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Archie McParland is emerging, week after week, as one of the most exciting prospects in English rugby. With each passing round, he looks increasingly settled in the scrum-half role for a Northampton Saints side operating at a very high level. At just 21 years of age, McParland has seized every opportunity handed to him, and since Alex Mitchell’s injury during the Six Nations, the young No.9 has been both influential and decisive, raising a genuine question: could he soon disrupt the established pecking order in the England set-up ?