Ugochukwu Chiedozie Monye (born 13 April 1983) is an English former rugby union player who is now a sports pundit.
Monye won both the second division and then the Premiership title with Harlequins, as well as winning the European Rugby Challenge Cup in 2011.
He first played for Harlequins in a friendly against Glasgow Warriors RFC in August 2002, beginning the following season with five tries in two matches, including a hat trick against Rotherham Titans at Millmoor.
[8] In June 2022, during an interview with The Telegraph, Monye argued that rugby union needed to tackle its "heavy drinking" and "laddish" culture in order to become fully inclusive.
[9] Monye presents the Rugby Union Weekly podcast for the BBC[3] with journalist Chris Jones and England scrum half Danny Care.
In July 2021, it was announced that Monye and Sam Quek would be the new team captains on BBC's Question of Sport quiz show.
[10] From September 2021 Monye was a contestant on the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, paired with professional dancer Oti Mabuse.