HARROGATE DoR AND EX-LEEDS, WASPS, SALE, JERSEY & PIRATES WING/FULL-BACK

DAVE DOHERTY

Iplayed both League and Union growing up but eventually it came to a point when I had to choose. I come from a Rugby League family – my brother was on Bradford Bulls’ books at the time - and had toured with Great Britain RL U18s, so a career in League with the Rhinos beckoned until Stuart Lancaster asked me to switch. I immediately loved the freedom that you got as a backthree player in Union.
I became the youngest player to play in the Premiership, a record I still hold t...