Action Quote by Ben Stokes

I've always had a rugby ball in my hand, so it was inevitable I was going to play.

— Owen Farrell

I never counted on playing rugby: I was just another fat kid chasing an egg. It has gone pretty well.

— Alun Wyn Jones

I tried to play rugby but was never very good.

— Ralph Fiennes

I was quite often told I was too small to play rugby, but I always liked the adversity and to prove people wrong.

— Rob Burrow

Whether I play five or 10 metres forward or back does not change my way of playing, to be on the ball a lot.

— Toni Kroos

I was playing like a rugby league player with 14 rugby players.

— Benji Marshall

I try to play in one way all my career and here, with high pressing, but it is different in England. Many times the…

— Pep Guardiola

I played rugby from the age of 10 until my late twenties; an unlikely player - small, quiet, long-haired and 'wiry.'

— Anthony Browne

Obviously, I like to play a lot with the ball.

— Dimitar Berbatov

I've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.

— Brian O'Driscoll

With all the traveling and promotion I've been doing for 'Murderball,' its been difficult keeping up with my rugby training.

— Mark Zupan

Rugby league is the toughest game in the world and you know that when you come into it. I enjoy the contact side of…

— Rob Burrow