DICKIE PIPER

THE HUDDERSFIELD CAPTAIN AND NO.8 TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND

1. Drink-shy young lads When I was a young lad, swilling beer on the bus home was one of the main reasons for playing rugby. Nowadays, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Half of the young lads either don’t drink or aren’t up for socials. Maybe things have got more professional, and they’d rather go to the gym. Whenever Pass the Sambuca is played on the way home from an away match, the young lads look a bit sheepish and move further up the bus so as not to ...