“I know, had my kids been born when I was born, their pathway to play rugby, the career I had, would have been vastly different. “My role is to really support their beliefs and visions,” he says.Īs a ‘girl dad’, he hopes that the world is full of opportunity for his children’s generation, regardless of gender. Now Ugo has a much clearer idea of the part he plays as a dad. In my rugby career, I don't think I found myself in a high-pressure environment where I was brought into a room or on to the pitch just for moral support! And you're reliant upon your wife to just do as much as she can, and for her body to react and respond, and you're just kind of there holding hands and giving positive messaging,' he remembers. You've got a lot of professionals around who are amazing. Speaking of the period when his wife was pregnant with his first child Phoenix, Ugo talks about feeling like an 'active bystander'. While he always knew what was asked of him out on the pitch, Ugo says the role of dad wasn’t straightforward at first, particularly in pregnancy. We caught up with Ugo ahead of filming the new series of Question of Sport, to talk about life as a dad. He describes himself as a ‘proud girl dad’, which has inspired him to take up his new role as an ambassador for Tiny Happy People. Ugo is dad to two girls, Phoenix aged 5 and Ruby, 2. This is my greatest achievement, becoming a father. Despite having starred for club and country, becoming a captain on Question of Sport and even performing a Moana-themed dance on Strictly, one thing ranks top of rugby star Ugo Monye’s life experiences.

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