'best Day Of My Life' - Pollock On Lions Call

Northampton Saints flanker Henry Pollock says his action for nan British and Irish Lions' circuit of Australia was "the champion time of his life".

The 20-year-old, who started nan twelvemonth disconnected playing for England successful nan Under-20 Six Nations, was named successful Andy Farrell's 38-strong party connected Thursday to people a accelerated rise.

Pollock went connected to score 2 tries connected his England elder debut against Wales successful March, earlier starring for Saints arsenic they reached nan Investec Champions Cup last connected 24 May.

"It sounds huffy [to opportunity I americium a British and Irish Lion] . I americium honoured and can't really judge it," Pollock told BBC Look East.

"We were each watching it and hoping for nan champion and erstwhile it sewage announced, each nan boys jumped connected me.

"It was a emotion I will ne'er forget. It was astir apt nan champion time of my life."

Pollock's inclusion generated nan loudest cheer from astir 2,000 fans wrong Indigo, a venue wrong London's O2 Arena complex.

The flanker, who is nan youngest subordinate successful nan squad, won World Rugby's Under-20 Championship successful July pinch England, earlier making his first Premiership commencement successful October.

Pollock has gone connected to found himself successful Northampton's competitory backmost row, and connected Saturday scored a sensational solo effort by showing unthinkable gait to information Leinster fly-half Sam Prendergast successful their Champions Cup semi-final triumph successful Dublin.

Four Saints players were named successful Farrell's squad pinch Tommy Freeman, Alex Mitchell and Fin Smith each joining Pollock, who watched nan announcement pinch a number of his team-mates.

"I walked retired of nan room and tried to telephone my mum, who didn't prime up which was class," he joked.

"I past called mum and dada and they were balling their eyes retired crying.

"I americium conscionable truthful happy that I've made them happy, I americium honoured."

Pollock was selected alternatively of Toulouse flanker Jack Willis, Sale Sharks' Ben Curry and Scotland's Rory Darge, pinch Farrell admitting that, successful nan end, he did not request convincing astir selecting nan one-cap flanker.

An all-action show connected some sides of nan shot against Leinster, who person 12 players heading connected nan Lions tour, showed Pollock tin compete pinch nan champion and he plans to show that successful Australia.

He faces reliable backmost statement title successful Ireland's Jack Conan and Josh van der Flier, England brace Tom Curry and Ben Earl, and Wales skipper Jac Morgan, but remains assured of adding value.

"It is nan pinnacle of nan athletics and everything that you activity for and want to execute successful rugby," he added.

"I dream to bring a different X-factor and conscionable beryllium myself. I americium not going to spell location and spell into my shell, I americium conscionable going to beryllium myself and hopefully bring a different broadside to nan squad than different players."