Martin Offiah's son to become England U18 striker

Tyler Offiah played senior rugby at Wellington College

Tyler Offiah, son of rugby league great Martin Offiah MBE, installed this weekend He will make his first appearance for England Under-18s.

Offia, like his father, is also a forward and will start at left wing on Saturday against Wales at the Men's Six Nations Under-18 Rugby Festival. in Parma, Italy.

Offia is currently a member of the London and South Central University Academy, which was created following the collapse of the London Irish team last year and is funded by the Rugby Football Union.

The 6ft 3in teenager previously attended St. Benedict School and Wellington College are now affiliated with Ealing Trailfinders. He had previously been linked with a move to Bath late last year.

Martin «Chariots» Offiah is remembered as one of the greatest rugby league players of all time, scoring 26 tries in 33 appearances for Great Britain, a remarkable 186 tries in 159 appearances for Wigan and 181 tries in 149 appearances for Widnes. He won two league titles with Widnes and three more with Wigan, as well as three Challenge Cups, playing alongside Wigan greats Jason Robinson, Shaun Edwards, Andy Farrell and Vaaiga Tuigamala.

Offia Sr appears to regularly post highlights of his son's matches on his YouTube channel, including one clip of the younger Ophia scoring two tries for the London Irish academy against Bristol U18s, as well as another Video of him scoring for Wellington against Sedbergh.

Offiah Sr. also posted a video message to his son in April last year along with Chris Ashton, a former England international who Jokingly advised Tyler to listen to his father, as Ashton had done throughout his career.

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Non-rugby player Tyler Offiah is also listed as a model for Sandra Reynolds' modeling agency in London.

Saturday's game against Wales at the Sergio Lanfranchi Stadium will be broadcast on live on the U-20 Six Nations YouTube channel, kick-off 16:45 GMT. England then face Scotland on Wednesday (12:15 BST) and Georgia next Sunday (14:30 BST).