The former Wasps, Bath, Gran Parma, L’Aquila, London Welsh, Massy and Grasse lock discusses his career

As a professional sportsman you always try and maximise what talent you have but I’ll happily admit I was never anywhere near as good as the ESPN computer game version of myself at any stage of my 15-year career. I was faster, stronger and more powerful as a PlayStation player than the real me. I think they must have got the stats mixed up!
Almost half of my time in the pro game was spent at Wasps, where my dad Stefan had also played along with Harlequins. I joined them just as the team we...