#rugby

I like to think I play rugby as it should be played - there are no yellow or red cards in my collection - but I cannot say I'm an angel. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

#cannot #cards #collection #i #like

I never ever believed that I would be able to give up on this dream which has driven me to live, breathe, love and embrace the game of rugby from the earliest days that I can remember. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

#believed #breathe #days #dream #driven

To make this announcement fills me with great sadness, but I know I have been blessed in so many ways to have experienced what I have with the England rugby team. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

#been #blessed #england #experienced #fills

He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew that he was black. So I would get racist taunts in school. ↗

— Ryan Giggs

#black #get #i #knew #lot

I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster. ↗

— Ryan Giggs

#any #bryan #dad #diego #had

I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#getting #i #old #really #retired

I come from a sports family and my husband is a rugby player. ↗

— Kirsty Gallacher

#family #husband #i #player #rugby

It's a really exciting time to be involved in Welsh rugby. ↗

— Jonah Lomu

#exciting time #involved #really #rugby #time