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Rugby was alien to me … but I soon fell in love

MY LIFEIN RUGBY
VICTOR UBOGU

THE FORMER ENGLAND, BATH, MOSELEY & OXFORD UNIVERSITY PROP
GROWING up in Africa, football was my passion and Pele was my hero. Rugby wasn’t on my radar until I came over to the UK as a 13-yearold in November 1977 and went to West Buckland boarding school in Devon.
As if the shock of swapping the Nigerian heat straight into a British winter wasn’t enough, I was forced to play a game that was otherwise alien to me. Five minutes into my first game, the Welsh head of sport sent me off and told me to go and learn the laws. I didn’t h...

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