The former England, Bath, Sale and Saracens prop

Man in black: Kevin Yates playing for Saracens
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When my dad retired from the Army, we settled in Wiltshire and I finished my schooling at John Bentley in Calne. Talk about a coincidence but the school had the same name as the rugby player whose record I beat for the longest time (10 years) between England caps!
Rugby had become a regular part of my life from about the age of 16, when a few of us mates went down to Bath Colts. From there, it was a natural progression to the U21s, the Spartans (Bath’s 3rd XV) and then Un...