“I'm very happy to be back playing rugby for England again - there were times when I questioned if this would happen.” IfsHappensEnglandVery HappyRugbyPlaying Rugby Author:Jonny Wilkinson
“They always lose when it matters (getting it wrong about England in the rugby world cup final 2003).” WorldMatterLosesEnglandFinalsCupsRugbyWorld CupCup Finals Author:Bernard Laporte
“For Irishmen, there is no football game to match rugby and if all our young men played rugby not only would we beat England and Wales but France and the whole lot of them put together.” IfsMenWholeTogetherYoungGamesFootballBeatsEnglandFranceYoung ManRugbyWalesFootball GameIrishmen Author:Eamon de Valera
“I was doing a play in New York, which we had done in New Haven, Connecticut. It was an American premiere of a play called The Changing Room written by a wonderful man named David Story. It was about a rugby team in the North of England. It got just screaming rave reviews. At that time, virtually every major critic went up to the Long Wharf Theater to see a new play like that.” MenLongDonePlayStoriesRoomsWonderfulWrittenTeamHavensNew YorkMajorsEnglandTheaterCriticsReviewsRugbyPremieresRaveConnecticutWonderful Man Author:Richard Masur
“In 2011 I stopped playing rugby for England so during the Six Nations, which is on during February and March, I was able to grab a week's skiing. But I still had to take it pretty easy because I didn't want to get injured while I was playing for Gloucester. In 2013, when I retired fully from rugby, I finally had the chance to go a couple of times a season.” WantStillsAbleNationsEasyChanceWeekCoupleSixSeasonsEnglandMarchRetiredInjuredRugbyFebruarySkiingPlaying RugbyGloucester Author:Mike Tindall
“I was an ambassador for Betway during the Rugby World Cup and at the moment I'm working as an ambassador for Artemis Investment Management. I also organised the first Rugby Aid in 2015. We had celebrities playing rugby against former England team players and raised a ton of money for Rugby For Heroes [a charity for former servicemen and women]. Only one celeb got crunched quite badly - Jaime Laing from Made in Chelsea ended up with cracked ribs.” WorldFirstsMadeMomentsPlayerTeamHeroMen And WomenEnglandManagementCharityInvestmentRaisedAidsCupsFormerCrackedRugbyAmbassadorsWorld CupRibsArtemisChelseaOrganisedTeam PlayerServicemenCelebsPlaying RugbyInvestment Management Author:Mike Tindall