Nigerian-born rugby youngster Immanuel Feyi-Waboso has been tipped to excel with England’s national team in days to come, especially during next year’s global showpiece, Sports247 reports.
The verdict came from the winger’s coach at Exeter RC, Rob Baxter, who believes 23-year-old Feyi-Waboso will be a revelation at next year’s Rugby World Cup if he can keep fit throughout this season.
Baxter’s verdict came while recollecting that Feyi-Waboso helped The Chiefs reach last season’s English Rugby Premiership final but later on missed the Six Nations series after suffering a hamstring injury in February.
Feyi-Waboso also missed the final game of the season and Exeter’s play-off semi-final win at Bath, after fracturing his jaw in a game away to Leicester at the end of May, all of which Baxter noted slowed down his progress.
However, with the lad having returned to action with Exeter at Twickenham and then starred for England in their Nations Championship matches, Baxter is optimistic that his protégé can reach greater heights next year.
“I think if he can really put a run of games together, he could be quite a force come World Cup time because he is an exceptional player. There are areas of his game where time improves some of those elements.
“If he can put a good run together, I think it’d be quite exciting what England might see from him both in the autumn and during the World Cup later in the year,” Baxter reasoned glowingly in favour of Feyi-Waboso.
Sports247 gathered further that Feyi-Waboso played 28 games for club and country in 2024, the most since his breakthrough the year before, but the following season was blighted by a shoulder injury he suffered just before Christmas.
That injury kept him out until the summer of 2025, but he returned last season to score 13 tries in all competitions, as Exeter made the play-offs for the first time since 2021 and reached the semi-finals of the European Challenge Cup.
