Loughborough Students’ Chris Preen has been on a rollercoaster journey so far in his career that has seen him change sports, suffer horrific injuries and ultimately change positions within rugby, but he wouldn’t change a thing.
The 20-year-old, 15 and a half stone centre has always been a physical player and in his brief footballing days was quickly told by his coach he might have picked the wrong sport. “I knew from a young age I was a quite physical,” Preen says, “so my football coach told me I probably need to go and play rugby. My dad took me, he had played when he was younger, and I’ve been playing ever since.”