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My Life in Rugby: Joe Makysymiw – The brilliant, emotional world of French rugby

Former Leicester Tigers, Connacht, Dragons and Agen second row, Joe Makysymiw, reflects on his life in rugby.
Joe Maksymiw playing for Leicester Tigers in the Premiership, 2017

Former Leicester Tigers, Connacht, Dragons and Agen second row, Joe Makysymiw, reflects on his life in rugby.

I realised pretty quickly in France that passion can be a double-edged sword.
I had just arrived at Agen with absolutely no French – not even GCSE level – when we were in a team meeting and my name kept getting shouted.
The coach was banging the board, my name was ringing around the room and I was sat there thinking, “here we go, I am getting properly bigged up here”.
I had a bit of a smile on my face, nodding along, assuming they were saying how well I had started, how great it wa...

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