MY LIFEIN RUGBY
ALBERTO DI BERNARDO
THE FORMER ITALY, CORNISH PIRATES, LEEDS CARNEGIE, BOURGOIN & TREVISO FLY-HALF

Special day: Alberto di Bernardo on the break for Italy against Australia
PICTURE: Getty Images

“It was a steep learning curve, I think I was the only Argentinian in the whole of Cornwall”
WHEN I left Rosario at the age of 24 to go to play in Italy, it was just after England had won the World Cup. Being a fly-half, Jonny Wilkinson was an idol of mine so to later get the chance to play against him in the Premiership with Leeds was amazing. I remember being out...