Could Quote by Sonny Bill Williams

Playing rugby made my dad proud. Being in the theater made my mom proud. So if I could play to both sides of how…

— Jacob Elordi

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

— Gareth Thomas

Looking back, my whole life seems so surreal. I didn't just turn up on the doorstep playing rugby; I had to go through a…

— Jonah Lomu

It's great to look back at when we used to play in the neighbourhood, seeing mum shouting and also how we grew up playing…

— Wissam Ben Yedder

My dad played rugby, so I used to watch a lot of rugby union and rugby league.

— Ryan Giggs

I was born and raised to play rugby. I have two parents who are hugely proud of my rugby achievements, but even they say…

— Gareth Thomas

I know my dad would have loved me to have played rugby. He was a No. 8. I started off playing centre and ended…

— Jack Butland

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

As a kid in New Zealand, you play cricket in summer and rugby in winter. I played cricket and hockey. Not rugby. I wasn't…

— Glenn Turner

I grew up in Northern Ireland, didn't have a lot of money and getting over to Glasgow to watch a game was probably a…

— Kyle Lafferty

I was eight years old and I was playing rugby for my local club.

— Kelvin Fletcher