Former Zimbabwe, Old Albanian, Rams, Chester, Worthing and Sale Sharks academy centre, Saope Soko, reflects on his life in rugby.

The proudest moment of my rugby career wasn’t a try, a win or even a final. It was standing in Harare, pulling on the Zimbabwe shirt, singing the national anthem and looking up to see the president’s helicopter circling above the stadium.
You’ve got fans packed in, noise everywhere, and then that moment of silence before kick-off where it all hits you.
That’s when you realise rugby is bigger than just the game.
It’s about family, identity and representing someth...