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MY LIFE IN PICTURES… JOSH NAVIDI

TRY TIME

“My first (and only) try for Wales, against France in the 2021 Six Nations. I ran the length of the pitch! No, kidding, it was just a pick-and-go. I’d been close a couple of times previously but they’d been disallowed for a knock-on or something similar.

“I’d give up that one try to have won another Grand Slam. It was a game that we let slip. I remember coming off with ten minutes to go and we ended up almost losing the championship, but thankfully Scotland did us a favour against France. I definitely owe them one!

“Some decisions didn’t go our way and our game management could have been a bit better. It was like the Grand Slam was slipping out of your hands as you watched. It’s small margins but that’s international rugby for you.”

BLUE BOY

“This was my first start for Cardiff against London Irish in the LV Cup. I was coming up against Steffon Armitage, who was also playing at seven that day.

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