RUGBY

My name is Tom Bramwell and I have recently graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom with a 2:1 BA (Hons) degree in Journalism and Digital Cultures. I have a passion for virtually all sports and am a current season ticket holder at Manchester United football club and Wigan Warriors rugby league, as well as being a regular spectator at Lancashire County Cricket matches. Despite being a Manchester United fan, my passion for football in general saw me attend Preston, Tranmere and Rochdale matches last season and I take a keen interest in football at any level throughout Europe and South America.

Brendan has worked with a variety of populations from recreational trainees and athletes through to Olympians and elite athletes. Currently he is the head of Strength and Conditioning for Leeds Met Carnegie and has numerous private clients including champion Mixed Martial Artists, football players, tennis athletes and many other sportsmen and women. Previous to his current roles he has worked as a strength and conditioning coach for Huddersfield Giants Rugby League, the English Institute of Sport, Durham University, British Tennis (the Lawn Tennis Association) and has worked with many national governing bodies and sports teams as a coach, coach educator, and consultant. He contributes regularly to magazines such as Mens Health, Fighting Fit, GQ and other national publications and is the fitness editor for newly formed Mens Fitness magazine Alpha Fit. He is an accredited strength and conditioning coach through the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA), he also holds the CSCS qualification through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Academically he has a masters degree in strength and conditioning through the University of Bolton. He is a keen martial artist having trained in Thai Boxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Olympic Wrestling and many other forms of martial arts and is a qualified wrestling and boxing coach as well as a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Colin Olmstead is a Colorado native with a lifelong devotion to learning and understanding. By age 14 he completed a list of the worlds 200 greatest classic novels. Having struggled with the public school system at age 15 he took a GED and found a job in Colorado's then emerging cottage wine industry. By the age of 19 he achieved the position of Manager of Production for three wineries. Pikes Peak Vineyards, Minturn Cellars and McLaughlin Wine. An avid sportsman Colin played Rugby for what was then Colorado Springs Rugby Football Club, became an expert skier, climbed 10 of Colorado's 14k peaks, competed in amateur cycling and roller-blading events throughout the state, motor cycle enthusiast, working as his brothers training assistant they captured North Americas Ring Sport Championship in two separate years. Pursuing his love of learning Colin audited and took courses for credit at PPCC, UCCS, FRCC, CU Boulder and later collected 11 technology certifications from Microsoft, Rational Software and others. After leaving the Wine business Colin helped found El Macho Burrito in Boulder. El Macho was sold and Colin entered the technology industry by joining WANG Global Government. Rapidly rising through the ranks Colin was soon Manager of NT Systems for one of IBM's divisions in Niwot Colorado. Colin would go on to found his own successful IT management consulting business. Colin later founded and sold Cherry Creek Health and became a managing partner at SNW Wellness in Denver. Today Colin lives in the mountains working as a writer, management consultant and SEO.

I'm Jack Sanders, a resident of Countesthorpe, Leicester. I am a writer as a hobby, and pefers to write about Xbox 360, PS3, and PC games. I also enjoy skateboarding as a hobby, and rugby. I hope you enjoy my articles, cheers.

I went to school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I graduated from Del Norte HS and then the University of New Mexico. I received a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Anthropology. After graduating, I taught for 5 years in the Albuquerque Public School System. I love sports. I played with the Albuquerque Aardvarks Rugby club in the 70's. I played a lot of golf and became an avid skier. I moved to Taos Ski Valley where I worked for 18 years. I was a groomer and I worked hard on improving as a skier. I had the good fortune to live and work in New Zealand for several seasons. I made some very important and lasting friendships and increased my love for and knowledge of the game of Rugby. For the last 14 years, I have been and over the road truck driver, traveling all of our 48 continental United States. The cab of an 18 wheeler is a great place to observe the people and scenery of our great country. I feel I am a bit of a split personality. I have an interest in intellectual pursuits and could have lived in that mythical Ivory Tower. There was another part of me that always loved machines and trucks. I wanted to do things and make things and work outside. That side won for much of my life. It is possible to do both, but I find in our culture people either work or are intellectual, and there is some distrust between the two sides. I now live in Farmington, NM, which is a very interesting place culturally and scenically. I am once again pursuing an interest in photography and observation. I also have a great love for motorcycles and have made many trips around the country on two wheels.

I am a retired professional rugby player and competitive strongman. I currently am a professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter. I also breed and train Olympic Sport Horses. My wife and I rescue Mastiffs and work in Finance and Geology, respectively.

I'm a young Welsh student at Cardiff University, studying German and Italian. Also a very keen rugby player, and play in the second-row or back row.

Im Brice, I like video games, huge into sports, i play rugby and love to watch UFC. Im from Wisconsin.

I'm a current college student living in Orlando, Florida. I play for the University of Central Florida rugby club, and have been involved in the sport for three years. I am majoring in Information Systems Technology.

An undergraduate at Ohio University, Leon Lovell is majoring in both Philosophy and Photography. With previous majors of Athletic Training, Language Arts Education, and Creative Writing, he is surely becoming a jack-of-all-trades. His passion for music and poetry and his multi-instrumental talents have earned him many opportunities to meet and make music with various artist of various musical backgrounds. He also has an affinity for the greatest sport every conceived, Rugby.

Psychology Student, Rugby Player, Dyslexic and Generally Odd :D

I've been writing online for about 2 years. I'm a South African - have an eclectic mixture of sporting tastes but never stray far away from my beloved Protea's (cricket), the Springboks (rugby union) or Bafana Bafana (football).

Born and raised in Southern Colorado. Oldest of four children. Have a crazy mom and a very philosophical dad. Married with twin daughters. Lived in Germany, loved it, and fell in love with good beer. Live a very active life-triathlons, snowboarding, yoga, rugby, Muy Tha

I am currently a student attending Bloomsburg University. I major in Business Management & Economics and hope to be a lawyer someday. I enjoy playing sports especially rugby.

29 male i am a joiner ,father and rugby player in one

hi I'm tommy like rugby union and watching movies and downloading them now I'm retired

I am an instructional assistant working with high needs children in a behavioral school. I play rugby and I am very interested in the sociology of sport.

Born in Hollyood,raised in L.A.,Arkansas,New Jersey. 17 year veteran of rugby. 13 year veteran of a communications company. Love to read and write about sports and leisure.2 kids....

Graduate from Drew University with a BA in Economics. Unsure what I want to do as a career, but want it to involve writing. Rugby player for 5 years, and active with Cryptology and logic games.

I am a college student studying German and Russian at Middlebury college and playing on the rugby team.

I work for a pharmacuetical company and have recently started a two year course in BNC Pharmacy Services. I am married with two teenage sons - one currently serving an apprenticeship in Electrical and the other studying at college in Sports Science - mainly a rugby freak!

Student journalist at Stony Brook University. Sports fan. College rugby player

I am a 2005 graduate of Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA where I studied History. I attended community, private, and foreign colleges along the way, and have lived in England and Austria. I speak German and have played soccer and rugby.

I spent 12 years of my childhood as a competitive figure skater followed by a long list of various sports to include men's football, women's rugby, track, and figure competing. I'm a 23 year old Staff Sergeant in the Ohio Army National Guard PR experience

Travelled the world twice. First with a renegade rugby club and then on an aircraft carrier with the US Navy. Returned form a life of adventure only to become mired in paycheck to paycheck humdrum existence!

My name is Hannah Wadsworth. I hail from Buffalo, NY, and now live in Seattle. A recent college grad, I am exploring opportunities for what comes next. I play rugby, love to read, enjoy Jeopardy, and hope to find work in the field of education.

Aged 20. Junior at University of Scranton, PA. Native of Dublin, Ireland. Redington Jesuit Scholarship to U of Scranton, March 03. Valedictorian of Belvedere College SJ, Dublin. Involved in college newspaper,literary magazine, theatre, rugby, debate.