All posts tagged "My Life in Rugby"
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Matt Greenwood: ‘We got Eddie Butler blind drunk on Dark & Stormies’
The former England A, Roundhay, Nottingham, Wasps & Wakefield loose forward talks about his life in the game I snapped my...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Andy Booth: ‘I’ve got every cap bar the senior one’
The former Neath, Swansea, Cardiff, Cambridge University and Wales B scrum-half talks about his life in the game I played back...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 2 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Nic Groom: ‘It was my warrior spirit that paid off with Rassie’
The former Western Province, Stormers, Northampton, Lions, Edinburgh and London Irish scrum-half talks Jon Newcombe through his journey in the game My...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Nick Fenton Wells: ‘Uncle Nick gave me the perfect grounding’
The former Western Province, Stormers, Saracens, Bedford & Bristol back row People might not be aware but former Springbok player and...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Joe Maddock
The former Crusaders, Bath, Treviso and Saracens winger, now attack coach at Bath They say one man’s misfortune is another man’s...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Jonny Hylton
The former Wasps, Worcester, Cornish Pirates and Esher winger One of the things you can’t coach is pace and I was...
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/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Matt Powell: Call-up was a case of mistaken identity
The former Saracens, Worcester and Harlequins scrum-half Unstoppable: Matt Powell charges through the Bucuresti Oaks defence for Worcester PICTURE:Getty Images Twice...
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/ 3 years agoMy body tells me to quit, but I just can’t!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY SOANE TONGA’UIHA THE FORMER TONGA, BEDFORD, NORTHAMPTON, RACING 92, OYONNAX, BRISTOL AND AMPTHILL PROP AND CURRENT PLAYER-COACH...
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/ 3 years agoMy Bedford team could have made it in the Prem
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BEDFORD, LONDON IRISH, BARBARIANS AND MIDLANDS CENTRE BEN WHETSTONE RUDI STRAEULI used to have a...
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/ 3 years agoI didn’t ask Deano about money, I just said yes!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER ENGLAND STUDENTS, LEEDS, JERSEY & NEWCASTLE PROP SAM LOCKWOOD ALL my family are from Yorkshire...
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/ 3 years agoMy job at Sedgley Park was to punch people
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS HEAD COACH AND FORMER ENGLAND COUNTIES, LANCASHIRE, SALE, SEDGLEY PARK, ORRELL, NOTTINGHAM, MOLESEY, CALDY...
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/ 3 years agoI feel so much happier since stepping back
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER IRELAND U20 AND, HARLEQUINS SCRUM-HALF NOW AT UTAH WARRIORS NIALL SAUNDERS In early 2017, I...
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/ 3 years agoJack’s prediction came true, just no one saw it!
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER BATH, GLOUCESTER, EXETER, ENGLAND A AND BARBARIANS SCRUM-HALF IAN SANDERS Cross-code challenge: Ian Sanders in...
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/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tony Underwood – I carry Jonah scars but it taught me resilience
FACING your Jonah is one of the themes I talk to organisations about when I’ve been invited along to share my...
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/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Jeremy Davidson: Beating the Boks was pinnacle of my career
Now running things up at Brive, Jeremy Davidson reflects on his time as a Lion
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/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Geoff Evans: Poisoned anchovies sabotaged my tour
Former British & Irish Lions centre Geoff Evans details a hellish night at the team hotel in 1974
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/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Kieran Murphy: Insulted in French, but I couldn’t understand!
The former Scarlets, Brive, London Welsh and Ealing Trailfinders will head for a job in the City
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/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Craig Hammond: ‘Robin Hood’ rides to Nottingham’s call
I ONLY ever intended to go to Nottingham for six months back in 2001 and I ended up staying for a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Alex Davies: My first year at Leeds was the fondest of all
SOMEONE pointed out to me that winning silverware doesn’t happen very often so I can count myself as one of the...
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/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Neil Doak: Lara wicket highlight of my international career!
SPORT has played a huge part in my life. I played quite a lot of sports – football, golf, tennis –...
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/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Sean Scanlon: Rotherham were the fancy dress champs
Former Nottingham, Munster, Rotherham and Doncaster full-back Sean Scanlon reflects on his rugby career
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/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Cobus Visagie: Highs and lows of being a modern-day gladiator
ALTHOUGH my final surge into the top tier of world rugby was sudden in 1999, I was very blessed to have...
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/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former England flanker Mickey Skinner
A deeper look at the career of the iconic back row, revered for more than just the Cecillon tackle in '91
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/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ex-Wallabies, Reds, and Worcester full-back Chris Latham
Latham shares the stadium where he delighted in playing rugby and how Jason Robinson was one of his toughest tests in...
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/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Sale Sharks back row Apollo Perelini
A teammate of Scott Gibbs in league, an opponent of Martin Johnson's in age-grade union, read Perelini's dual-code tales
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Schools / Universities
/ 5 years agoState school PE staff work hardest to provide rugby
IN RESPONSE to Jordan Crane’s remarks in last week’s My Life in Rugby re state school rugby. While accurate in regard...
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/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Exeter Chiefs scrum-half Hadyn Thomas
Thomas also played for Gloucester and Bristol but remembers the Championship final drama of ten years ago most
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/ 5 years agoMATT SMITH
MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE FORMER LEICESTER AND NOTTINGHAM CENTRE/WINGER I REMEMBER Martin Corry saying to me during my first few...
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/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former London Irish and Scotland forward Kieran Low
A remarkable story of a player who reached the heights but can't recall some moments due to concussion
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/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Ireland prop Paul Wallace
One of the Lions' victorious tourists to win in South Africa in 1997
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/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former Bath, Toulon and Sharks scrum-half Michael Claassens
A player who loved running out at The Rec before stints with Toulon and the Sharks
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/ 7 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Bruce Reihana – former All Blacks, Chiefs and Northampton back
Now skills coach at Bristol Bears
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/ 7 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Junior Fatialofa – Former Cornish Pirates, Exeter and Bristol centre
One of my earliest rugby memories was watching Western Samoa, captained by my Uncle Peter, beat Wales at the 1991 World...
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/ 7 years agoMY LIFE IN RUGBY
THE RICHMOND DoR & FORMER OXFORD UNIVERSITY DoR AND BLACKHEATH No.8 STEVE HILL A defeat in the Varsity match is much...
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/ 7 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Former England and Bath No.8 Dave Egerton
Dave Egerton reflects on his career with England & Bath, where motivation was borne out of a desire to be considered...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Neil Mason – former Moseley and Worcester flanker
As a competitive back-row forward, there is always going to be a thin line between being on the right or wrong...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Garath Archer – former Newcastle, Bristol and England lock
Despite the fact my dad played on the wing for Gosforth when they were in their hey-day in the 70s, I...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jamie Noon – former England, Newcaslte and Brive centre
Scoring a hat-trick against Scotland in my first Six Nations campaign – I think I was the first England player to...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Gavin Cattle – Cornish Pirates legend
I always thought of myself as more of a game manager rather than a game changer, feeding off the good work...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jan Webster – former England and Barbarians scrum-half
After all these years, I’d like to put the record straight – I did not decline to play over in Ireland...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Andy Saull – former Saracens, Newcastle and Yorkshire Carnegie flanker
Running out first in front of an 80,000-plus world record crowd at Wembley to mark my 100th appearance for Saracens was...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Kurt Johnson – former Coventry and Orrell wing
With my hair dyed pink and the No.14 shaved into the back of my head, people might have wrongly assumed I...
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Features
/ 8 years agoKnee injury ended my England hopes
MY LIFE IN RUGBY ANDY SAULL THE FORMER ENGLAND SAXONS, SARACENS, NEWCASTLE AND YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE FLANKER Saracens titan: Andy Saull shared...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ben Gotting – former Wasps and Worcester hooker
To play in the 2004 Premiership final and make a significant contribution to our 10-6 win over Bath was undoubtedly a...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tom Johnson – former England and Exeter flanker
I was a bag of nerves before my first Test against South Africa in 2012. Geoff Parling told me afterwards that...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Mike Worsley – former England prop
I was born in Warrington and my uncle, Ken Gill, played Rugby League for Great Britain but I never played the...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Steve Ravenscroft – former England centre
Looking back on my playing days I feel incredibly fortunate to have been at a club like Saracens, at such a...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jimmy Richards – former Harlequins hooker
Growing up in a small fishing village in North Pembroke-shire, it wasn’t unusual for me be up at 2am and spend...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Simon Binns – former Leicester fly-half
I experienced some memorable wins as a player – beating Bath at home while at London Scottish, for example – but...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Peter Scrivener – former Wasps No.8
In the early days of professionalism, I was officially the highest paid player in the world which still makes the lads...
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