Room 101

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Room 101: Magnus Lund- Sale back-rower

5 May 2016 0 comments

1. Parsnips I’ve never been a big fan from an early age. I don’t like the taste at all. I remember once my mum tried […]

Room 101: Craig Hampson- Wasps scrum-half

28 April 2016 0 comments

Alarms I know alarms have their uses but I can’t think of anything worse than lying in bed and a house alarm or a car […]

Room 101 : Brendan McKibbin – London Irish scrum-half

14 April 2016 0 comments

1. Bad Coffee I’m a bit of a coffee connoisseur, I drink it regularly and even had my coffee machine shipped over from Australia. I […]

Room 101: Dave Ward – Harlequins hooker

31 March 2016 0 comments

1. Cinema prices I used to go to the cinema a lot but not anymore because of the cost. It’s hardly surprising that people are […]

Room 101: Matt Riley – Sedgley Park back

24 March 2016 0 comments

1. Smoking I’ve never smoked unless you count the odd celebratory cigar when I was younger. The smell of cigarettes makes me feel sick. A […]

Room 101: Ricky Andrew – Nottingham full-back

17 March 2016 0 comments

1. Donald Trump Definitely not a person for this era with his outdated views and comb-over hair. Like many people I disagree entirely with his […]

Room 101: James Hook – Gloucester fly-half

10 March 2016 0 comments

1. Overflowing bins Like most blokes I’m normally the one designated to do the bins at home and I just wish our wheelie bin could […]

Room 101: Steve Depledge – Otley scrum-half

3 March 2016 0 comments

1. Cling film I’m incapable of pulling a sheet of cling film off without getting it mangled and all creased up and then I can […]

Room 101: Lewis Minikin – Harrogate centre

25 February 2016 0 comments

1. Vegetables I’m under the impression that nobody actually likes vegetables, they just pretend to. When I say vegetables, I mean I hate all vegetables, […]

Room 101: James Shanahan – Olb Albanians head coach

18 February 2016 0 comments

1. The Dive Pass As a fly-half you want the ball delivered into your hands as quickly as possible, especially now that defences are up […]

Room 101: Dwayne Peel – Bristol scrum-half

11 February 2016 0 comments

1. Fly Tipping The countryside is something to be respected not used as a dumping ground for lazy people. No-one wants to see old fridges […]

Room 101: Geoff Griffiths – Blackheath back

28 January 2016 0 comments

1. Odd Numbers I’ve got a totally irrational hatred of odd numbers – to the extent that when I play on the left wing I […]

Room 101: Alastair Eykyn – BT Sport presenter

21 January 2016 0 comments

1. The Choke Tackle Bit of a thorny one this, but on balance I think rugby would be better off without it. I watched from […]

Room 101: Matt Everard – Nottingham flanker

14 January 2016 0 comments

1. Wet socks It’s amazing how many times I put on a fresh, clean pair of socks as I’m about to go out only to […]

Room 101: Phil Dowson – Worcester back row

7 January 2016 0 comments

1.Icing Injuries This is an essential practice for any player but it doesn’t stop it being a complete pain in the butt! The ice pack […]

Room 101: Luke Narraway – London Irish No.8

31 December 2015 0 comments

1. Dirty Mugs This one’s manly directed at my Mrs who leaves half-drunk cups of tea and coffee on the side without rinsing them out. […]

Room 101: Jamie Salter – Launceston captain

24 December 2015 0 comments

1.Seagulls Coming from West Cornwall over the years I’ve had chips, ice creams and even pasties stolen right from my hands by these pests of […]

Room 101: JJ Hanrahan – Northampton fly-half

17 December 2015 0 comments

1. Outside Lane Hoggers Drivers back home in Ireland are particularly bad for staying in the outside lane when there is plenty of space on […]

Room 101: Huw Morgan – Wharfedale centre

10 December 2015 0 comments

1. London Ale I may be a southerner by birth but my time spent studying up north has made me come to realise just how […]

Room 101: Dave Swanton – Sale media manager

3 December 2015 0 comments

1. Delivery drivers With our move to Saturday games and having to drive to away games, my opportunity to go shopping has gone out of […]

Room 101: Henry Thomas – Bath prop

26 November 2015 0 comments

1. Cutlery chewers It makes my skin crawl when I’m sat within ear shot of someone who chews on their metal cutlery at meal times. […]

Room 101: Sam Wilson – Hull Ionians wing

19 November 2015 0 comments

1. Noisy eaters I’m sure every squad has one of these and ours is second row Alex Campbell. On Thursday we all sit down to […]

Room 101: Michael Heaney – Doncaster scrum-half

12 November 2015 0 comments

1. Being ticklish I’m generally ticklish all over but it’s my feet that are the most sensitive. I find it hard not to kick out […]

Room 101: Andy Brown – Coventry prop

5 November 2015 0 comments

1. Benefit scroungers People that expect something for nothing – the type of people you get on that awful Jeremy Kyle Show – really wind […]

Room 101: Andy Boyde – Harrogate forward

29 October 2015 0 comments

1. Shopping off the peg Shopping for designer jeans and thinking you’ll be able to just walk into a shop and pick what you like off […]

Room 101: Tom Cheeseman – Esher centre

22 October 2015 0 comments

1. Sky sports news/talksport Both media outlets are obsessed with football, 80 per cent of their output is focused entirely on the Premier League when […]

Room 101: Oli Brennand – Fylde wing

15 October 2015 0 comments

1. Coffee Personally I don’t understand the appeal of coffee. I can’t stand the taste and it is way too over-priced. When we’re on away […]

Room 101: James Gaskell – Wasps lock

8 October 2015 0 comments

1. Cyclists Cyclists clog up the roads and don’t seem to have any appreciation for the traffic behind them. You often see them riding two […]

Room 101: Matt Banahan – Bath wing

1 October 2015 0 comments

1. Inconsiderate drivers People who tail-gate learner drives – or whizz past them and then smack the brakes on to make a point – seem […]

Room 101: Ed Shervington – Wasps hooker

17 September 2015 0 comments

1. Traffic Wardens Having got three parking tickets in the last four days, I’d like to put traffic wardens in Room 101. It was a […]

Room 101: Nigel Dacres – Plymouth Albion back row

10 September 2015 0 comments

1. Pretentious pub food presentation I don’t know whether it’s pub kitchens being lazy and wanting to cut down on the washing up or just […]

Room 101: Tommy Taylor – Sale hooker

3 September 2015 1 comment

1. The Kardashians The Kardashian family seem to have been on every news item for the past year but for no good reason. They are […]

Room 101: Chris Walker – Yorkshire Carnegie flanker

27 August 2015 0 comments

1. Man buns Man buns’ otherwise known as ‘top knots’ are horrendous and have no place in society. I’m not the king of fashion by […]

Room 101: Adrian Jarvis – Bristol fly-half

20 August 2015 0 comments

1. Slow golfers I had a round of golf the other day at the Celtic Manor Resort which is an amazing course. However, my round […]

Room 101: Paul Andrew – Cornish Pirates prop

13 August 2015 0 comments

1. Fitness testing As a founder member of the ‘Fat Club’ it probably comes as no surprise that I’m not a big fan of fitness […]

Room 101: Chris Whitehead – former Exeter hooker

6 August 2015 0 comments

1. Londoners I need to be careful here as I have lots of friends that are living in London and some still playing for London […]

Room 101: Lewis Webb – Taunton scrum-half

23 July 2015 1 comment

1. Unusable pencils I’m a primary school teacher at a school just outside Exeter so pencils are an everyday necessity. I always stick with an […]

Room 101: Tom Catterick – Newcastle fly-half

16 July 2015 0 comments

1. People who say ‘what?’ It gets on my nerves when people say ‘what?’ to every comment you make even though, in reality, they’ve probably […]

Room 101: Dave Fairbrother – Fylde back-rower

9 July 2015 24 comments

1. Flies I hate it when a fly touches you out of nowhere and then flies off without you being able to do anything about […]

Room 101: Will Chudley – Exeter scrum-half

2 July 2015 1 comment

1. Supermarket till etiquette I’m always conscious not to keep people behind me in the supermarket queue waiting for any longer than they have to, […]

Room 101: Jason Forster – former Wales flanker

18 June 2015 0 comments

1. The Severn Bridge Toll I live in Newport but work for South Gloucestershire Council and it pains me to have to pay £6.50 just […]

Room 101: Alex Rieder – Rotherham flanker

4 June 2015 1 comment

1. Hangovers It’s that time of the year when end-of-season dinners and awards dos and nights out with the lads come thick and fast. Just […]

Room 101: Paul Jarvis – Doncaster full-back

28 May 2015 2 comments

1. Wind As a full-back I’m not a big fan of wind. For 40 minutes you’ll spend most of your time chasing down countless spiral […]

Room 101: Marco Mama – Bristol flanker

21 May 2015 0 comments

1. Being called South African I was born in Nigeria but brought up in Zimbabwe yet people seem to always mistake me for being South […]

Room 101: Richard Whiffin – London Irish backs coach

14 May 2015 0 comments

1. Pre-match pyrotechnics I didn’t see the need for the light show and all the razzmatazz before the first game of the Six Nations. Wales […]

Room 101: Ed Slater – England and Leicester lock

7 May 2015 0 comments

1. Petitions There seems to be online petitions for everything these days … in fact, I might even start a petition to get petitions banned! […]

Room 101: Billy Meakes – Gloucester centre

30 April 2015 0 comments

1. Aussie accent impersonators I don’t know why this is, perhaps Neighbours or Fosters ads have something to do with it, but lots of people […]

Room 101: Brett McNamee – Old Albanians hooker

23 April 2015 0 comments

1. Pre-match scrum chat from refs It annoys me when referees come in to the changing room just before kick-off and try to give you […]

Room 101: Ryan Westren – Cornish All Blacks fly-half

16 April 2015 2 comments

1. Mobile phone signals Okay, being born and living in Cornwall clearly has its plusses, including appreciation of the county‘s beautiful countryside and coast, as […]

Room 101: Kane Palma-Newport – Bath prop

9 April 2015 0 comments

1.Not defending mauls Not defending a maul – and trying to get something from the opposition without directly engaging them immediately after a lineout – […]

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