Rory's determined to seize his new chance
The Rugby Paper|July 11, 2021
RORY Jennings says he is determined to make a success of his second proper crack at the Premiership, nearly five years on from his last competitive appearance for Bath.
JON NEWCOMBE
Rory's determined to seize his new chance

Having raised his profile in the Top 14 in France while on loan at Clermont Auvergne, the 25-year-old fly-half has just signed for London Irish for next season.

And now the former England U20 international hopes his journeyman days in the Championship – following spells at Rotherham, Jersey, Ealing, London Scottish and Coventry – are over.

In those nomadic four years, Jennings did have a brief, non-playing loan spell at Leicester, but the move to London Irish represents the chance to really bed in and make a name for himself in the Premiership.

“One my biggest aims ever since I left Bath was to get back into the Prem, and I have managed to do that, with the help of being in the shop window from my time at Clermont,” said Jennings, who clocks on for duty at Irish on July 19.

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