Rugby: Team captain overcame negative influences

Clifford HendersonSometimes people don’t realize the leadership skills they have or the impact they can make until later in life. For one student, some of the low points he experienced may have been exactly what forged his abilities as a leader.

Clifford Kindred, a sophomore business administration major, is the team captain and alumni coordinator for the UNM men’s rugby team. Kindred said he moved to Albuquerque from Colorado in 2009 and was excited to play football and start school.

Along the way, Kindred said, he started experimenting with drugs and going down the wrong path.

“I started getting introduced to people that really did not have my best interests in mind,” Kindred said.…