MY LIFEIN RUGBY

THE FORMER RICHMOND, CARDIFF BLUES, LEEDS AND GLOUCESTER PROP

GARY POWELL

After countless hours playing Jonah Lomu Rugby on the PlayStation at Llandovery College it was surreal to suddenly find myself sat alongside some of the stars of the game like Laurent Cabannes and Ben Clarke as a teenage prop at Richmond.
At Llandovery, we’d enjoyed an excellent couple of seasons beating the likes of Colston’s and Millfield under the coaching of Iestyn Thomas, and quite a few English clubs came in for me.
I chose Richmond because there was a large Welsh contingent – both the Quinne...

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