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‘China is still decades behind leading nations’

Duncan Hooper talks to Zhang Zhiqiang on learning to play rugby with Leicester’s finest

Zhang Zhiqiang’s introduction to the UK was when the chauffeurdriven ride sent by Leicester Tigers to pick him up from Heathrow was rear-ended by a red double decker bus seconds after leaving the airport. But that bump 20 years ago was nothing to the bruisings he would receive in training as he honed his skills alongside some of England’s toughest World Cup-winning stars including Martin Johnson, Neil Back and Lewis Moody.
Zhang, now 47, was then fly-half and captain of China’s national team and had been...

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