THE FORMER PLYMOUTH ALBION AND DEVON FLANKER

DANNY THOMAS

Ican’t remember much about the one and only time I won at Twickenham in 2004 as I was suffering from pneumonia. I felt dreadful, but Devon’s doctor gave me an injection to get me through the match and, somehow, I managed to play the full 80 minutes in our first County Championship win for nearly 50 years, against Gloucestershire.
After the game I went straight to the team coach and slept for what seemed like hours. I think it took me about two months to finally shake off the effects of what I’d put my body through...