Position
Prop
U20 Caps
10
Club
Bath Rugby
Age
20
Height
188
Weight
116
U18 Caps
11
Vilikesa Sela
Highly rated prop Vilikesa Sela signed with Bath Rugby's Senior Academy in 2023 having impressed for the side's U18 side the season before. Capped at England U18 level, he was named in Mark Mapletoft's England U20 Men Elite Playing Squad for the 2023/24 season and featured prominently in the side's title-winning campaign in the 2024 U20 Men's Six Nations. Vilikesa was also part of the squad that won the 2024 World rugby U20 Championship in South Africa.
- Career Path
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2021 Bath U17 Beechen Cliff Bath U18
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2022 U17 South England U18
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2023 Bath Rugby Bath University
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2024 England U20 Bath A
The props prop the hooker on both sides in the front row, push against the opposition props and anchor the scrum. The loose-head prop is on the hooker’s left, his head outside the scrum when it engages, the tighthead packs down to the hooker’s right on the inside, shoring up the scrum with strength.
