I was offered a NFL trial but it was too big a risk

MY LIFEIN RUGBY
IAN DAVEY

THE FORMER BATH, BEDFORD, EL SALVADOR AND PERTEMPS BEES WINGER
WHEN I was 16, in my first season for Colston’s, I dislocated and broke my ankle and broke my leg playing in a festival up in Tynedale. We had a great team – every one of us went on to get a pro contract – and I remember Warren Fury, who went on to play for the Falcons among a few other clubs, praying behind the goals after seeing my foot facing the wrong way. It was horrific. But thankfully the support network I had around me in Bath’s academy and at the school itsel...

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