"I mean, nothing I said in the interview was bad or wild or anything, but I think I was a bit naive to the fact that it was going to go big I thought it was just going to be a local thing for the people around the race course. But suddenly there was all this interest."
"All the PE teachers, they were like: Ah, Scott Quinnell's boy. I can't wait to get him going, I'll be the one he's talking about as an early inspiration when he's on Scrum V on the BBC.' I think they realised quite quickly they had their work cut out for them. I played about one game when I was little in Llanelli and I thought: Nah, this isn't for me.' My dad was fine with it. He told me: If you don't want to do it, your heart's not in it, then don't, because it's not easy, you'll get battered around on the pitch"
Steele Quinnell, 26, comes from the Quinnell rugby dynasty but has chosen a different public path. He works as a personal trainer and launched a drag persona, Heidi Heights, in the spring. He regularly performs at Ffos Las racecourse and a promotional interview there unexpectedly attracted widespread attention online. He tried rugby as a child, playing one game in Llanelli before deciding the sport was not for him. His family did not pressure him to pursue international rugby; his father Scott advised that if his heart was not in the sport he should not continue.
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