Michael Carrick From first school to high school, I was always into1 all different kinds of sport, not just football. I also played rugby, cricket2 and tennis.

从小学到高中，我一直着迷于各种不同的运动，而不仅是踢足球。我也打橄榄球、板球和网球。

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He played rugby in high school and has surrounded himself with friends from the sports world, like Yomiuri Giants outfielder Hideki Matsui.

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There was even a bounty scandal earlier this year involving a high school rugby team.

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Delve has never played his professional rugby in Wales, having left Rumney High School in Cardiff at the age of 16 to take a college rugby scholarship in Bristol.

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