WHAT WAS your first job? Not my first job but when I was on loan in New Zealand playing for Auckland, after the ITM Cup and before the regular season, I worked at an estate agent handing out marketing leaflets. I would cycle around Auckland posting the leaflets through people's doors across the city.
Who's the best-dressed team-mate you've ever had? Not being biased but I've got to say my clothing brand business partner and Benetton team-mate Paolo Odogwu, obviously.
And the worst-dressed team-mate? Oh, Tom Willis at Wasps. He would pair trainers and jeans that never worked. He would also always wear tight-fitting T-shirts as a big guy. It wasn't the best look for someone so young.
Who's the best rugby player in your family? Bloody hell, there's a lot of options... I have to say my uncle Tana (Umaga), don't I? Although I've heard stories that my dad Mike was very, very good but was playing at a time where you didn't get the full opportunity.
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"I remember getting eating guidelines for Christmas Day!"
CHRISTMAS, the most wonderful time of the year? Not if you’re a professional rugby player it’s not.
Rugby firsts
FIRST RUGBY match you went to? I would have gone to RODNEY PARADE to watch a Newport game when I was about six years old, so around 1992 or 1993.
THE JOHN FISHER STATE SCHOOL RUGBY FESTIVAL
The inaugural John Fisher Rugby Festival hopes to Send state-school rugby players into the stratosphere.
The Making Of Robbie Henshaw
How this small-town boy went On to become a big-time player
RG SNYMAN
The giant Springbok is enjoying the best of both worlds since joining Leinster
BENHARD JANSE VAN RENSBURG
Bristol's South African centre has one eye on an England call-up in 2026
RUGBY RANT
Jessica Hayden, author of The Red Roses, says the women’s game can handle criticism
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO ...GO ON TOUR WITH EMERGING IRELAND
Munster's Ben O'Connor tells RW about the eye-opening trip to South Africa
"Welsh rugby treats players like pieces of meat, not assets"
THEY’VE BUILT the women’s game around the men’s game in Wales but it has to be its own thing.
"I don't believe in dinosaurs – the boys think it's nuts!"
The Exeter Chiefs hooker talks Tarmac, time travel and Tyson Fury
