'Stomping around as a toddler, I was always in an Ireland jersey'

JAMIE BENSON’S MOTHER, Carole, tried not to let her feelings be known when the option of a move to Ireland popped up for her son. Benson was tipping along nicely with Harlequins and had already been in an England A squad when the offer popped up from Ulster. Carole Collins grew up in Belfast before moving to England and meeting Martin Benson, so the approach from Irish rugby was particularly intriguing.