ADAM POWELL
THE FORMER SARACENS, NEWCASTLE AND ENGLAND SAXONS CENTRE

Inever envisaged that my career would come to an end during a preseason friendly against Nottingham, but that’s how life can be. Now I just want to make a success of my new job as an academy coach at Saracens, the club I joined as an 18-year-old straight from school.
I’ve lived and breathed rugby for as long as I can remember. When I wasn’t playing for my local club Romford and Gidea Park I’d watch as much rugby as I could. One minute I was cheering on the likes of Thomas Castaignede as a fan from...