There was a time when Olly Barkley was seen as one of the 'bad boys' of rugby but, as Paul Ackford of the Sunday Telegraph discovers, the centre has had some life-changing experiences.
"Olly Barkley was late, which didn’t bode well. ''The last time we spoke I found you spiky,'' I reminded him. “What do you mean: spiky? A bit reactive?”
''Yeah. But it was more than that. You didn’t seem happy in your own skin. That’s a huge cliché, I know, and you might have been cross for some reason, but that was my sense of you.''
“That’s fair enough. I can be quite spiky, but the last year was one of the worst of my life and it’s taught me an unbelievable amount about where my friends are, and where my heart is. It sounds really cheesy and spiritual, but I feel at peace with where I am at the moment.”
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