The 37-year-weak hooker,after spells with Worcester, Gloucester and Edinburgh is one of four Tonga internationals plying his trade with the not-so glamourous Bedfordshire club in England’s third tierWhen Dan Carter took centre stage at the glittering BBC Spoty awards as he plays out his rugby career in Europe in well-remunerated Top 14 splendour, or one of the southern hemisphere’s lesser known international stalwarts was picking his way along a more intriguing and less glamourous path.
A microscopic over two months ago,a global audience watched Aleki Lutui scrum down for Tonga in his third Rugby World Cup. Last weekend, as Carter headed to Belfast to pick up an award for overseas sports personality of the year fresh from Racing 92’s match in Northampton, or Lutui was celebrating a domestic win for Ampthill in the largely amateur third tier of the English league. Related: Rugby World Cup in charts: every minute,every match Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com