A former schoolboy rugby player who swapped the scrum for the dance studio has landed a coveted place at a prestigious Italian ballet academy.Only 18 months after trying ballet for the first time, Oscar Hunter, who played as a second row forward in rugby, is moving to Genoa to join the Fondazione For Dance school run by the Russian Ballet College.

A former schoolboy rugby player who swapped the scrum for the dance studio has landed a coveted place at a prestigious Italian ballet academy.Only 18 months after trying ballet for the first time, Oscar Hunter, who played as a second row forward in rugby, is moving to Genoa to join the Fondazione For Dance school run by the Russian Ballet College.