All posts tagged "My Life in Rugby"
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Johnny Howard – former Northampton and England Sevens scrum-half
Rugby for me started aged eight at Aylesbury Rugby Club. At 16 I joined Saints and it was pretty awe-inspiring to...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Luke Sheriff – former Nottingham, Harlequins, Oxford and England Sevens flanker
It was great to be back amongst friends at Meadow Lane the other week for Nottingham’s 136th and final Champion- ship...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ieuan Evans – former Llanelli, Bath, Wales and Lions wing
Of all the tries I scored for club and country the one that won the 3rd Test for the Lions against...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Rachael Burford – England women centre
Christmas is a great time to reflect on the year that has just gone and what a year it has been!...
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/ 10 years agoHarlequins confirm James Horwill arrival
As revealed in The Rugby Paper on October 19, Harlequins have signed Australian International Lock James Horwill from Queenlsand Reds. Horwill...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: James Forrester – former Gloucester and England back-rower
I once sped past Jonah Lomu to score a 65-metre try for England against the Barbarians at Twickenham that no-one seems...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Buster White – former Wasps flanker
The saying once a Wasp always a Wasp rings true with me, 100 per cent – even Coventry Wasps! Ironically my...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Mike Schmid – Esher CEO and former Rotherham and Canada No.8
Some people may find it hard to believe now but Rotherham once went to the Stade Aime Giral and beat Perpignan...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 10 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Steve Swindells – former Manchester, Waterloo, Barbarians and Cheshire fly-half
Being part of Manchester’s rise through the leagues from the North West region to what is now the Championship was a...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Paul Simpson – Gosforth, Bath and England flanker
In the space of a week, in 1987, I went from playing for England against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in front...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Mike Rafter – former Bristol and England back rower
Being one of 11 children I suppose it was inevitable that I had an ultra-competitive streak. That desire to win at...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jon Renwick – Former Hawick, Harlequins, Scotland and Lions centre
I was fortunate to play in the Seventies when rugby was really taking off. There were empty spaces on the terraces...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Kevin Moseley – former Pontypool, Newport and Wales lock
For the past nine years I have been a sports teacher at Bodmin College in Cornwall, and I’d like to think...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Derek Jelley – former Leicester and Rotherham prop
Over ten years on from leaving Leicester I still get goose bumps walking into the ground on match day. I spent...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Steve Hanley – former Sale and England wing
I must be the only person to have started a season playing junior rugby in the old Fourth Division (North) and...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: James Merriman – former Bristol, Gloucester and Wales Sevens flanker
Winning the Rugby Sevens World Cup with Wales five years ago has to be the standout moment of my career. We...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ian Hunter – former England full-back
When I started playing for England, in 1991/92, I was seen as a big full-back – 6ft 2in and just shy...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Graham Dawe – former Launceston, Bath and England hooker
I was fortunate to meet the great Nelson Mandela not once, but twice, having toured South Africa with England in 1994,...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Eddie Saunders – former Coventry and Rugby winger
I’m very proud to be a member of the ‘100 Club’ – players who have scored a century or more league...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tom Rees – former England and Wasps flanker
During my career I had the pleasure of working with some great guys, including Warren Gatland, Brian Ashton and Sir Ian...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Alan Buzza – Loughborough Students strategy manager
I always thought I’d play for England. Growing up in Cornwall you were surrounded by rugby and I seemed quite good...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Scott Barrow – former Worcester, Orrell, Rotherham, Glasgow, Leeds & Fylde centre
If helping to keep Leeds in the Premiership in the 2010 was one of the highlights of my career getting relegated...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: David Duckham – England and Lions winger
In one sense I was really grateful my career overlapped a great period for rugby in the British Isles. My game...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Nigel Heslop – former Orrell and England winger
Of my 10 appearances for England the two matches against the French in 1991 are probably the ones that people remember...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tony Stanger – former Hawick and Scotland wing
Looking back, it was probably touch and go as to whether I should have played in the famous 1990 Grand Slam...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ian Davies – Cornish Pirates DoR
I wasn’t as good as my old friend Scott Quinnell playing for the New Dock Stars as a youngster but I...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Alan Martinovic – Hartpury College and former Colston’s director of rugby
There was a no grand plan when I joined Colston’s. The first XV won only one game in 1986 so to...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tommy Hayes – former Shannon, Plymouth and Exeter lock
For a long time Exeter Chiefs had the tag of being chokers on the big stage, they’d come very close to...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Paul Hodgson – former England, London Irish, Worcester and Bristol scrum-half
My childhood dream was to play for England and I was lucky enough to do it and I’m also proud to...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Nick Kennedy – former London Irish, Toulon, Harlequins and England lock
Moving back to London Irish as academy director this summer feels like I’ve come full circle – I still remember sending...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Dave Walder – former Newcastle, Wasps and England fly-half
It took just ten seconds for me to go from total joy to utter despair – I got a call while...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Paul Diggin – Northampton winger
The 2011 Heineken Cup final was devastating but we were dead on our feet after 60 minutes and couldn’t do anything...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Stephen Jones – former Wales and Lions fly-half
The 2009 Lions tour was the most intensive period of my career. Some of the games were brutal and that second...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Trevor Woodman England, Gloucester & Sale prop
I was talking to Mike Teague one evening after a few beers when I was going to have to retire and...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: James Hanks – former Exeter lock
After some time in the hospital I was told that I couldn’t play rugby again. That was a devastating moment for...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Rob Sidoli – Former Pontypridd, Cardiff Blues, Wales and current Dragons lock
I was with Pontypridd when I won my first Wales cap in 2002, and it was all the more special because...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Chris Whitehead – former Leicester, Bedford, Coventry, Wasps, London Welsh & Exeter hooker
Joining Wasps in 2009 was one of the worst decisions of my career. I was at Coventry and they wanted me...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Declan Danaher – London Irish flanker
Playing international rugby there isn’t much place for modesty. I went to Argentina in 2002 as a 22-year-old and it was...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Brett Deacon – former Leicester and Gloucester back-row
I had never played second row in my career and on my Premiership debut I was thrown in at the deep...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Hendre Fourie – former England, Sale, Leeds & Rotherham flanker
The pinnacle of my career came in the summer of 2010 – Leeds had just stayed in the Premiership and Martin...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Joe Shaw – former Sale, Northampton, Newcastle and England Sevens back
I will always cherish being part of the first England 7s team to win Hong Kong in 2002. We had people...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tim Taylor – former Gloucester, Saracens & Nottingham fly-half
Winning the LV= Cup with Glouc-ester was a great achievement in my career but the highlight has to be when I...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Pete Richards – former England scrum-half
Warren Gatland is famous for polishing rough diamonds. He took a risk on me and I look at that as the...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Andy Hazell – former Gloucester and England flanker
I had been playing for Gloucester U17s and was told I wouldn’t get a pro contract. I’d already signed for a...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Carlo del Fava – Former Italy, Parma & Newcastle lock
During my international career with Italy I played in two World Cups and numerous Six Nations but nothing compares to the...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Simon Shaw – former lions, England & Wasps lock
In 1994 I went on the England tour to South Africa – the first post-Apartheid tour. That is a big highlight...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jon Sleightholme – former Bath, Northampton & England wing
Scoring my first England try at Twickenham as we sealed the 1996 Five Nations title is probably my highlight. Not bad...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: John Beattie – Glasgow Accies, Scotland & Lions No.8
I was born in Borneo and went to an English boarding school in Penang, Malaysia, called Uplands. When I left to...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ricky Nebbett – former Harlequins, Leicester, Leinster and Esher prop
When I joined Harlequins as a teenager the first team had Brian Moore, Will Carling and Jason Leonard. It was basically...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 11 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tim Stimpson – former Newcastle, Leicester, Perpignan & England full-back
The Lions tour in 1997 was the pinnacle of my career. It was a phenomenal experience. I was 23, just come...
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