The hottest of environments

It’s the French lifestyle that endears you to the country first.

Then the culture, the people and their passion for life that sucks you in.

When I got the opportunity to move my family to France and learn the French rugby way, I dived in. It was something I wanted as a challenge, to put myself in a different environment and learn a new language and way of life. But it was something I wanted to do for my rugby career, to see how I would cope in the pressurised environment of Top 14 rugby management.