Blackburn Rugby Club star Jacob Pickering has been immortalized in a 7ft high statue and appeared in TV commercials
A rugby-mad schoolboy born without his left hand has shared his delight at being chosen to bring the ball onto the pitch - for the World Cup final.
And this year, he’s been immortalized in a 7ft high statue and appeared in tv commercials as part of World Cup sponsor Land Rover Defender’s ad campaign. But he was stunned to learn just a few weeks ago that he’d be stepping out onto the Stade de France pitch with the match ball for the final on October 28.
She said: "He started playing football. He was doing okay, but he was getting to the point where he was saying, ‘I don’t want to go’, and we didn’t want to push him. Jacob’s now coach was at the training session, and he said, ‘Bring him to Blackburn Rugby Club’. But his achievements took centre stage again when Land Rover Defender asked him to be part of their World Cup ad campaign earlier this year. And he then got to rub shoulders with several major celebrities at the tournament's star-studded opening event.
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