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MY LIFEIN RUGBY

THE FORMER BATH, WORCESTER AND LONDON WELSH CENTRE/FLY-HALF

SIMON WHATLING

CONSIDERING I’d only ever played flyhalf or centre, I was a bit taken aback when Jim Mallinder pulled me to one side in our hotel in Mendoza to ask if I’d play hooker against Argentina!
It was during the 2005 Junior World Cup and he was head coach. Jim’s dead-pan expression gave nothing away, but he eventually put me out of my misery and told me he was joking, and that I was going to be captain instead. I’d have played anywhere for my country but sticking my head in where it hurts in the fro...

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