MY LIFEIN RUGBY
NIGEL POMPHREY
THE FORMER BRISTOL AND ENGLAND XV LOCK
ALL three of our Cup Finals appearances in the 1980s were memorable occasions – it was a very big deal back then, before the start of the Leagues – and the city would empty and travel en masse to Twickenham for a big day out in London.
When we reached our first final, against Leicester in 1983, we underestimated how big a deal it was and very nearly didn’t make it! On the morning of the match our coach got stuck in grid-locked traffic and with about an hour to go, we were still only at Kew Gardens.
Our s...