Rugby rising star’s unusual training ahead of move to Sydney Shute Shield club

This rising star of rugby is keen to make his mark in the sport. And his pre-season “training” is already setting him apart from the rest.

Ed Bell has been working on a farm this summer. Pic: Supplied

Young rugby gun Edward Bell is heading to Sydney in 2021 to play with one of numerous Shute Shield clubs who have shown interest in him joining their colts program.

And while some of the players he will eventually call his teammates have already started pre-season training, Bell is doing something quite different as part of his physical preparations.

The 18-year-old, a recent graduate of the Armidale School (TAS), is working on a farm near his family home at Scone to raise money and keep active before his move to Sydney to further his rugby career.

Eddie Bell played in a series of under 18s games in December against the best young players in the state. Pic: Supplied

“I’ve been working on a lucerne property,” Bell said.

“I do whatever they need me to do. Pull apart irrigation, cutting lucerne, whatever is needed.

“It would be great fitness. Moving hay isn’t the easiest thing to do.”

Bell said he plays for the love of rugby but is keen to see where the game takes him.

“I really love it,” said Bell, who played a series of games in December alongside the best young talent in the state.

“But I want to see how far I can go as well. I’d love to be involved in the Gen Blues program one day.”

Eddie Bell has attracted interest from Sydney clubs. Pic: Supplied

Bell said he comes from a family of passionate rugby union supporters.

“Everyone plays in my family, we just loved rugby,” he said.

“We have alway been union supporters and I started playing when I was six or seven in Scone and haven’t stopped.”

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