MY LIFEIN RUGBY

TOM BEIM
THE FORMER ENGLAND, GLOUCESTER AND SALE WINGER

Grapple: Tom Beim gets to grips with Jonah Lomu. Inset, Beim playing for Gloucester
PICTURE: Getty Images

WHEN I left Cheltenham College, I was offered a job as a professional polo player for an American team.
It was a lucky break. I spent three months at Palm Beach and then three months in Argentina but while it sounds glamorous, I didn’t overly enjoy it. On returning home, all my mates - people like Rob Fidler and Phil Vickery - were training down at Gloucester and they said to me why don’t I come along...