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Jonathan Davies 
The cross-code Welsh legend looks back on his life and times, from the inspiring to the heart-breaking. “I remember walking to school after my wife dies in July, and I remember my daughter saying, ‘Dad, you’re the only dad bringing their children to school, why’s that?’.”

USA 
Rugby’s American dream, the challenges faced, and why the sport might finally be taking root across the pond. “Within a couple of months, the USA asked me to come and train and they fast-tracked me, and I got my first cap within six to eight months of picking up my first ball.”

Our Rugby Towns 
Meg Webb from Bridgend tours us around her hometown, where she has everything she could ever want. “I say to the girls we’ve got everything and more in Bridgend, but what I mean is that we’ve got beaches, McArthurGlen and a Nandos.”

Georgia 
A deep dive into Georgian rugby the country itself, discovering why rugby has become a staple of their sporting society. “Across the centuries we’ve had a lot of attacks, but we saved our identity and had to be very strong as a nation. Because of this, the game of rugby, which is all about fighting for each other, is very close to our soul.”

Dicky Evans 
Dicky Evans shares his battles both personal and on the rugby field, fighting against Parkinsons and getting Cornish Pirates into the Premiership. “I’m hoping to get to 100. During Covid I saw all these people dying and I just decided I was going to live until 100; I’m positive about it.”

India 
We return to Kolkata and revisit the incredible story of the Jungle Crows, the organisation that keeps children in education through rugby. “We stole food, money, and we’d try to sleep anywhere at the railway station. We weren’t allowed, so the cops would come and beat us and tell us to get out. The hardest thing was when we couldn’t find any food.”

Matt Kvesic 
After twelve tumultuous months, Matt looks back on his England career, the end of the Worcester party and life in Parma. “These was a day we turned up to training to go and do an off-feet session on the Wattbikes, but the Wattbikes were being wheeled away by bailiffs. With things like that, the writing was on the wall.”

James Hook 
The Wales and Ospreys great on battles with Stephen Jones and his new career as a children’s author. “Stephen Jones started against Australia, but twenty minutes in, he was off injured. I was called off the bench and it was, jeepers, 70-off thousand fans in Cardiff.”

Ikey Tigers 
The story of Ikey versus Maties in South African student rugby, the greatest rivalry you’ve never heard of. “The 2019 World Cup winning squad featured thirty Varsity ‘veterans’; Malcom Marx, Damien de Allende, Lood de Jager, Eben Etzebeth, Siya Kolisi, Bongi Mbonambi.”

London Scottish 
The historic club that’s almost fallen in oblivion, twice, but is now ready to recapture its identity. “I don’t want anyone to think that because there’s no relegation, there’s no pressure. I hate the mentality that it’s alright if we finish bottom.” 

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