After 18 years of rugby shared between five clubs, it is to be expected that Mark Bright would have accrued a plethora of career milestones.
His latest achievement, playing in his 50th match for Richmond, came in a narrow victory over Taunton last weekend.
Even at the age of 45, Bright wants to make the most of his time playing the sport he has given so much of his life to.
He told The Rugby Paper: “I just know I'm going to be a long time out of the game and I'm going to be on the sidelines for a long time. So if the body's willing and the mind's willing, then I'm keen to keep going as long as I can.”
Once his time in the No.8 shirt comes to its end, Bright is keen to remain connected to rugby in some capacity.
He said: “I'm just trying to get through this season. If this is my last season at the semi-professional professional level, then that'll be it.
“I've got three boys, so I'll end up in some sort of coaching capacity – I'll be dragged into that, no doubt. Whether I play more socially after this and then try to add in some coaching with that is something I have to sit down have a chat with a few people about.”
Before that decision will be made, there remains the rest of the National 1 campaign, where on-pitch results have perhaps fallen below pre-season hopes.
An agonising five of Richmond's eight losses have been by seven points or less, leaving off the pace of the league's elites in seventh.
On their woes in close games, Bright said: “We miss some tackles and it just builds pressure on us and then it just spirals out of control a bit.
“If we can control the pressure and the momentum swings in games a little bit better, hopefully we should be on the right side of the scoreboard.”
Yet despite this, the atmosphere of the club has firmly cast all of Bright's memories of his time there in a positive light.
He said: “I've thoroughly enjoyed it. It's what they call a real rugby club. They put four or five men's teams and a couple of women's teams out a week. There's a massive rugby following there and the clubhouse is always packed after games.”
That persistent optimism extends to the rest of Richmond's season, and Bright is yet to give up on a run to the very top of the table.
He said: “I think we can and we should go through the rest of this season unbeaten. Hopefully something clicks in this and we push pretty hard to try and get back up near the top.
“I think it's going to be hard to try and win but we might as well have a good crack.”
