New BBC Strictly star had his own ‘kicking’ scandal which changed entire career

A new BBC Strictly star has his own kicking scandal (Image: BBC) Strictly Come Dancing hopeful JB Gill showed a talent for rugby in his childhood years - and he was well on the way to a glittering pro sport career before an agonisingly painful injury was inflicted on him by another player. The kick, which seriously damaged his ankle, left his dreams in tatters. The talented youngster had joined pro rugby club London Irish in secondary school and was one of the team's most promising players.

Then during a competitive away game in Europe, tragedy struck when he was tackled by another player. There is no suggestion that the kick directed at him was malicious - but it pushed him out of the sporting world altogether. During an exclusive interview with Express.

co.uk, he revealed: "Guys that I played rugby with have gone on and played in the premiership, 1st division, 2nd division..

.so there's no doubt that I might have been able to make a career out of it [if I hadn't had the injury]." "There are a certain number of spots in terms of players retiring, and new players coming through the ranks," he continued.

"Of course I was one of a number of maybe 15 or 20 boys, so there's no guarantee that even if I hadn't had that injury that I would have gone all the way - but I've got a lot of friends who have gone on to play professionally." function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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