Pertemps though believes it can interest employers in young people who might otherwise have been written off.

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Pertemps employs peer mentors to do that - former clients who through its training have got off the scrapheap.

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Wilkinson, who made his comeback as Newcastle beat Connacht on Tuesday, faced Munster on Monday and will take on Pertemps Bees on Saturday.

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