MY LIFEIN RUGBY
DARRYL VEENENDAAL

THE FORMER BEDFORD, NOTTINGHAM AND AMPTHILL SCRUM-HALF

Cheeky: Darryl Veenendaal in action
PICTURE: Getty Images

WHEN people comment on how good the Goldington Road surface is nowadays, I quickly claim all the credit for it. The summer I left Bedford, a friend of mine, who had a landscaping business, was awarded the contract to do the new drainage and he asked me to help out before I went on my way to join Nottingham. Bedford DoR Mike Rayer came out of his office to find me on this big, old machine digging giant holes in his pitch and nearly had...