These Wolves starlets beat Marcus Rashford

The Manchester United's teenager rise to ascension for the European Championship has led some hopeful England fans to believe he's the next big thing, writes Craig Birch.

Just over three months have elapsed since the 18-year-old's first-team debut for United and his full bow for England, winning a place for Euro 2016 on that one appearance.

The tournament begins with the opening ceremony in France tonight, with all eyes on where striker Rashford fits in when England get started against Russia tomorrow night.

He may have been propelled onto the scene swiftly but others have done it in a tighter time-frame, both with the prospects from Molineux and in the rest of the footballing world.

Norman Whiteside went from his Manchester United debut to playing for Northern Ireland in the 1982 World Cup inside two months, while Gareth Bale was turning out for Wales quicker than that.

Bale went from his Southampton bow to Welsh action in all of 40 days and is still starring for his country, who hope he will be the spark to beat England and then get out of Group B.

But none of them can beat Ryan Green or Johnny Gorman, who were full internationals for Wales and Northern Ireland respectively before they had made a first-team appearance for Wolves.

Green was selected by then national boss Bobby Gould for a friendly away to Malta in June 1998, which they won 3-0. His second and last cap came in Tunisia three days later, where they were hammered 4-0.

The 17-year-old right-back was a Wolves youth graduate but Cardiff born, earning inevitable comparisons with Ryan Giggs, the Manchester United hero who would later lament his inclusion.

In his autobiography, the Red Devils legend called it "a typical Gould stunt" and added all he and Green had in common was their hometown. Then Wolves boss Mark McGhee didn't pick him, either.

It wasn't until after McGhee was sacked that Green made his Wolves debut, all of five days later when successor Colin Lee needed a replacement at the back for the injured Kevin Muscat.

Opening impressions at club level were good. A First Division home game against Sheffield United was Wolves at a crossroads but they won 2-1, with Green going off after 66 minutes.

Injury curtailed his start and he had to be replaced by Darren Ferguson, but he'd had the beating of useful Blades rival Wayne Quinn more than once on the flank in the time he was there.

He never really made a proper breakthrough, his one run in the team ending when he was sent off in a 2000 Black Country derby at Albion for two fouls on Jason Roberts, in a three-minute period.

He never started a game again and left with just 12 games under his belt, four from the bench. By the time he was freed to join Millwall - ironically to be reunited with McGhee - he'd asked to go twice.

He eventually fell down the leagues but is still playing today, aged 35, for the reincarnation of Hereford. He's made over 200 appearances for the Bulls, in all of their guises, during his career.

Winger Gorman is an even more extraordinary case, playing nine times for the Northern Ireland senior team before his one and only Wolves appearance, in the Premier League away to Norwich City.

It was two over two years earlier when he'd first played for his country, again aged 17 for a 2-0 friendly defeat to Turkey staged in the United States on 26 May 2010. His competitive bow came later that year.

The Irish won, too, 1-0 away to Slovenia with Gorman featuring from the bench. His last international action came before his Wolves debut, for one minute and stoppage time at Carrow Road in March 2012.

The 23-year-old's slide to non-league has been equally notable and he's looking for a club, with AFC Telford United boss Rob Smith refusing to pick him last season after a bust-up between the two.

Rashford, Whiteside and Bale are different, with only lessons to be learned from the cases of Green and Gorman. True success can only come when club and international football is a happy marriage.