My Life in Rugby with Peter Williams - The former England, Lancashire and Orrell fly-half talks about his life in the game
I signed for Salford Rugby League one Monday, and then the following day, Don Rutherford at the RFU, rang me up to say I’d been selected on the bench for England’s game against Scotland. Normally you get a letter telling you that you’ve been selected but I didn’t receive one and, as no one had given me any indication I was in the running to make the team, I thought my England days were behind me, hence the reason I decided to take up a new challenge. When I told Don that...