RUCK.co.uk looks back at what jobs some of the great players of the amateur era did to pay the bills,
1. Gary Armstrong: Lorry Driver
2. Tim Rodber: Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)
3. Pascal Ondarts: Folk Singer
4. Gregoire Lascube: Detective
5. Rory Underwood: RAF Pilot
His country’s record try scorer with 49, Underwood was a serving RAF jet pilot throughout his playing career, a speed machine on and off the pitch in the 1980s and 1990s.
6. Michel Tachdjian: Chef
7. Jean Condom: Casino Bouncer
Massive France second row used to ensure law and order at the noted Biarritz Casino during heyday in 1980s.
8. Peter Fatialofa: Piano Mover
9. Garin Jenkins: Miner
The Welsh Rugby Union says 125 miners have played Test rugby for Wales, the last being Pontypridd’s Garin Jenkins, who put in 58 shifts at hooker, mainly in the 1990s.
10. Keneti Sio: Flight Attendant
