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What’s inside issue 35…
Issue 35 of Rugby Journal opens with Marcus Smith, the only person to grace our cover twice, first at eighteen and now at 27. The England fly-half reflects on being written off, why playing at 10 isn’t everything, and the importance of friends and family. From there, we showcase the winning entries from this summer’s Rugby Photographer of the Year competition, explore the legacy of Jonah Lomu through a new documentary on rugby’s greatest ever player, and catch up with three Red Roses - Sadia Kabeya, Tatyana Heard and Holly Aitchison - one year on from their World Cup triumph. Elsewhere, we turn our attention to the community game, discovering how Medway RFC built the country’s largest girls’ section and visit Southwark Tigers, South London’s only inner-city rugby club built from the ground up by an extraordinary man. We head northwest to explore one of English rugby’s fiercest rivalries, asking whether Preston v Fylde is the biggest derby in the country, before travelling to Wales to meet Filo Tiatia as the Ospreys hero looks to turn things around at Newport Dragons. Further afield, we journey to Cyprus to discover the current state of a nation that once held the record for the longest winning streak in men’s international rugby. Finally, we look back at the launch of Vodafone’s clubs.connected scheme and sit down with Dick Best, the East Ender whose influence helped transform Harlequins.
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