Colwill's boyhood hero, however, was much closer to home. Ever since being raised on recordings of Steven Gerrard he has aimed to emulate the Liverpool great."My old man had DVDs and I used to watch loads of Liverpool games of [Gerrard] playing when he was scoring goals," said Neath-born Colwill."So, he's a player, especially when I was younger, I used to try and model my game on."He may not yet have reached the Premier League stage that Gerrard graced but Colwill - the younger brother of Cardiff and Wales team-mate Rubin - broke into Bellamy's squad in September 2025 making his debut in a friendly against Canada. His second cap came six months later against Northern Ireland."When I go on [Wales] camps, I'm trying to learn as much as I can off Craig and the top talent they have there," Colwill added."There's some top players there, like Harry Wilson and David Brooks, with a lot of them playing in the Premier League, which is every player's aspiration one day - to play in what some would say is the best league in the world."
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