I ALWAYS love this time of year with the start of the rugby season, something that as a player I have always looked forward to and couldn’t wait to get started. The stress of working throughout the summer months without that weekend game transporting you from your daily routine built until that moment when putting the boots back on.
The pleasure of meeting up with team-mates a couple of weeks before at pre-season training created an empathy with all players keen to get back on the park.
Obviously in those days it wasn’t about the money, it was solely about the team and ...