Chawatama takes long route to top

By PAUL REES

Lovejoy Chawatama is enjoying every day of his career as a professional rugby player having made sacrifices as a student to get to the top.
The 30-year old London Irish tighthead prop, who last month signed a new contract with the club, did not come through an academy system but learned through playing and worked his way up through the leagues.
He arrived in Britain from Zimbabwe as a 15- year old having played rugby at school and while he was studying construction project management at the University of the West of England, represented English Students.
“I came through the ha...

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