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My Life in Rugby: Sam Nixon – Loved Bath but I lived my best life in France

Sam Nixon, the former London Scottish, Bath, Bayonne, Exeter Chiefs and Grenoble tighthead, reflects on his life in rugby.
Sam Nixon enjoys a Bath try in victory against Leicester in 2019

Sam Nixon, the former London Scottish, Bath, Bayonne, Exeter Chiefs and Grenoble tighthead, reflects on his life in rugby.

I sometimes joke that my career peaked in December 2020: the day Bayonne beat Toulouse in Toulouse.
They had just done the double, so for us as massive underdogs to go there, stand our ground in the scrum and walk off with a win was huge for a club like Bayonne and for me personally.
That season I played more rugby than I ever thought my body could handle – around 25 games, almost all of them in the Top 14, starting 22 – and was named among the top ten recruits in Fran...

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