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My Life in Rugby with Ryan de la Harpe: ‘Playing at Twickenham was my lifelong dream’

The former Namibia, Lancashire, Moseley & Fylde scrum-half

Ever since I was a kid growing up in Namibia, my biggest dream wasn’t to play for the Springboks (I was once involved in the South Africa U21s set-up) but to play at Twickenham.
That might seem strange but it all stemmed from watching the Springboks in their first match against England in England, post-Apartheid. I was so taken in by the crowd, the size of the new stand that was being built and the grass and the lushness of it. Where I am from, in Walvis Bay, all you can see are sand dunes and the sea, no greenery. I watched th...

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