Will Greenwood on Rugby

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His introduction into the England team coincided with the beginning of their rise to greatness that culminated in the Rugby World Cup. There was first disappointment at the World Cup, when Jannie De Beer's five drop goals ended England's involvement at the quarter final stage.

The following season Greenwood returned to Harlequins, securing the Tetley's Bitter Cup and victory over Narbonne in the final of the European Shield in his first season. Greenwood was then a part of the England teams that took home Six Nations championships in and It was with the Grand Slam in that Greenwood and his England team began their ascent into the history books. It was at the World Cup that Greenwood's career undoubtedly peaked. His tries in crucial fixtures against Wales and South Africa paved the way for England's march to the final. During the latter stages of the tournament Greenwood chose to fly back to London to be with his wife, who was experiencing difficulties in her pregnancy.

His dilemma was well documented in the press, with his willingness to give up personal glory reflecting the personality that won him so many fans amongst players and supporters. Fortunately, all was well with his wife and child and Greenwood returned ahead of the final. Images of Greenwood jumping for joy following Jonny Wilkinson's wining drop goal were broadcast around the world, a glorious end to what could have been a tragic story.

Will Greenwood on Rugby

Greenwood returned to England with a winners medal and the joint top try-scoring honour. He won his final England cap in November against Australia, and while injury ruled him out of the Six Nations he was selected for his third Lions tour in Greenwood made two test appearances on the ill fated tour, and retired from all rugby after helping Harlequins to promotion back into the Premiership later that season. Since his retirement from playing he has become a popular and successful television pundit, a role that he has attacked with the same verve and commitment that was apparent during his playing career.

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Scrum Staff October Now he jokes he may have to tackle Mount Everest in the nude for his next charity fundraiser. Story highlights Freddie Greenwood lived for just 45 minutes after being born at just 22 weeks Thanks to a London professor, Greenwood and his wife went on to have three more kids Rugby World Cup winner trekked to North Pole to raise funds to tackle pre-term births He overcame hatred of the cold, and fear of polar bears and broken ice. He talks of holding his son as though it were yesterday, born 22 weeks early and weighing one pound and one ounce but living and breathing for just 45 minutes.

But 15 years have passed since Freddie was buried in a coffin no bigger than a shoe box, an apple tree planted in his memory. Greenwood's first born is never far from his mind, most notably on a recent trek to the North Pole to raise money for the charity Borne , aimed at preventing other couples suffering what he and his wife Caro went through.

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Led by renowned Arctic explorer Alan Chambers and with others in his group to have had their lives affected by premature birth: If it wasn't for the money we were raising, I certainly wouldn't have gone to the North Pole. I hated the cold before and I still hate the cold. The Olympic champion raised in a one-room home in Fiji.

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Fiji's spectacular sand dune workout Greenwood and Mumm's shared drive was inspired by Professor Mark Johnson, who set up the charity and is an obstetrician in London. Both Sarah Mumm and Caro Greenwood suffered what is known as an "incompetent cervix," essentially the cervix widening which caused otherwise healthy babies to be born so early.

Johnson effectively put a stitch into their cervix to hold their respective babies in place.

The Mumms now have a boy, Alfie, while the Greenwoods are parents to three children -- Archie, 14, year-old Matilda and Rocco, who is eight. Ok, maybe not that, but you get the point. Johnson plans to use the sizeable sums raised to pay for further research into pre-term births.

We're going to get a report from Mark on exactly what he'll do with that money but I think part of it is trialing a new drug. The year-old still playing rugby, still scoring.

Behind the scenes at England Rugby's U camp Greenwood has done charity ventures for Borne before -- climbing up Mount Kilimanjaro -- but a journey to colder climbs to the North Pole was a completely different prospect. But I think for the most part, there was a blissful ignorance and I was of the mindset that I was in safe hands with these Special Forces guys.

There were moments of traversing from one block of ice to the next with gargantuan chasms below, times where he was shouted at to freeze as the ice suddenly shifted. The whole time, the memory of Freddie was pushing him forward, helped by a card from his wife tucked into his bag in which she said that he would be watching "the best daddy in the world to me".

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