Rugby hunk Ryan Ball loses his shirt for Attitude Active shoot

Rugby hunk-turned-model Ryan Ball has stripped off for the latest issue of Attitude.

The 22-year-old explains that it is a “mixture of sport and gym” workouts helps him stay in shape, particularly during the rugby season.

On how he got into modelling, Ball says: “I was approached by the modelling agency PRM. I have always been an active person so I have always been in shape. I think keeping fit through rugby got me noticed. It is early days though; I don’t like to call myself a model just yet.”

He is seen wearing clothes from Topman’s new Sport range, which was launched by the high street brand at the beginning of summer.

On his training regime, Ball adds: “Well I work at Worthing College and they have a gym there. I use that after my shift about three times a week. Playing rugby does help it can be quite intense with the training obviously. I’ve got pre-season next week, so it’ll be focusing on fitness and stuff, rugby is all about endurance training, so it’s going to be full on.

“A mixture of sport and gym is what keeps my body the way it is.”

You can read the full interview with Ryan Ball in the new issue of Attitude, which also includes interviews with former Welsh international rugby player Gareth Thomas and his partner Ian, as well as former Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle, Pride star Ben Schnetzer and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black.

You can download it to your mobile, iPad or tablet device now at Pocketmags.com/Attitude, and you can pick up a copy in shops from today (September 17).

If you can’t make it to the shops, but want a physical copy of the magazine, you can have one conveniently delivered to your door at newsstand.co.uk/attitude.

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