Family Quote by Riley Jonasen

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

— Owen Farrell

The sports are almost different cultures so saying I prefer one to the other is wrong. Rugby union is guided by a lot of…

— Gareth Thomas

The whole point of rugby is that it is, first and foremost, a state of mind, a spirit.

— Jean-Pierre Rives

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 a nonsense, but a very serious nonsense.

— Cliff Morgan

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

I'm always prompting MPs to talk about rugby league because it really is the greatest sport.

— Lindsay Hoyle

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

Playing football and rugby is the Samoan sport. It's part of the conversation at church. It's part of the conversation in their barbershops, in…

— Junior Seau

I played rugby until I was 15, 16 and I eventually had to say, 'No, I have to choose one' and it was obviously…

— Jack Butland

Rugby is a game for barbarians played by gentlemen. Football is a game for gentlemen played by barbarians.

— Oscar Wilde

I think rugby is 80 per cent mental.

— Francois Hougaard