Jon Newcombe talks to Josh McNally who says that, without the RAF, he would not have achieved anything in the game

High flier: Josh McNally, centre right, celebrates after the RAF win the 2015 Inter-Services title
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As he enters the twilight years of his professional playing career, Cardiff Rugby’s Josh McNally has never forgotten where it all started for him – in the RAF.
Too tall to be a pilot, McNally was never airborne during his time in active service – he was fixing planes up rather than flying them in his role as a weapons technician – but over the last 12 years, the ...