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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
Michael Scully

Leinster's All Black and Youth Olympian Charlie Ngatai on why he chose rugby over cricket

Leinster centre Charlie Ngatai laughs that in another life he could be amassing riches in cricket's megabucks IPL competition.

Instead, the one-time All Black is all in on helping the province to a first Champions Cup and URC double since 2018 in his first season at the club.

Ngatai, 32, was a sporting prodigy as a kid. He represented his country as a sprinter in the Youth Olympics in Sydney in 2007, but really it was rugby and cricket that captured his heart.

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