LW 31: Greg Bateman

This weeks' guest is former London Welsh front row player, Greg Bateman.  Greg arrived at Old Deer Park in 2011 giving up a full time job and moving from Dorking RFC to have a crack at being a full time professional rugby player with Welsh.  During that time he converted to hooker and played two years for the club, before a move to Exeter Chiefs to continue playing in the Premiership.  Whilst only there for two years, Greg enjoyed the environment, bud didn't play as often as he liked, so he made the move to Welford Road to play for Leicester Tigers. Greg played across all three front row positions, the only Premiership player to do so and the self proclaimed, People's captain, played nearly 100 games for the club.  He is now playing for Newport Gwent Dragons and has also just launched a range of beer, aptly named 

The People's Captain. Code PSC003 is 10% off first order - we’re doing free delivery for wales. https://peoplescaptain.co.uk/ 

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