Rugby League World Cup

Alex and Dom were due to line up for Jamaica but Covid intervened to hand the latter a chance to play for England.

“Alex fully understood, but he was gutted – as was I in a way,” the winger says. It will almost certainly be enough to secure a place in the side against Samoa in front of 50,000 supporters next Saturday in Newcastle. “When I see him singing the anthem it’s going to be an insane feeling. “I’m so proud of him representing our family heritage and I’ll be going to any Jamaica games I can. I can see the bigger picture, and that for him is being on the top of the world stage. They’re so proud that we’re both playing in a World Cup and the fact we’re doing it for different nations makes it really cool. “The guys in this group are absolutely desperate to put Jamaica on the rugby league map,” Alex says. So it was tough to tell him I was going to opt for England.” Dom, who has become a try-scoring sensation in the bright lights of Australia’s NRL with Newcastle Knights, will play for England, where he and Alex were born and raised, despite But it’s incredible we both get to represent our backgrounds at a tournament of this size despite our different journeys.” “It was very difficult to say no to Jamaica,” says the 21-year-old Dom. Had things turned out differently and the Covid pandemic never materialised, Alex and Dom Young would have made history by joining an exclusive band of brothers who have played together at a World Cup, doing so for debutants Jamaica.