Offiah is another from a sporting family. His father Martin won four Challenge Cups with Wigan during a stellar rugby league career, his cousin is Brighton defender Odeluga Offiah while, this week, his younger brother Phoenix joined Tottenham’s academy.
“Overall in the household we’re just quite competitive, except for my mum – my mum just tries to stay relaxed, stay out of it,” Offiah said.
The teenage back caught the eye when he scored a try on his Bath debut in the Premiership Rugby Cup win against Bristol last November.
“I was at school and my 10 was another kid my age, and I’m going from that to Finn Russell at 10 and he’s throwing four-man miss-passes,” Offiah said.
“The level of training and how quick everything is and the intensity and the attention to detail, execution, everything it’s such a big step up that you have to very quickly snap into it and I would like to say I did that.”
Short-term, making a positive impression at Bath and getting more opportunities there is the aim. Long-term Offiah is thinking big, with England and the Lions in his sights.
“If you’re not aiming for that it’s like why are you playing rugby?” he said.
