Despite the fact my dad played on the wing for Gosforth when they were in their hey-day in the 70s, I wasn’t keen on rugby […]

After all these years, I’d like to put the record straight – I did not decline to play over in Ireland at the height of […]

With my hair dyed pink and the No.14 shaved into the back of my head, people might have wrongly assumed I was full of bravado […]

Looking back on my playing days I feel incredibly fortunate to have been at a club like Saracens, at such a transformative time in the […]

I experienced some memorable wins as a player – beating Bath at home while at London Scottish, for example – but the big one that […]

Times have changed a bit since I played (and scored) in Saints’ first-ever Premiership match back in August 1997. There were around 6,000 in the […]

I’d love to say that the biggest crowd in Rotherham’s history (6,894) turned out specifically to see my club debut against Bath in January 2004, […]

Winning the Celtic League in my first season at Ospreys with a victory at the Border Reivers was a bitter-sweet experience for me. It was […]

Each and every time I pulled on a club jersey was special to me irrespective of who I played for, but scoring on my Cardiff […]

Through good times and bad, rugby has been a part of my life and that will continue even though I’ve had to retire from the […]

I think rugby changed more during the 20 years of my career than it did in the previous 50 with the introduction of the World […]

Despite being a proud Yorkshireman most of my playing days were spent on the other side of the Pennines, with Sale. John Bentley cajoled me […]

Born and raised in New Zealand, I grew up marvelling at the skills of Zinzan Brooke. He had it all. Wayne Shelford, my coach at […]