News about Zinzan Brooke

Former rugby star Shayne Philpott (pictured right) has died in New Zealand following a mystery 'medical event'. The 58-year-old (left) played 12 games and two Tests for the All Blacks after making his debut on the 1988 tour of Australia.

BIK SIMON: At St James Church in Northampton, Alex Coles squeezes into a wooden pew. It is a tight fit for his 6ft 8in frame, but he is in familiar surroundings as the son of two vicars. 'This is the church where Northampton Saints were founded,' he says. Reverend Wigg, a Reverend Wigg, was here, and he founded the rugby club in an attempt to keep young lads out of danger.' The team was originally named Northampton Saint James after the church's demise, and here we are today.' Coles chronicles his faith and rugby journey from the stained-glass window to his forehead. 'My parents used to take me to church every Sunday, but I wasn't that excited about it as a young child,' he says. They weren't vicars at the time,' and that happened when I was a little bit older.'