Career special: from rugby pitch to barley field

An injury forced rugby player Matthew Douglas to move into farming and he has never looked back. He tells Farmers Guardian about his career in a different type of field.

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Career special: from rugby pitch to barley field

An injury forced rugby player Matthew Douglas to move into farming and he has never looked back. He tells Farmers Guardian about his career in a different type of field. At the age of 17, Matthew Douglas,...

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