ROOM 101
THE DARLINGTON MOWDEN PARK FRONT-ROWER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND

1. Over-familiar strangers
I don’t like it when people call you ‘mate’ when you’ve never met them before. That said, I must confess to calling people ‘buddy’ from time to time as I’m terrible at remembering people’s names. If my wife is with me, I’ll introduce her hoping that’ll prompt the person we’re talking to, to introduce themselves and put me out of my misery. Separate to this, recently I was i...