Firsts Quote by Jean-Pierre Rives

If you play rugby, all you think about is rugby. Someone asks you a question, you say; RUGBY

— Riley Jonasen

Ultimately, we are professional rugby people, and we focus on the rugby. That's the easy bit. We are not politicians, so we don't have…

— Alun Wyn Jones

Rugby is a game where everything is connected - from your kicking game to your defence to your set piece and attack.

— Owen Farrell

Rugby is a nonsense, but a very serious nonsense.

— Cliff Morgan

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

People think of rugby players as being tough but it's another thing to stand in front of someone and get kicked, punched, taken down.…

— James Haskell

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

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

Ultimately, rugby players are like surfers. You look for the perfect wave, but you don't always find it. And if you did, you'd probably…

— Alun Wyn Jones

There's ego in all of us rugby players.

— Brian O'Driscoll

In reality, rugby is finite and unpredictable, so players need to have skills off the pitch too.

— James Haskell

A lot of people make the error of thinking rugby is going to last forever and they need to quickly discover that that isn't…

— James Haskell