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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Darren Garforth: ‘Not bad for a stocky centre-forward convert’
The former England, Leicester & Nuneaton prop talks about his life in the game As I write this, a group of...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Wayne Kilford: ‘Moore told me – The work starts now’
The former Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry and Midlands full-back talks about his life in the game My first captain in senior rugby...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Allan Jacobsen: ‘Simple Minds? No, I put up posters of David Sole’
The former Scotland prop and all-time appearance record holder for Edinburgh When I was a boy growing up in the 80s...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Byron McGuigan: ‘Nothing could top that 38-38 draw with England’
The former Scotland, Glasgow, Exeter and Border Bulldogs winger, who has just brough the curtain down on his playing career at...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Alex Tait: ‘Being a one-club man means so much to me’
The former Newcastle and England U20s full-back and winger talks about his life in the game I am immensely proud to...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Graham Childs: ‘Your only job is to pour champagne’
The former England, North, Wasps and Newcastle centre talks about his life in the game I went on the first post-Falklands...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Peter Mensah: ‘So glad I left the bank to turn pro with Quins’
The former England A, Harlequins and GRAN Parma centre/winger talks about his life in the game One of the things I am...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Simon Mannix: ‘I looked confident but, inside, I was a mess’
The former New Zealand, Wellington, Hurricanes, Sale & Gloucester fly-half who has coached at Racing 92, Munster and Pau talks about his...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Matt Greenwood: ‘We got Eddie Butler blind drunk on Dark & Stormies’
The former England A, Roundhay, Nottingham, Wasps & Wakefield loose forward talks about his life in the game I snapped my...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Phil Boulton: ‘It was a real honour to lead Cov to promotion’
The former Leicester, Rotherham, Bedford & Coventry prop talks about his life in the game Growing up in North Lincolnshire, Leicester Tigers...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Paul Jarvis: ‘Dream start with six tries at Twickenham’
The former Hartpury, Doncaster, Coventry and Darlington Mowden Park full-back talks about his life in the game Not many players will...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Vaughan Going: ‘Second-best in the world, but on bench’
The former Hong Kong, Waikato, Harlequins, London Welsh, Sale, Beziers, Bristol and Northampton full-back talks about his life in the game...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Andy Booth: ‘I’ve got every cap bar the senior one’
The former Neath, Swansea, Cardiff, Cambridge University and Wales B scrum-half talks about his life in the game I played back...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Dave Tiueti: ‘I loved the Mem – it got me a Tonga recall’
The former Tonga, Bristol, Neath & Ospreys centre talks about his life in the game Fond memories: Dave Tiueti in action...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Stu Turner: ‘I thought England call was a wind-up’
The former England, Waterloo, Orrell, Worcester, Rotherham and Sale Sharks prop Stu Turner Triple top: Stu Turner won three caps for...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Andy Long: ‘Bitter-sweet Test career taught me a hell of a lot’
The former England, Bath, Munster, Rotherham, Newcastle and Northampton hooker talks about his life in the game When I was with...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Derek White: ‘I got up at 4am on the morning of my first cap’
I grew up in Dunbar, on the coast, which isn’t exactly steeped in rugby history but both my brother Alaister and...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Charlie Walker: ‘Abrupt end to a great nine-year stay at Quins’
The former England 7s & U20s, Harlequins, Zebre and Ealing winger, now at Rosslyn Park, talks about his life in the...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Steve Lander: ‘Controversy inevitable when you’re a referee’
The former international referee, who took charge of 18 tests from 1995 to 2003, talks about his life in the game...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Ryan de la Harpe: ‘Playing at Twickenham was my lifelong dream’
The former Namibia, Lancashire, Moseley & Fylde scrum-half Ever since I was a kid growing up in Namibia, my biggest dream...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Matt Symons: ‘From Voldemort to NZ, it’s been a blast’
The former Harlequins, London Irish, Wasps, Canterbury & Waikato Chiefs second row talks about his journey in the game, that took...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Keni Fisilau: ‘Gregory’s got me cheering on rivals’
The former Plymouth Albion & Tonga centre, and father of wonderkid Greg Fisilau, talks about his life in the game On...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Will Hooley: Rollercoaster ride full of cool stuff along the way
The US Eagles, San Diego Legion and former Exeter, Northampton, Saracens & Bedford fly-half talks about his career in the game...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Joe Simpson: I loved Adams Park when it was rocking
The former England, Wasps, Gloucester, Saracens, Bath & Sale Sharks scrum-half My professional career has now come to an end and...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Kevin Yates: ‘I waited ten years for my next England cap!’
The former England, Bath, Sale and Saracens prop Man in black: Kevin Yates playing for Saracens PICTURE: Getty Images When my...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Edd Thrower ‘Going to Italy was the best move I ever made’
The former London Irish, Wasps, Saracens, Crociati, Bedford, London Welsh, Massy & Piacenza full-back on his life in the game Loving...
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/ 3 years agoMy 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...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Nick Fenton Wells: ‘Uncle Nick gave me the perfect grounding’
The former Western Province, Stormers, Saracens, Bedford & Bristol back row People might not be aware but former Springbok player and...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Joe Maddock
The former Crusaders, Bath, Treviso and Saracens winger, now attack coach at Bath They say one man’s misfortune is another man’s...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with James Bailey: ‘1995 World Cup left a big impression on me’
Inspired: James Bailey became a real fan of players like Serge Blanco David Campese I come from a very sporting family...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Johnny Leota: ‘Playing for Samoa gave me my identity’
Wow, the last decade has flown by so quickly. It doesn’t seem that long since I left New Zealand for Manchester...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Dan Norton
The former Great Britain and England Sevens star and Gloucester, Bristol, Moseley and London Irish 15s winger talks about his career...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Richard Barrington
I had two years still on my contract at Jersey but when Saracens came in for me after my first year...
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/ 3 years ago‘False start at Gloucester took me on scenic route’ – My Life in Rugby with Guy Thompson
The former Wasps, Leicester, Jersey and Ealing back rower talks about his life in the game I think I am right...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Simon Hammersley
The former Newcastle and Sale full-back Seeing as I’m starting my first job in ‘the real world’ as an investment banker...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Jonny Hylton
The former Wasps, Worcester, Cornish Pirates and Esher winger One of the things you can’t coach is pace and I was...
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/ 4 years ago“I just ran around and smashed everything” – My Life in Rugby with Martin Purdy
The former Wasps, Bath, Gran Parma, L’Aquila, London Welsh, Massy and Grasse lock discusses his career As a professional sportsman you...
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/ 4 years ago“I learned my trade on the world’s big stages” – My Life in Rugby with Simon Hunt
The former England Sevens/U21s, Rosslyn Park, Narbonne, Perpignan, Pertemps Bees, Ebbw Vale, Newport, Bristol, Moseley & Dings Crusaders winger Playing a...
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/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Olly Morgan: I was so proud to be a king of Kingsholm
The former England and Gloucester full-back talks about his career Kingsholm, particularly the Shed, has a very well-deserved reputation for being...
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/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Matt Powell: Call-up was a case of mistaken identity
The former Saracens, Worcester and Harlequins scrum-half Unstoppable: Matt Powell charges through the Bucuresti Oaks defence for Worcester PICTURE:Getty Images Twice...
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/ 4 years agoScrum-half or full-back? I made the right choice
BEN FODEN - 34-capped England International SCRUM-HALF or full-back? My dad still has that debate with me every time I go...
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/ 4 years agoMy body tells me to quit, but I just can’t!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY SOANE TONGA’UIHA THE FORMER TONGA, BEDFORD, NORTHAMPTON, RACING 92, OYONNAX, BRISTOL AND AMPTHILL PROP AND CURRENT PLAYER-COACH...
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/ 4 years agoI learned via the school of hard knocks
MY LIFE IN RUGBY IAN KENCH THE FORMER OXFORD UNIVERSITY, LOUGHBOROUGH, SALE, NOTTINGHAM AND ESHER LOCK WHEN Mike Brewer came in...
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/ 4 years agoHong Kong triumph built on sand of Bali
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND NORTHAMPTON, SALE, TREVISO & CALVISANO CENTRE WHO NOW COACHES ITALY SEVENS...
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/ 4 years agoI’ve gone over THAT try a million times in my head!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND, LIONS AND SALE SHARKS WINGER MARK CUETO ABOUT six months after we came back...
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/ 4 years agoIt was a roller coaster ride around England
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER PLYMOUTH, BRISTOL, WORCESTER, LONDON WELSH, SALE, LEEDS, ROUEN AND NEWCASTLE FULL-BACK/WING TOM ARSCOTT MY playing...
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/ 4 years agoTime to pass on the Kingsholm clippers
MY LIFE IN RUGBY FORMER ENGLAND, GLOUCESTER AND MOSELEY WINGER CHARLIE SHARPLES I REMEMBER being chuffed to bits that I got...
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/ 4 years agoAndre offered me a route back from sea
MY LIFE IN RUGBY CARL KIRWAN THE NOTTINGHAM FLANKER, FORMERLY OF ROTHERHAM, LONDON WELSH, WORCESTER & CHINNOR Mixing it with the...
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/ 4 years agoScotland ticket was too good to resist
MY LIFE IN RUGBY MICHAEL CUSACK Leading the fight: Michael Cusack in action for Leeds against Leicester FORMER SCOTLAND, LEEDS, DONCASTER,...
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/ 4 years agoProud I could play my part in green to unite people
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BRITISH & IRISH LIONS, IRELAND AND OXFORD UNIVERSITY FULL-BACK HUGO MACNEILL EVEN though I played...















