The Northampton Saint also featured for the England U20 side in their respective Six Nations campaign but made his senior debut last weekend as he came off the bench in the 68-14 win over Wales in Cardiff.
Henry Pollock reflects on try-scoring England senior debut
Pollock was one of the most eagerly anticipated debutants this Six Nations, and he certainly lived up to the hype with a tidy brace in his 32-minute stint on the pitch.
“I wanted to come into this environment and be myself,” he said when reflecting on his debut. “Whether that’s giving energy on the pitch or in training. I hope I did that.
“I was just so excited to play, it’s an amazing stadium to win my first cap. I was so grateful and so happy, I was just smiling the whole time.”
He also praised the senior leaders within the squad for their efforts to make him feel at home in the England environment.
“They wanted me to come into the environment and be myself,” he said. “They gave me the freedom to do that.”
“I am so grateful for that. They are such good leaders and world-class players, so to say I played with them is a massive honour.”
This was shown perfectly just mere seconds into his arrival, with prop Ellis Genge telling him to ‘not go into his shell’ before his first scrum.