Ethan Adams

Born 3 March 2007

1.75m

Grey College, Bloemfontein

They call him the Tank, and the Lions won a race for him in May 2025 while he was still at Grey College. Adams was player of the tournament at the 2024 Global School Challenge at seventeen and started against England Under-18. In April 2026 he scored twice inside the first twenty-five minutes against Argentina in the opening match of the Under-20 Rugby Championship and took the man-of-the-match award. He made his Currie Cup debut that August, started at outside centre at Ellis Park against the Stormers XXIII, scored in the semi-final against Griquas, and was among the replacements for the Leinster opener in September. He is nineteen.