Hey Quote by Peter FitzSimons

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

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

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

Rugby takes its toll.

— Brian O'Driscoll

If anyone out there is mildly curious about rugby, I'd recommend a weekend spent watching the Six Nations. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

— James Haskell

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

Rugby is a sport in which you can lose heavily one week and still come back and smash the opposition the next.

— James Haskell

Rugby's all I've ever wanted to do.

— Owen Farrell

We are a rugby family really. My dad and both granddads played rugby. Dad was good, on his way to Bath until he broke…

— Jack Butland

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

— Gareth Thomas

After giving up rugby, I wanted to keep busy.

— Gareth Thomas

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