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Back in Cardiff, rugby became the family business.<\/p>\n
Chris coached Kane through his formative years at St Peter’s, one of Cardiff’s strongest junior clubs.<\/p>\n
“We had a super team,” he recalls. “A lot of us started there but we were pretty good growing up, so a lot of people wanted to join us as well.”<\/p>\n
There is another rugby player in the family too.<\/p>\n
Kane’s younger sister, Crystal, was named in the Wales squad to face the Barbarians earlier this summer.<\/p>\n
At 16, James left Cardiff for Sedbergh School in Cumbria because there was no sixth form at Corpus Christi in the Welsh capital.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t know anyone in the school. It’s four hours from Cardiff, so it can be quite daunting,” he explained.<\/p>\n
“But I actually found it quite easy. The people were really welcoming there.”<\/p>\n
That move eventually led him to Exeter Chiefs and, naturally, into England’s Under-20 set-up.<\/p>\n
Like many talented young Welsh players who continue their education across the border, it became the obvious pathway.<\/p>\n
For James, it was never about turning his back on Wales.<\/p>\n
“It was probably the thing that was best for my development,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Our Chiefs defence coach was the England Under-20s defence coach and it seemed like a really good system. It was quite an easy transition into that as well.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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