WATCH: The 76-year-old rugby player who tackles trees

Thursday, 23 February 2017 at 09:39

bySteven Smith

Avid rugby fan John Goldman only started playing the game aged 50.

Now 76, he's played more than 440 times for Mill Hill RFC, is still going strong in the forwards and tackles trees for practice while out walking his dog.

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