IT WASN’T pretty. When Dalton Papalii rocked up to his first All Blacks camp for an end-of-year tour, the conditioners saw an athlete who, by their standards, was “terribly unfit.…
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Marcos Moneta: “The Olympics changed my life drastically”
“I LEARNT ENGLISH at my school,” says Marcos Moneta, with disarming diction. “I went to a Scottish school, called St Andrew’s, in Buenos Aires. My university is linked to the…
Gabin Villiere’s incredible rugby journey
Paul Eddison charts his journey from rotten scrum-half at Rouen to flying winger for France, via a spell on the sevens circuit
Allister Coetzee on his dual challenges in Italy and Namibia
“It’s not something I can give a clear-cut answer on!” replies an upbeat Allister Coetzee when asked how he ended up in Rovigo, coaching the Delta side through the Peroni…
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