MY LIFE IN RUGBY
MATT RILEY FORMER SALE SHARKS AND SEDGLEY PARK CENTRE
IF YOU’D told me growing up in Widnes that I’d end up playing 457 games for one club, I’d have laughed. Not because I didn’t love sport, but because rugby union isn’t even the main game up here. Widnes is rugby league country. That’s what I started with at six years old at my local club, Halton Hornets. I played league until I was 15, when our team folded. I had a choice: join another league side or try rugby union with some mates from school. My dad had played union at Wi…