My Life in Rugby with Nic Groom: ‘It was my warrior spirit that paid off with Rassie’

The former Western Province, Stormers, Northampton, Lions, Edinburgh and London Irish scrum-half talks Jon Newcombe through his journey in the game

My last game was for London Irish against Wasps and it was one of the toughest games of rugby I have ever played. I played 80 minutes, we were up by about 25 points and we lost on the hooter, 39-36. To this day, I don’t know how we didn’t win that game. I remember walking off the field knowing that this might be my last-ever game, and when I got back to the changing room I took my jersey off, stared at it and took a picture. I had a real s...

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