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Interviews with sports personalities from the world of rugby union.
10 SET 2015 · Dan Leo is a second row forward who represented Samoa at two World Cups in 2005 and 2011. He played 39 times for his country over ten years from 2005 before announcing his retirement from the international game in May 2015. At club level he has played in Australia (Queensland Reds), France (Bordeaux and Perpignan) and England (London Wasps, London Irish). He has recently joined London Welsh.
7 LUG 2015 · Michael Jones played 55 Tests for New Zealand from 1987-1998. He played in the 1987 and 1991 World Cups, scoring the first try of the tournament in 1987 on the way to helping the All Blacks win the first ever Rugby World Cup. His career was blighted by injuries giving rise to his nickname of The Iceman due to the number of icepacks he needed. His career was also affected by his strong religious beliefs as he refused to play on Sundays. In January 2000 he was named by Rugby World magazine as the third best All Black of the 20th century after Colin Meads and Sean Fitzpatrick. In 2003 he was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame.
7 LUG 2015 · Michael Jones played 55 Tests for New Zealand from 1987-1998. He played in the 1987 and 1991 World Cups, scoring the first try of the tournament in 1987 on the way to helping the All Blacks win the first ever Rugby World Cup. His career was blighted by injuries giving rise to his nickname of The Iceman due to the number of icepacks he needed. His career was also affected by his strong religious beliefs as he refused to play on Sundays. In January 2000 he was named by Rugby World magazine as the third best All Black of the 20th century after Colin Meads and Sean Fitzpatrick. In 2003 he was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame.
7 LUG 2015 · Michael Jones played 55 Tests for New Zealand from 1987-1998. He played in the 1987 and 1991 World Cups, scoring the first try of the tournament in 1987 on the way to helping the All Blacks win the first ever Rugby World Cup. His career was blighted by injuries giving rise to his nickname of The Iceman due to the number of icepacks he needed. His career was also affected by his strong religious beliefs as he refused to play on Sundays. In January 2000 he was named by Rugby World magazine as the third best All Black of the 20th century after Colin Meads and Sean Fitzpatrick. In 2003 he was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame.
7 LUG 2015 · Michael Jones played 55 Tests for New Zealand from 1987-1998. He played in the 1987 and 1991 World Cups, scoring the first try of the tournament in 1987 on the way to helping the All Blacks win the first ever Rugby World Cup. His career was blighted by injuries giving rise to his nickname of The Iceman due to the number of icepacks he needed. His career was also affected by his strong religious beliefs as he refused to play on Sundays. In January 2000 he was named by Rugby World magazine as the third best All Black of the 20th century after Colin Meads and Sean Fitzpatrick. In 2003 he was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame.
22 APR 2015 · Perspective:
When I became a Christian I was ready to give the game up because I was plagued with injuries. I think my faith has helped me get life into perspective, I know what the most important thing in life is.
22 APR 2015 · Faith:
I used to play rugby just because I was good at it and I wanted to, yeah I wanted success and I wanted to be one of the best rugby players in the world. But I became a Christian and I believe that my ability in rugby has been given to me by the Lord and I want to use it now not for my own glory but for his glory and so I want to do it as best as I can as if I was serving him.
22 APR 2015 · As an 18 year-old young player growing up in Auckland in the 1980s, flying wing Timo Tagaloa was tipped to be the new Brian Williams. He went on to play for the country of his heritage, Samoa, at the 1991 Rugby World Cup where he was part of the team that famously beat Wales at Cardiff Arms Park. That 16-13 win against all the odds announced the arrival of Pacific Islands’ rugby on the world’s biggest stage in what is still today, over 20 years later, one of the biggest upsets in the history of the international game. He had a relatively short international career from 1990-1991 playing just nine Tests but scoring six tries. Later he represented New Zealand in Sevens rugby.
20 NOV 2014 · Chris Jones was a rugby player from the South Wales valleys who hated losing. He’d do anything to win and his violent attitude often resulted in him being sent off. Eventually he was banned for life by the Welsh Rugby Union. Later he was reinstated but his attitude hadn’t changed and after being sent off again in a televised match he was banned for life for a second time. He got into a fight at the Brecon Jazz Festival and was arrested. While he was sitting in a prison cell he realised he had to change and invited Jesus Christ into his life. That was in the late 1980s and since then Chris hasn’t been in another fight. Today he’s a successful coach with youngsters in South Wales. Adrian Barnard talked to him about his remarkable life and began by asking what it’s like having the tag of being the only person in the history of world rugby to be banned for life twice?
5 NOV 2014 · Nick Farr-Jones led Australia to Rugby World Cup glory in 1991 as the Wallabies beat England 12-6 at Twickenham. During a ten year career from 1984-1993 the scrum-half from Sydney played a total of 63 times for Australia including 36 times as captain. At the height of his career he formed part of a feared trio with David Campese and Michael Lynagh.
Adrian Barnard talked to Nick Farr-Jones about his career and faith and began by asking what went through his mind when he heard he’d been picked by the Australian selectors to make his 1984 debut against England?
Interviews with sports personalities from the world of rugby union.
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