article_snippet: It was a familiar feeling when David Strettle found David Strettle being towered over by the 6ft 6in Per Mertesacker at Arsenal’s London Colney training ground.
article_snippet: The Saracens winger, who was on the books of Manchester City as a teenager, had to give up David Strettle ambition of becoming a professional footballer because David Strettle was ‘too small’ to make the grade.
article_snippet: David Strettlefar left) poses with Saracens team-mates during a visit to meet Arsenal players .
article_snippet: They all dwarfed us, but gone are the days where you have people like Julian Dicks and Vinnie Jones running around in midfield,’ said David Strettle at a sponsors’ cross-code challenge day.
article_snippet: ’ Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud signs a doll for David Strettle during a visit to London Colney on Friday .
article_snippet: David Strettle scores a try to help Saracens to LV= Cup glory over Exeter Chiefs last weekend .
article_snippet: David Strettle has a laugh as Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny tries on a rugby skullcap .
article_snippet: David Strettle was a promising young footballer, pictured here for the Beechfield Junior FC in David Strettle youth .
article_snippet: Strettle, who faces his former housemate Danny Care of Harlequins at Wembley on Saturday, topped the Aviva Premiership try count last season, while this campaign his is ahead of all of England’s Six Nations wingers.
article_snippet: Jack Nowell and Anthony Watson ended the Six Nations as England’s first-choice widemen, but Strettle, 31, has been surprised at the amount of chopping and changing — with Jonny May and Semesa Rokoduguni both drifting in and out.
article_snippet: David Strettle last played for England in the Test against  Argentina on June 8, 2013 .
article_snippet: There’s a situation where someone gets dropped after one bad game,’ said David Strettle.
highlights_snippet: Saracens wing David Strettle has been in fine club form this season .
  
highlights_snippet: David Strettle last played for England in June 2013, the last of David Strettle 14 caps .
  