Patrick James Stafford

Patrick is a young rugby player. His achievements to date are:

• Getting into the Bath Rugby U17 team, playing for Somerset
• Making the 1st U18 Team at school when he was 15

He's just started playing rugby seriously as previously was quite successful at hockey, coming 4th in a national competition of 900 teams with his school team.

His aims for the near future are to get into the Bath Rugby U19 set- up and from the England U19 rugby.

In 2006 Patrick is going to New Zealand for 10 months to play for Mahurangi RFC under the guidance of former Newcastle Flacon Academy director. On his return he hopes to establish himself as a top professional within three years by which time he will be 21 years old.

One day Patrick hopes to represent his country and sincerely believes he can make it happen through talent, dedication, comittment and hard work.