THE FORMER NEW ZEALAND, ENGLAND AND HARLEQUINS CENTRE

JAMIE SALMON

Three years after being rejected by Kent at an U19 trial I found myself playing for the All Blacks.
I don’t think anybody likes to be told they weren’t good enough on the day, but things happen for a reason, and it just so happened that there were a couple of Kiwi lads at Blackheath where I was paying, and they said their club back home needed a centre. I was a 10 or full-back then but thought, sod it, let’s travel 12,000 miles and give it a go!
After two weeks in New Zealand, my club coach came up to me ...