The Day Dallaglio Tackled Verbier ; the One Time He Fell I Heard a Groan ... It Was the Mountain

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AFTER an illustrious career in rugby, captaining England twice and being a key member of our 2003 World Cup-winning side, Lawrence Dallaglio is using his retirement from the game to tackle pursuits that had gone by the board - including skiing.

I'm a big fan of his and was thrilled to bump into him in the Swiss resort of Verbier, where we were both seeing in the New Year at one of the Alps' most famous apres-ski venues, the four-star Hotel Farinet, a favourite with celebrities such as pop stars James Blunt and Ronan Keating, and Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels star Jason Statham.

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The Day Dallaglio Tackled Verbier ; the One Time He Fell I Heard a Groan ... It Was the Mountain

Lawrence, 36, had his first taste of skiing on a school holiday to Les Deux Alpes in France when he was 14. 'I loved it but never really got the opportunity again,' he told me. Unsurprisingly, risking inju...

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