Room 101

This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Room 101 news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.

Room 101: Billy Johnson – Old Albanians lock

8 June 2017 0 comments

1.The maul ‘tackle’ This is the main thing that really winds me up on the pitch. The attacking player takes the ball into contact, gets […]

Room 101: Sam Moss – Macclesfield hooker

1 June 2017 0 comments

1. Poor lineout lifts/jumps At Macclesfield we pride ourselves on our set-piece and lineout and in what has been a difficult season for the team […]

Room 101: Ollie Dawe – Bristol prop

25 May 2017 0 comments

1. Second-hand jokes It annoys me when I tell a funny story or a joke and someone else repeats it shortly afterwards and gets a […]

Room 101: Mark Wilson – Newcastle flanker

18 May 2017 0 comments

1. Topknot hairstyles Admittedly I’m not the most fashionable person around, but I can’t see why anyone would want to have a ponytail on top […]

Room 101: George Robson – London Irish lock

11 May 2017 0 comments

1. Airport queue cretins As you approach airport security there are signs everywhere telling you what you need to do in advance yet people still […]

Room 101: Robin Hislop – Doncaster prop

4 May 2017 0 comments

1. Foreign meat I grew up on a farm in the Scottish Borders rearing sheep and cattle so it pains me when I see foreign […]

Room 101: Isaac Green – Hull Ionians scrum-half

27 April 2017 0 comments

1. Slow walkers This kills me. There’s nothing worse than being stuck behind slow walkers in town, taking up the whole width of the pavement. […]

Room 101: James Horwill – Harlequins lock

13 April 2017 0 comments

1. Plane pain Being a longer-limbed person – I am 6ft 6ins – I find it very annoying when the person in front of me […]

Room 101: Will Spencer – Worcester lock

6 April 2017 0 comments

1. Hesitation at roundabouts I get frustrated when people come to a stop at roundabouts regardless of whether there’s any traffic or not. Normally you […]

Room 101: Paul Privey – Rosslyn Park lock

30 March 2017 0 comments

1. Economy class flights I’m 6ft 5ins and the seats in economy class are never big enough and it costs too much to upgrade. If […]

Room 101: Gareth Steenson – Exeter fly-half

16 March 2017 0 comments

1. Traffic I’m lucky that I don’t have too far to travel to get to work because I live close to Sandy Park and I […]

Room 101: Ted Stagg – Caldy hooker

9 March 2017 0 comments

1. Littering I just don’t see the point of throwing rubbish on the floor when everywhere you go there is a bin to put your […]

Room 101: Ricky Aley – South Leicester fly-half

2 March 2017 0 comments

1. Noisy eaters It really gets me when people eat loudly and slurp. Apparently, this makes me misophonic – yes, the hatred of noisy eating […]

Room 101: Billy Burns – Gloucester scrum-half

23 February 2017 0 comments

1. Hoovering My girlfriend may disagree but I like to think I do my fair share of tidying up. One thing I absolutely hate though […]

Room 101: Jimmy Rea – Bishop’s Stortford wing

16 February 2017 0 comments

1. People who leave gates open I’ve got an organic arable and non-organic beef farm on the Essex/Herts border and it drives me mad when […]

Room 101: Chris Cook – Bath scrum-half

9 February 2017 0 comments

1. A multi-lingual world I get embarrassed by my inability to speak the local language whenever I visit countries like France or Italy and end […]

Room 101: David Williams – Nottingham full-back

2 February 2017 0 comments

1. Onions I don’t like the taste of onions no matter what the variety is or whether they’re cooked or raw. My dad always used […]

Room 101: Simon Hammersley – Newcastle full-back

26 January 2017 0 comments

1. Glute activation exercises Having torn the anterior cruciate ligament in my knee a few months back, these horrible little movements are now a painful […]

Room 101: Christian Wade – Wasps wing

19 January 2017 0 comments

1. Brussels sprouts I tasted one once as a kid and spat it out before I swallowed it. I didn’t like the taste or the […]

Room 101: Sam Harrison – Leicester scrum-half

12 January 2017 0 comments

1. Sports Personality of the Year By this, I’m specifically referring to Andy Murray winning it for a third time when, quite clearly, he hasn’t […]

Room 101: Tim Visser – Harlequins wing

22 December 2016 0 comments

1. Bad drivers Some people don’t seem to understand the whole point of roundabouts. They think they have the right to switch from one lane […]

Room 101: Herbie Stupple – Plymouth Albion back-rower

22 December 2016 0 comments

1. Christmas Scrooges I’m a very Christmassy person and my dad is the same, I think it’s rubbed off on me. I start singing carols […]

Room 101: Luke Charteris – Bath lock

15 December 2016 0 comments

1. Artifical pitches I’ve been called many things in my time but agile isn’t one of them. So, I’m not a big fan of the […]

Room 101: Greg Nicholls – Fylde scrum-half

8 December 2016 0 comments

1.Bus drivers We have the same coach driver for every away trip and, without fail, he’ll mess around for ages trying to park up perfectly […]

Room 101: Ciaran Moore – Stourbridge captain

1 December 2016 0 comments

1. Memes and Vines I’m a final year Law student and every time I try and sit down and do some studying I get distracted […]

Room 101: Jack Waslh – Blackheath scrum-half

24 November 2016 0 comments

1. Scrums Scrums ruin rugby, they slow the game right down and need to be binned. Either that, or introduce Rugby League-style scrums where the […]

Room 101: Matt Cox – Worcester flanker

10 November 2016 0 comments

1. Donncha O’Callaghan’s cooking I share a flat with ‘Irish’ during the week and we alternate between cooking and tidying up. His cooking is good […]

Room 101: Matt Challinor – Doncaster lock

3 November 2016 0 comments

1. Cold callers Just lately loads of people have knocked at our door trying to sell stuff or get you to sign up for a […]

Room 101: Hamish Barton – Old Elthamians flanker

27 October 2016 0 comments

1. Luggage louts A group of about five or six of us commute on the train straight from the City to training on a Tuesday […]

Room 101: Tom Wheatcroft – Covnetry centre

20 October 2016 0 comments

1. Non-social team-mates It annoys me when lads don’t turn up for social get-togethers especially when they’ve been arranged a good month in advance. Some […]

Room 101: Stefan Liebenberg – Cambridge scrum-half

13 October 2016 0 comments

1. The dive pass As a scrum-half myself I cannot understand why some nines still perform the dive pass. For one, it isn’t as quick […]

Room 101: Gareth Rawlings – Sale player/coach

6 October 2016 0 comments

1. Towel thieves Finding someone has used your towel prior to you using it after a game is something that gets on my wick a […]

Room 101: Joe Barker – Rotherham centre

22 September 2016 0 comments

1. Fish I can’t stand the texture and smell of fish. What makes it worse is when people say to me: “I thought you’d like […]

Room 101: Will Addison – Sale wing

15 September 2016 0 comments

1. Red top milk I come from Cumbrian farming stock so I like nothing less than full fat milk. I first came across semi-skimmed and […]

Room 101: Freddie Burns – Leicester fly-half

8 September 2016 0 comments

1. Car decoration I don’t mind car drivers supporting their sports team by putting up a sticker in the rear window, and I must confess […]

Room 101: Danny Matthews – Harrogate scrum-half

1 September 2016 0 comments

1. Jealous diners It grinds my gears when you order a restaurant or takeaway meal and whoever you are eating with at the time pinches […]

Room 101: Harry Cochrane – Hartpury College scrum-half

25 August 2016 0 comments

1. Moaners I know this is a bit ironic but it’s probably my biggest pet hate. I’m a glass half-full type of person and get […]

Room 101: Matt Price – Coventry hooker

18 August 2016 0 comments

1. Limp handshakes I struggle to think about someone in a positive light for quite a while if their handshake is limp. Handshakes should be […]

Room 101: Jonny Coser – Harrogate flanker

11 August 2016 0 comments

1. Weather moaners This summer’s interchangeable weather has brought out all the people who moan about the weather in their droves. The very same people […]

Room 101: Alex Lewington – London Irish wing

4 August 2016 0 comments

1. Early starts This is a controversial one as we’ve just started a new programme at London Irish which means we have to be in […]

Room 101: Dan Seal – Cambridge prop

14 July 2016 0 comments

1. Ice baths I had my first ice bath for a good few years on the recent England Counties tour of Canada and I can’t […]

Room 101: Brett Beukeboom – Cornish Pirates and Canada lock

7 July 2016 0 comments

1. Donald Trump I went back home for three to four months in May and had to put up with the media circus surrounding Donald […]

Room 101: Declan Cusack – Doncaster Knights fly-half

30 June 2016 0 comments

1. Poorly kept golf greens I’m a keen golfer who’s pretty decent from tee to green but after that things can start to unravel. I’m […]

Room 101: Jack Preece – Moseley flanker and hooker

23 June 2016 0 comments

1. Needless chat I find it very frustrating whenever someone starts up another conversation following a meeting/team huddle. I just want to go home or […]