By Steven Prince

Jack Walsh admits he is prepared to play the waiting game when it comes to his England Sevens chance after a season spent largely watching on from the sidelines.

Back in March 2014, the 22-year-old former Blackheath RFC player enjoyed one of the highlights of his young international career, making his England Sevens debut in an exhibition match against Wales at Twickenham.

That was followed up with his HSBC World Series debut in Tokyo three weeks later.

Further appearances in Hong Kong and Glasgow followed for the former John Fisher schoolboy before he became centrally contracted with the RFU over the summer.

However, he is yet to feature in the HSBC World Series this season with a combination of injuries and the form of others keeping him out.

Despite the frustration however, Walsh knows it is all part of the learning experience, insisting he can only profit from being around the squad full-time.

“Tom Mitchell, our captain, is flying at the moment and he is showing that he is one of the best players in the world,” explained Walsh, speaking at the Lensbury Club in Teddington as Heathrow Express and the UK Space Agency joined forces to put school children their paces with an education programme called 'Mission X- Train like an astronaut'.

“Then you have our top try scorer Dan Norton and his performances have been fantastic and so instrumental to our successes on the pitch.

“Warwick Lahmert is a new guy in the side and he is shown no fear and is improving each time he pulls on the jersey.

“But then you have the more experienced heads of James Rodwell and John Brake.

“They have been around the team for a while now and both appear to be getting better with age.

“Their shared experience is invaluable to the younger and newer players in squad.

“Normally we have five or six players out going into each leg of the events so it's great to have such strength in depth available.

“But it’s just a case of me being patient and waiting for my chance and then taking it.”

Having got their opening Cup win of the season in Tokyo last month, confidence is high going into the final leg at Twickenham this weekend.

The carrot of Olympic qualification for Rio 2016 is also on offer for the top four teams in the final standings although Walsh admits a solid performance is the main aim in the English capital.

“We have got the monkey off our back after winning in Japan, as we set ourselves that goal and we are glad to have done so,” he added.

“We don't really know much about Rio at the moment. We are striving to improve further and we want to get as many points as we can.

“As long as we improve on last year's campaign, we will see this season as a success.

“We want to achieve a higher points total than last year but we are fully aware of that every other team has improved too, even the smaller nations.

“There are no easy games in the Sevens and it is a very tough tournament to take part in.”

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