Underhill times his impact to perfection

Sam Underhill has made his name as a destructive tackler who relishes pressing up to clatter carriers. However, he showed against Leinster that “line-speed” is not everything. Underhill plundered four breakdown turnovers against Leinster and here he purposefully lingered behind Elliott Stooke. When his team-mate chopped down James Ryan, Underhill pounced. After a fine autumn, his Bath partnership with Francois Louw hinted at the potential of deploying Underhill alongside a scavenger such as Tom Curry in the Six Nations.