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#Post#: 155825--------------------------------------------------
Quins fan turned Quins player into a c0caine junkie who looked
like an AIDS victim
DIR By: Scooter
Date: June 26, 2026, 8:43 am
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Come on then fellas - own up!
Shocking story TBF. Glad he's cleaned himself up.
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> Former rugby star Kent Bray has admitted to snorting up to 30
grams of cocaine a week as his addiction spiralled out of
control while he was one of the head honchos at giant finance
firm Citibank.
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> The 62-year-old starred for NSW against the British and Irish
Lions in 1989, and spent six years with Britain's famous
Harlequins team at a time when the side also boasted superstars
like former England skipper Will Carling.
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> Bray earned a degree from Oxford University before working his
way to being a director on Citibank's foreign exchange desk in
London.
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> He first started taking cocaine when he was introduced to it
by a Harlequins supporter who offered it to him in the early
2000s.
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> By the time he was ready to leave the company, his habit was
totally out of control and he was fearing it would kill him.
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> 'A drug dealer would turn up at 9am every morning,' Bray told
City AM.
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> 'I didn't ring him. It was just on schedule.
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> 'I'm running the biggest forward foreign exchange book on the
desk – a lot of responsibility, a lot of expectation, a lot of
pressure.
>
> 'I'd go downstairs, jump on the lift, jump in the car, drive
around the block, give them 200 quid [£200, about $400], get
three grams of coke, and I'd just use all day.
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> 'There were some days I'd get some for the way home.
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> 'In the end, I was doing 20 to 30 grams of cocaine a week.
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> 'Some days I was doing five and six grams of coke.
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> 'I was going home to Essex, two gorgeous children, as the
worst possible version of myself, and I was crushed.'
>
> Bray had previously explained that he spent $160,000 a year on
the drug in early 2000s' money.
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> 'For those who don't know anything about cocaine, 20 to 30
grams a week is like doing 40 bottles of wine,' he said.
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> 'I wasn't doing it because I was enjoying it. I was doing it
because I was addicted.'
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> Bray only took cocaine by himself, which made it easier for
him to hide his habit from friends and coworkers.
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> The effect coke had on his appearance through weight loss was
so drastic that in 2015, the year before he went to rehab, his
mates thought he had a terminal illness.
>
> 'The Rugby World Cup was on here in England. Some guys came
across from Australia,' Bray said.
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> 'I looked skeletal. They said, "Have you got AIDS? Have you
got cancer?"
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> 'They were asking seriously because I looked so poor.
>
> 'On the flight back to Australia, one of them said, "Listen, I
think we'd better get used to the idea that we might not be
seeing KB ever again on this trajectory.'"
>
> Former Wallabies star Troy Coker begged Bray to get
professional help in something of a turning point, but he was
unable to give up.
>
> He could only stay clean for eight days after rehab, doing 'up
to or beyond 80 grams of cocaine by myself in a hotel room' as
he hit rock bottom.
>
> 'I thought, I literally cannot give cocaine use any more. I've
given it everything.
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> 'I've lost five stone. I'm mentally fragile. I'm spiritually
bankrupt. My ex doesn't like me. I'm not present for my kids.
I’m risking the lot – and the lot meant death.'
>
> Bray had his first clean day on June 18, 2016 and has been off
the drug ever since.
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#Post#: 155827--------------------------------------------------
Re: Quins fan turned Quins player into a c0caine junkie who
looked like an AIDS victim
DIR By: JammyGit
Date: June 26, 2026, 10:06 am
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Indistinguishable from a spam post. Baffling stuff.
#Post#: 155828--------------------------------------------------
Re: Quins fan turned Quins player into a c0caine junkie who
looked like an AIDS victim
DIR By: Quinto
Date: June 26, 2026, 10:26 am
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This never happened
#Post#: 155829--------------------------------------------------
Re: Quins fan turned Quins player into a c0caine junkie who
looked like an AIDS victim
DIR By: J Scott
Date: June 26, 2026, 10:33 am
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He was interviewed on City AM
HTML https://www.cityam.com/people-and-organizations/kent-bray/
I listened via LinkedIn but never picked up on his rugby career
maybe I only watched a sound bite of the interview.
#Post#: 155830--------------------------------------------------
Re: Quins fan turned Quins player into a c0caine junkie who
looked like an AIDS victim
DIR By: Banstead Quin
Date: June 26, 2026, 11:20 am
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--- Quote from: Quinto link ---
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> This never happened
>
--- End Quote ---
Your Honour 😃
#Post#: 155831--------------------------------------------------
Re: Quins fan turned Quins player into a c0caine junkie who
looked like an AIDS victim
DIR By: sussexquin
Date: June 26, 2026, 2:42 pm
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There was also a long article in the Rugby Journal about him.
#Post#: 155833--------------------------------------------------
Re: Quins fan turned Quins player into a c0caine junkie who
looked like an AIDS victim
DIR By: Quinky
Date: June 27, 2026, 12:11 am
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--- Quote from: Quinto link ---
>
> This never happened
>
--- End Quote ---
It did. KB was a superb fullback in the amateur era. He then had
a very successful career in the city, but also became an addict.
He's now clean and works as a counsellor. Nice guy, very
interesting, very open and honest about his past.
It makes me laugh that someone would try and use this on an
anti-Quins way though... until I see who posted it.
#Post#: 155834--------------------------------------------------
Re: Quins fan turned Quins player into a c0caine junkie who
looked like an AIDS victim
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: June 27, 2026, 2:09 am
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Childish and disrespectful to the subject. Tiresome in the
extreme.
#Post#: 155835--------------------------------------------------
Re: Quins fan turned Quins player into a c0caine junkie who
looked like an AIDS victim
DIR By: Scooter
Date: June 27, 2026, 3:16 am
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--- Quote from: Quinky link ---
>
> It did. KB was a superb fullback in the amateur era. He then
had a very successful career in the city, but also became an
addict. He's now clean and works as a counsellor. Nice guy,
very interesting, very open and honest about his past.
>
> It makes me laugh that someone would try and use this on an
anti-Quins way though... until I see who posted it.
>
--- End Quote ---
He was given coke by a Quins fan.
With fans like that, who needs enemies.
#Post#: 155836--------------------------------------------------
Re: Quins fan turned Quins player into a c0caine junkie who
looked like an AIDS victim
DIR By: Brown Bottle
Date: June 27, 2026, 3:24 am
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--- Quote from: Scooter link ---
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>
> He was given coke by a Quins fan.
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> With fans like that, who needs enemies.
>
--- End Quote ---
And very generous of them. Coke's not cheap.
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