MY LIFE IN RUGBY
RICKY DAVIES
FORMER SCARLETS, BORDEAUX BEGLES, BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL AND WALES U19S PROP
Loving life: Ricky Davies in action for Bordeaux
THE first time I realised professional rugby wasn’t always as serious as it looked was on a Scarlets pre-season trip to Slovenia. We were supposed to play Treviso, but the fixture got cancelled. Gareth Jenkins, who appreciated life both on and off the pitch, told us we’d earned a night out after three brutal training days. The “night” turned into three. It felt less like pre-season and more like a…