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TOM DUNN

THE CLIP of Tom Dunn phoning loved ones after finally earning his first England cap was shared far and wide. It was a genuine moment for a guy who’d turned perseverance into an art form. Here the Bath hooker tells us how he got there…

I picked up rugby It was my dad’s 40th, I stayed at a friend’s house and he played. I was about 11 and had never picked a rugby ball up in my life. My mum and dad were always football mad – supporting Swindon Town.

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