MY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE NEWCASTLE PROP AND SCRUM COACH
MICKY WARD

I LIVE about 15 minutes from the rugby club, and have never ventured far. There were a couple of times when other clubs came in for me. I could have gone across to Brive, I could have gone down to Leicester, and I could have signed for Saracens, when Brendan Venter took over. But, deep down, I knew I would probably never move. I’m quite a home bird. I like the north-east, all my friends and family are here, and luckily enough for the majority of the years, I was regularly involved in the team, whether it was ...