Lose Quote by Faf de Klerk

When you're going through difficult times, like I was after the 2013-14 Ashes, you start thinking about different bits. Rugby is a huge passion…

— Jonny Bairstow

I take a laid-back approach to a lot of things in life and, at the end of the day, rugby's just a game.

— Beauden Barrett

Wherever I am in my life, it's because rugby has enabled me to do that.

— Gareth Thomas

I get a huge excitement from seeing the other guys cross the line. It really is a team game rugby, so if we are…

— Israel Folau

To a point, family does that and a couple of life experiences both positive and negative that have definitely altered my perception on rugby.…

— Alun Wyn Jones

When I was younger, I really loved playing rugby.

— Phil Dunster

I wouldn't particularly say I liked rugby but it got us playing football.

— Shaun Wright-Phillips

It is the toughest, most macho of male sports, and with that comes an image. In many ways, it is barbaric, and I could…

— Gareth Thomas

Playing rugby has been my whole life and for me, keeping fit was part of my job. But when I gave up my career,…

— Gareth Thomas

Going to a final and winning is the best thing in life, and it makes rugby no longer a job. It makes it fun.

— James Haskell

As soon as you have an average game, everyone is quick to criticise and say, 'You suck; you shouldn't be playing rugby.'

— Francois Hougaard

Rugby is great. The players don't wear helmets or padding; they just beat the living daylights out of each other and then go for…

— Joe Theismann