MY LIFEIN RUGBY
DAN BOWDEN
THE FORMER HIGHLANDERS, BLUES, CRUSADERS, LONDON IRISH, LEICESTER AND BATH FLY-HALF

Days to savour: Dan Bowden scores a try for London Irish against Sale at the Reebok Stadium in 2011. Inset, Bowden, George Ford and Ben Youngs celebrate Leicester’s victory over Northampton in the 2013 Premiership final
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TO be able to tell my kids I once played with Richie McCaw and Dan Carter is unreal. It just shows the levels of esteem they are held in, in New Zealand, that an old pro of 15 years like me, still acts like a fan boy when it comes to...