We Are Playing for All of Our Fighting Friends

The Citizen Gloucestershire › November 09, 2010

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THE pressure of squaring up to a full national side is nothing for Greg Barden - not when men and women in war zones will be keeping tabs on the Combined Services' Samoa clash.

In the latest of our special series previewing the forthcoming Kingsholm contest, The former Bristol man told Nick Purewal he's desperate to put smiles on faces all round the world.

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We Are Playing for All of Our Fighting Friends

TECHNICALLY Greg Barden is still a Marine - but he's also effectively a full-time rugby player.

Doubtless the misinformed would suggest the 29-year-old has a cushy gig.

One cannot see those misguided commentators asserting as much to his face.

This is a ma...

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