This week we profile McMillan Chiwawa, winger of Abu Dhabi Harlequins.
Team: Abu Dhabi Harlequins
Height: 6’1 / 1.85m
Weight: 90kgs / 14st 2lbs
Position: Wing/Full-back
Age: 20
Birthplace: Harare, Zimbabwe
Years in UAE: Five
Honours: UAE U18’s, UAE Rugby League, UAE Touch
Favourite childhood memory of rugby: Grade 7 unbeaten season at Springvale House Junior School back home in Zimbabwe, with Brendon Mandivenga.
Favourite player growing up: Big Carlos Spencer
Rugby team you support: Peterhouse Rugby. I don’t really support a club team but I support Peterhouse in Zimbabwe, it’s the secondary school I attended. Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira also went to school there Best international
Player at the moment and why: Leigh Halfpenny, because he will punish you for every penalty you give inside 50 metres
Law you would change and why: The no shoulder barging rule, they should allow it. Makes the game more physical, everybody loves big shoulder hits
Best game you ever saw: Jonny Wilkinson’s performance against Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup final
Toughest opponent in UAE: Ian Overton, who plays for Jebel Ali Dragons
Funniest moment in your career: Watching Izzy (Foa’i, Quins teammate) make amazing line breaks but somehow always getting caught metres before the try-line
Greatest achievement in any sport: Playing against the national Fiji 7’s team and playing alongside Adel Al Hendi, Clendon Pene, Iziq Foa’i, Hamad Al Ameri, Xavier Bauwmans and the Bolger brothers in our unbeaten Harlequins Rugby League season If you could be a professional in any other sport what it would be and why? MMA, because it is the toughest sport out there
Favourite meal: Homemade Sadza, traditional African meal and salmon
Favourite place in the UAE: JBR Dubai, The Marine Hotel
