By BEN JAYCOCK

Still going: Dan Stockdale
PICTURE: Ro Burridge

DAN Stockdale rose from the Wharfedale fifth team to make over 200 first XV appearances, all while battling a near career-ending injury.
The 35-year-old hooker has balanced his rugby alongside working as a livestock farmer.
Starting at the club aged six, Stockdale has been involved at the Yorkshire outfit for 28 years and is showing no signs of slowing down.
He told The Rugby Paper: “The club is a massive part of my life, my family’s and the community. We’re a rural, farming community around her...