Asher 'Ash Beast' Opoku-Fordjour: The Sale wonderkid out to save England's scrum - and his astonishing pre-match routine Growing up in Coventry, not so long ago, Asher Opoku-Fordjour would watch videos of Kobe Bryant on the eve of every rugby match; idolising the American basketball superstar who practised his shooting in the gym at Palisades High School until the sun came up.
These days, the young prop no longer needs to watch videos of Ellis Genge the night before a game.
The young prop is known as Ash-Beast by his team-mates at Sale Sharks where he has thrived.
Asher Opoku-Fordjour idolised Kobe Bryant as a youth and watched clips of him before games.
‘I’d watch clips of him talking about what he called the Mamba Mentality.
