Manu Tuilagi

Manu Tuilagi

Commissioned by M&C Saatchi I photographed a guest appearance of Leicester Tigers and British & Irish Lions rugby player Manu Tuilagi at his old secondary school, John Cleveland College in Hinckley, Leicester. Manu was promoting the Natwest Rugby Schools Cup, which is seen as a platform for aspiring players with ambitions to play at a higher level and Manu himself won the Cup with John Cleavland College before embarking on his career as professional rugby player. As well as photographing pictures of Manu involved in a training session and having a tour of the school I also captured some moody and dramatic portraits, two of which were used in a Daily Telegraph article including one which featured across a double page spread in the centre of the Sports section. This this.

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