The former Oxford University captain has made the move having taken a job teaching at Radley College, and says his first impressions of the club have been hugely positive.

He said: It’s been really good fun and there’s a really nice culture.

“It’s quite difficult with the Covid situation and things have to be a little more disconnected than you’d like, but despite that everyone’s been very welcoming and it seems a great group of boys. It’s nice to be back training and playing some rugby.”

He continued: “I actually had a really good chat with (Director of Rugby) Seb (Reynolds) a couple of years ago when I was doing my first year out in Italy and he sold me his vision.

“Rams were still in National Two (South), but looked likely to move up and he sold me the vision of how it’s all about the player group and the culture.”

And commenting on what he hopes to bring to Old Bath Road, Fergus revealed: “I like to keep things quite simple. When we play touch I like to throw it around and try and show some silky skills, but normally I’m about a high work-rate, a lot of hard carrying and hard tackling.”

Fergus’ impressive CV includes three appearances in the Varsity match, while he has spent the past two years playing for CUS Genova in Italy.

And he believes these experiences have helped develop him as a player, stating: “Italy was really good.

“I had two really excellent coaches who taught me a lot individually, and what was really interesting from a man-management players perspective was that Italian players are very different to English guys.

“They’re much less detail-oriented and a little more hot-headed.

“There was a lot of responsibility being made captain of the club at Oxford and it was a great experience playing in the Varsity match, managing pressure and expectations.”

Rams supporters will get their first chance to see Fergus in action at tomorrow’s (Saturday) internal Ready4Rugby competition, and he is chomping at the bit to get back on the park.

He concluded: “It’ll be nice to have a bit of a competitive element. I was doing a bit of analysis with my junior colts team at school, watching back to the World Cup, and it makes you really miss that competitive element, so I’m really looking forward to it.

“It will be nice to play with new guys and meet new people.”

Tomorrow’s event starts at 1pm and the club will also be showing the European Cup final between Exeter Chiefs and Racing 92 following the R4R tournament.

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