My Life in Rugby

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My Life in Rugby with Joe Maddock

30 October 2022 0 comments

The former Crusaders, Bath, Treviso and Saracens winger, now attack coach at Bath They say one man’s misfortune is another man’s opportunity and that was […]

My Life in Rugby with Jonny Hylton

28 August 2022 0 comments

The former Wasps, Worcester, Cornish Pirates and Esher winger One of the things you can’t coach is pace and I was very fortunate to have […]

My Life in Rugby with Matt Powell: Call-up was a case of mistaken identity

24 July 2022 22 comments

The former Saracens, Worcester and Harlequins scrum-half Unstoppable: Matt Powell charges through the Bucuresti Oaks defence for Worcester PICTURE:Getty Images Twice in my career I […]

My body tells me to quit, but I just can’t!

12 June 2022 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY SOANE TONGA’UIHA THE FORMER TONGA, BEDFORD, NORTHAMPTON, RACING 92, OYONNAX, BRISTOL AND AMPTHILL PROP AND CURRENT PLAYER-COACH AT CHINNOR RFC IT […]

My Bedford team could have made it in the Prem

23 January 2022 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BEDFORD, LONDON IRISH, BARBARIANS AND MIDLANDS CENTRE BEN WHETSTONE RUDI STRAEULI used to have a saying, ‘Bedford players, friends […]

I didn’t ask Deano about money, I just said yes!

9 January 2022 2 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND STUDENTS, LEEDS, JERSEY & NEWCASTLE PROP SAM LOCKWOOD ALL my family are from Yorkshire and my dad played […]

My job at Sedgley Park was to punch people

2 January 2022 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS HEAD COACH AND FORMER ENGLAND COUNTIES, LANCASHIRE, SALE, SEDGLEY PARK, ORRELL, NOTTINGHAM, MOLESEY, CALDY AND FYLDE LOCK PAUL […]

I feel so much happier since stepping back

19 December 2021 0 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER IRELAND U20 AND, HARLEQUINS SCRUM-HALF NOW AT UTAH WARRIORS NIALL SAUNDERS In early 2017, I was told by the […]

Jack’s prediction came true, just no one saw it!

28 November 2021 1 comment

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BATH, GLOUCESTER, EXETER, ENGLAND A AND BARBARIANS SCRUM-HALF IAN SANDERS Cross-code challenge: Ian Sanders in action for Bath against […]

My Life in Rugby: Tony Underwood – I carry Jonah scars but it taught me resilience

10 October 2021 1 comment

FACING your Jonah is one of the themes I talk to organisations about when I’ve been invited along to share my thoughts about resilience and […]

My Life in Rugby – Jeremy Davidson: Beating the Boks was pinnacle of my career

15 August 2021 2 comments

Now running things up at Brive, Jeremy Davidson reflects on his time as a Lion

My Life in Rugby – Geoff Evans: Poisoned anchovies sabotaged my tour

25 July 2021 0 comments

Former British & Irish Lions centre Geoff Evans details a hellish night at the team hotel in 1974

My Life in Rugby – Kieran Murphy: Insulted in French, but I couldn’t understand!

11 July 2021 0 comments

The former Scarlets, Brive, London Welsh and Ealing Trailfinders will head for a job in the City

My Life in Rugby – Craig Hammond: ‘Robin Hood’ rides to Nottingham’s call

13 June 2021 2 comments

I ONLY ever intended to go to Nottingham for six months back in 2001 and I ended up staying for a dozen or so years. […]

My Life in Rugby – Alex Davies: My first year at Leeds was the fondest of all

9 May 2021 0 comments

SOMEONE pointed out to me that winning silverware doesn’t happen very often so I can count myself as one of the lucky ones having celebrated […]

My Life in Rugby – Neil Doak: Lara wicket highlight of my international career!

25 April 2021 0 comments

SPORT has played a huge part in my life. I played quite a lot of sports – football, golf, tennis – and I always hoped […]

My Life in Rugby – Sean Scanlon: Rotherham were the fancy dress champs

19 February 2021 1 comment

Former Nottingham, Munster, Rotherham and Doncaster full-back Sean Scanlon reflects on his rugby career

My Life in Rugby – Cobus Visagie: Highs and lows of being a modern-day gladiator

6 December 2020 1 comment

ALTHOUGH my final surge into the top tier of world rugby was sudden in 1999, I was very blessed to have been nurtured from a […]

My Life in Rugby: Former England flanker Mickey Skinner

1 September 2020 0 comments

A deeper look at the career of the iconic back row, revered for more than just the Cecillon tackle in ’91

My Life in Rugby: Ex-Wallabies, Reds, and Worcester full-back Chris Latham

3 August 2020 0 comments

Latham shares the stadium where he delighted in playing rugby and how Jason Robinson was one of his toughest tests in 2001

My Life in Rugby: Former Sale Sharks back row Apollo Perelini

13 July 2020 0 comments

A teammate of Scott Gibbs in league, an opponent of Martin Johnson’s in age-grade union, read Perelini’s dual-code tales

State school PE staff work hardest to provide rugby

12 July 2020 0 comments

IN RESPONSE to Jordan Crane’s remarks in last week’s My Life in Rugby re state school rugby. While accurate in regard to the number of […]

My Life in Rugby: Former Exeter Chiefs scrum-half Hadyn Thomas

7 July 2020 0 comments

Thomas also played for Gloucester and Bristol but remembers the Championship final drama of ten years ago most

MATT SMITH

1 March 2020 2 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER LEICESTER AND NOTTINGHAM CENTRE/WINGER I REMEMBER Martin Corry saying to me during my first few games for Tigers to […]

My Life in Rugby: Former London Irish and Scotland forward Kieran Low

22 January 2020 0 comments

A remarkable story of a player who reached the heights but can’t recall some moments due to concussion

My Life in Rugby: Former Ireland prop Paul Wallace

28 November 2019 0 comments

One of the Lions’ victorious tourists to win in South Africa in 1997

My Life in Rugby: Former Bath, Toulon and Sharks scrum-half Michael Claassens

1 November 2019 0 comments

A player who loved running out at The Rec before stints with Toulon and the Sharks

My Life in Rugby: Bruce Reihana – former All Blacks, Chiefs and Northampton back

20 July 2018 0 comments

Now skills coach at Bristol Bears

My Life in Rugby: Junior Fatialofa – Former Cornish Pirates, Exeter and Bristol centre

29 June 2018 0 comments

One of my earliest rugby memories was watching Western Samoa, captained by my Uncle Peter, beat Wales at the 1991 World Cup. At the time, […]

17 December 2017 1 comment

THE RICHMOND DoR & FORMER OXFORD UNIVERSITY DoR AND BLACKHEATH No.8 STEVE HILL A defeat in the Varsity match is much harder to take than […]

My Life in Rugby: Former England and Bath No.8 Dave Egerton

28 November 2017 0 comments

Dave Egerton reflects on his career with England & Bath, where motivation was borne out of a desire to be considered the greatest No.8

My Life in Rugby: Neil Mason – former Moseley and Worcester flanker

26 September 2017 0 comments

As a competitive back-row forward, there is always going to be a thin line between being on the right or wrong side of the law. […]

My Life in Rugby: Garath Archer – former Newcastle, Bristol and England lock

19 September 2017 0 comments

Despite the fact my dad played on the wing for Gosforth when they were in their hey-day in the 70s, I wasn’t keen on rugby […]

My Life in Rugby: Jamie Noon – former England, Newcaslte and Brive centre

12 September 2017 0 comments

Scoring a hat-trick against Scotland in my first Six Nations campaign – I think I was the first England player to do so in a […]

My Life in Rugby: Gavin Cattle – Cornish Pirates legend

22 August 2017 0 comments

I always thought of myself as more of a game manager rather than a game changer, feeding off the good work of others around me […]

My Life in Rugby: Jan Webster – former England and Barbarians scrum-half

15 August 2017 0 comments

After all these years, I’d like to put the record straight – I did not decline to play over in Ireland at the height of […]

My Life in Rugby: Andy Saull – former Saracens, Newcastle and Yorkshire Carnegie flanker

8 August 2017 0 comments

Running out first in front of an 80,000-plus world record crowd at Wembley to mark my 100th appearance for Saracens was a moment in my […]

My Life in Rugby: Kurt Johnson – former Coventry and Orrell wing

1 August 2017 0 comments

With my hair dyed pink and the No.14 shaved into the back of my head, people might have wrongly assumed I was full of bravado […]

Knee injury ended my England hopes

30 July 2017 2 comments

MY LIFE IN RUGBY ANDY SAULL THE FORMER ENGLAND SAXONS, SARACENS, NEWCASTLE AND YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE FLANKER Saracens titan: Andy Saull shared in several defining moments […]

My Life in Rugby: Ben Gotting – former Wasps and Worcester hooker

11 July 2017 0 comments

To play in the 2004 Premiership final and make a significant contribution to our 10-6 win over Bath was undoubtedly a career highlight. I rate […]

My Life in Rugby: Tom Johnson – former England and Exeter flanker

4 July 2017 0 comments

I was a bag of nerves before my first Test against South Africa in 2012. Geoff Parling told me afterwards that he didn’t know how […]

My Life in Rugby: Mike Worsley – former England prop

20 June 2017 0 comments

I was born in Warrington and my uncle, Ken Gill, played Rugby League for Great Britain but I never played the 13-man game, it was […]

My Life in Rugby: Steve Ravenscroft – former England centre

6 June 2017 0 comments

Looking back on my playing days I feel incredibly fortunate to have been at a club like Saracens, at such a transformative time in the […]

My Life in Rugby: Jimmy Richards – former Harlequins hooker

30 May 2017 0 comments

Growing up in a small fishing village in North Pembroke-shire, it wasn’t unusual for me be up at 2am and spend 18 hours out at […]

My Life in Rugby: Simon Binns – former Leicester fly-half

23 May 2017 0 comments

I experienced some memorable wins as a player – beating Bath at home while at London Scottish, for example – but the big one that […]

My Life in Rugby: Peter Scrivener – former Wasps No.8

16 May 2017 0 comments

In the early days of professionalism, I was officially the highest paid player in the world which still makes the lads chuckle today. Nigel Melville […]

My Life in Rugby: Seb Jewell – former London Welsh full-back

9 May 2017 0 comments

I fell into professional rugby and then fell in and out of love with it several times along the way. Originally, I was going to […]

My Life in Rugby: Gary Powell – former Gloucester prop

25 April 2017 0 comments

After countless hours playing Jonah Lomu Rugby on the PlayStation at Llandovery College it was surreal to suddenly find myself sat alongside some of the […]