wednesday night against the English team chasing the Grand Slam.

Costelow knows all about winning England in age group international players who have done both at the U18 level in South Africa and at the U20 level last season. He also kicked 18 Wales 25 points for their victory so far in Italy.

I think kicking is definitely a weapon for us. If you get three points, it starts to put pressure on the teams because it keeps the scoreboard ticking, he added.

Ultimately, that is the job of Captain Alex Mann. I look at him, he gives me a nod and then puts the ownership on my shoulders.

In Parc y Scarlets, Costelow is able to learn from one of the best propellers in Welsh rugby history at Leigh Halfpenny, but his admiration for the men who can combine running and deadly ability to punish opposition offenses goes back to his childhood.

I started playing rugby when I was four years old in the Pencoed RFC. I liked watching things like James Hook and Dan Carter and just generally watching the games they were in, he said.

The more I could take on board by looking at them, the better. After training at Scarlets, I kicked with people like Leigh Halfpenny and fetched a lot of tips from him.

Spending as much time with him as possible. It’s important to get a lot of advice, and it will help you find the consistency that every kicker is looking for.

I’ve been doing it for years, and the extra work you’re doing is all set to make it feel different in nature when you have to do it really in the game. It makes it easier to be your best in the game situation.