Rugby Training Quotes

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

Obviously, international rugby is a different level, but there are some really good players around.

In training, the players would deliberately hit high balls into me and barge into me so I'd get used to that side of the English game. I actually enjoy the physical side of it now.

We are a rugby family really. My dad and both granddads played rugby. Dad was good, on his way to Bath until he broke his leg. My brother Harry got an invitation to go and play for Bristol. I go and watch Sale Sharks and have been to Twickenham a few times.

When it comes to rugby, I'm a Welshman through and through. I'm a huge fan; I've played rugby since I was seven. Unfortunately, I had to quit when I went to drama school because it doesn't really go hand in had with being an actor.

I'm not privy to the English set-up, but at the academies in Ireland, there is a huge focus on the weights room as opposed to whether they can throw a 10-metre pass on the run. They should be rugby players becoming athletes, not athletes becoming rugby players.

International rugby is a step up, and this is somewhere you come to get better and improve as a player.

I definitely want to play rugby at the top level, international rugby.

When I started my professional rugby career, in 2002, there was one guy filming training if you were lucky.

I've been a professional rugby player all my life; I don't really know anything different.