CHRIS WALKER
THE FORMER ENGLAND U20 CAPTAIN AND YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE FLANKER

It was in a small, idyllic Yorkshire Dales village, watching my hero play this super-fast, macho sport, where my love of rugby first started. “Mum can you play rugby for a job?” I asked with beaming eyes only to be met with a realistic parental response. Nevertheless, it fired my passion to start playing.
Ten years on and I was signing a professional contract on my 16th birthday.
I progressed quickly, playing every England age group, captaining a number of the teams, winning an U20 Six Nations and losin...