Canterbury Rugby Club has its first ever British & Irish Lion. Scotland’s Huw Jones, a product of the Club’s junior teams, has been named in Andy Farrell’s squad for the tour of Australia this summer.

The 31-year old centre was born in Edinburgh, where his father coached at George Watson’s College, and the family moved to Kent when Huw was two years old.

He spent all his early rugby career with Canterbury before going to Millfield School.

It was a gap year in South Africa that brought Huw’s rugby talent to the notice of the professional game and while at Cape Town University he won a place in the Super Rugby Stormers squad.

He won his first international cap in 2016 and the following year returned to Scotland to join Glasgow Warriors.

He played a one season spell with Harlequins before rejoining the Warriors and has been an outstanding performer for the National side.

“We are immensely proud of Huw’s career, which started here, culminating in his section as a Lion”, said Canterbury chairman Giles Hilton.