When a fresh-faced teenager called Robin Tremlett pulled on a rugby jersey in 1986 and joined the men’s team at one of Bristol’s most famous amateur rugby clubs, little did anyone know he was about to embark on a record-breaking career.
But on Saturday, April 1, a full 37 years later, that young 16-year-old is now a 53-year-old veteran who has just notched up his 1,000th game for Broad Plain RFC.
It’s a feat of endurance anyone who has ever played the game can marvel at. The longest career in the professional game would struggle to reach even half that number of appearances - the most capped international player, Wales’ Alun Wyn Jones, has only just surpassed 500 professional appearances for club and country, but few in the professional or amateur game could match Robin Tremlett.
