Former Scarlets, Bordeaux Begles, Birmingham & Solihull and Wales U19s prop Ricky Davies reflects on his life in rugby.

The first time I realised professional rugby wasn’t always as serious as it looked was on a Scarlets pre-season trip to Slovenia.
We were supposed to play Treviso, but the fixture got cancelled. Gareth Jenkins, who appreciated life both on and off the pitch, told us we’d earned a night out after three brutal training days.
The “night” turned into three. It felt less like pre-season and more like a stag do with lineouts.
For a young front rower in his first professiona...