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In my youth I thought I was going to be a professional rugby player.

With all the traveling and promotion I've been doing for 'Murderball,' its been difficult keeping up with my rugby training.

I just want to concentrate on my rugby and enjoy it and live in the moment.

I've got my head fixed on the next part of life. I know there will be an adjusting period of just not being a rugby player for a while, and over that period I'll get my head around what the next challenge involves.

I've spent a lot of my teenage years working on sets. I've missed out on more than just playing rugby, but I think I've managed to keep my feet on the ground and keep my friends around me.

The time I've spent in professional Premiership club rugby has been invaluable.

I wasn't picked for any of the sports teams at school because I was half the size of everyone else, but now everyone assumes I must have been some sort of rugby player.

I was a football fan before I became a rugby fan.

Your name or what you've done on the rugby pitch is not going to carry you through for the rest of your life. I realise I'm going to have to eventually do something else, and that does frighten me a little bit.