Mike Ross arrives still looking every inch the international tighthead prop – well, almost. The 20-inch neck is now down to 19, but he hits the scales at 134kg – 10 kilos more than his fighting weight in rugby. He’s working on getting that down, almost nine years into his life outside the pro players’ bubble. He’s quietly spoken, but engaging company. “I don’t miss the pressure of professional rugby, I’ll tell you that much,” he says, after we’ve been talking for a while. Any pressures in particular? He nods at my notebook. “If you write a bad article, you’re…

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