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Playing for the Baa-Baas was my proudest day

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The Rugby Paper Team
5 October 2025

MY LIFEIN RUGBY
PETE DAVIES THE FORMER HENLEY HAWKS, NEWBURY, OXFORD HARLEQUINS, WALES U21 & BARBARIANS WING/FULL-BACK, WHO NOW COACHES OXFORD HARLEQUINS

THE proudest day of my rugby life came on Boxing Day 1998 at Welford Road, when I pulled on the famous black-and-white shirt of the Barbarians to face Leicester Tigers.
I’d only just joined Henley Hawks, scoring a few tries in National One, which was level three at the time. The Barbarians had a tradition of rewarding form from the lower leagues to give club players a chance in the spotlight. Myself and Mark Venner got t...

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