Professional rugby player swaps sport for advice during lockdown

While sport stopped

Sophie King
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Professional rugby player Toby Trinder has swapped the rugby pitch for a career in finance, after sport was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Trinder (pictured), who plays as a loosehead prop for Championship side Coventry Rugby Club, has been working as a trainee adviser for Kettering-based Telford Mann Pensions and Investments over the summer and throughout lockdown. He made the squad for the 2018 Six Nations and World Rugby under-20 Championship. Trinder recognised the importance of rugby players establishing other careers for once they retire from sport, and his hours at the firm mean he can still play rugby while training to be a financial adviser. Trinder said: "I met Jon and Jilly [Telford Mann joint MDs] at a Christ...

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