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: Fergus Mulchrone – London Irish centre

5 March 2015 0 comments

1. Leniency in schools Kids get away with far too much in schools nowadays, in my opinion a clip around the ear would do some […]

Room 101: Mike Haley – Sale full-back

26 February 2015 1 comment

1. A poor cup of tea Unlike a lot of my generation I like a good cup of tea, I think it comes from having […]

Room 101: Richie Rees – NG Dragons scrum-half

19 February 2015 1 comment

1. Public displays of affection I tend to think that the best relationships are the ones not talked about/flaunted in public. With Valentine’s Day on […]

Room 101: Nick Evans – Harlequins fly-half

12 February 2015 0 comments

1. Open Doors For some reason my missus seems incapable/unwilling to shut opened doors. This applies to wardrobes, food cupboards, kitchen drawers, fridges and microwaves. […]

My Life in Rugby: Jon Golding – former Newcastle, Northampton, Rotherham and England prop

10 February 2015 0 comments

As a player I enjoyed every minute I was on the pitch, the confrontational aspect of playing in the front row really suited me and […]

Room 101: Martin Haag – Nottingham head coach

5 February 2015 1 comment

1. Garlic I hate garlic for a variety of reasons: 1) it doesn’t taste very nice; 2) it makes your breath smell bad; and 3) […]

Room 101: Will Robinson – London Welsh fly-half

29 January 2015 0 comments

1. Predictive Text I’d say my grammar and spelling are pretty good and I’ve probably no real need for predictive text. However I’m not sure […]

Room 101: Guy Thompson – Wasps flanker

22 January 2015 0 comments

1. Insomnia Insomnia is not something I tend to suffer from but, now and again, particularly when I know I have to get up early […]

Room 101: Jon Brennan – Jersey prop

15 January 2015 1 comment

1. Shopping for Jeans As a prop your legs are either too short or too fat to be able to buy off-the-peg jeans. I’m still […]

Room 101: Tom Bason – Blackheath lock

8 January 2015 0 comments

1. Long Seasons I’ve been playing in National One now for 11 years and the length of season is something that needs addressing. It is […]

Room 101: Stuart Hooper – Bath captain

18 December 2014 1 comment

1. Liquorice I went Trick or Treating with my kids for the first time last month and they ended up with a good stash of […]

Room 101: Tom Holmes – Rotherham forward

4 December 2014 0 comments

1.Lost Ball ‘desperados’ Playing a round of golf with my former Sale team-mate, England prop Henry Thomas, can take ages. He lets his competitive streak […]

Room 101: Jonathan Thomas – Worcester No.8

27 November 2014 1 comment

1.Tax I know paying tax is essential to pay for services that help us all in our daily lives, but I think, without getting too […]

Room 101: Nick Easter – Harlequins No.8

20 November 2014 1 comment

1.Golf Etiquette There are still too many stuffy golf clubs whose committee men worry more about what people wear than their conduct out on the […]

Room 101: Nick Wood – Gloucester prop

13 November 2014 1 comment

1.Reality TV I just can’t stand it. The likes of Big Brother and X-Factor have had so much screen time over the past few years […]

Room 101: Clive Griffiths – Doncaster Director of Rugby

6 November 2014 1 comment

1.Traffic I’ve remained in St Helens ever since I ‘went North’ in the late 70’s. Given the fact I’ve coached at London Welsh, Cardiff, Newport, […]

Room 101: Marshall Gadd – Rotherham captain

30 October 2014 0 comments

1.Cold callers Cold callers always seem to ring at the wrong time, normally when you’re just about to sit down and have something to eat. […]

Room 101: David Seymour – Sale flanker

23 October 2014 0 comments

1. Overcooked steak I like my steak medium-rare, not oozing with blood but nicely pink. Quite often you’ll get asked how you’d like your steak […]

Room 101: Chris Johnson – Fylde fly-half

16 October 2014 0 comments

1. Box Kicks I hate box kicks from lineouts, it is what I’d class as an ‘anti-rugby‘ tactic. Normally from a lineout you have clean […]

Room 101: Rob Vickers – Newcastle hooker

9 October 2014 0 comments

1. Parking Space Cheats This applies to people who have the cheek to park in disabled bays when they’re not disabled and people who park […]

Room 101: Rupert Cooper – Nottingham flanker

2 October 2014 1 comment

1. Queuing I think queuing, whether it’s in traffic or supermarkets, is completely unnecessary and painful. I know we’re supposed to be a nation of […]

Room 101: Matthew Tait – Leicester full-back

25 September 2014 1 comment

1. Wasting food I get really annoyed when my wife orders online shopping and then five days later half of it is still there in […]

Room 101: Topsy Ojo – London Irish wing

18 September 2014 2 comments

1. Crème brûlée I’m quite a fussy eater – I know what I like and I like to stick to it. Every now and again […]

Room 101: Andy Saull – Newcastle flanker

11 September 2014 0 comments

1. Cutting your toe-nails After a day where you’ve been running around in training and lifting weights in the gym your body is invariably tired […]

Room 101: Steve Hanley – former Sale and England winger

4 September 2014 0 comments

1. Cheese Cheese is the devil’s food, I can’t stand the sight of the stuff let alone the taste or the smell. With that in […]

Room 101: Tom Barrett – Rotherham fly-half

28 August 2014 0 comments

1. Fast Food Playing at Rotherham and living in Bingley (north of Bradford) means a lot of my day is spent driving. Sometimes after I […]

Room 101: Neil Mason – Moseley back row

21 August 2014 1 comment

1. Caravans My dislike of caravans is two-fold. First, they cause chaos on the roads in the summer when they overturn or get a flat […]

Room 101: Alex Crockett – Hull Ionians coach

14 August 2014 1 comment

1. Big backs/slim props A real bug bear of mine is how the game has changed from being one for players of all shapes and […]

Room 101: Fred Burdon – Yorkshire Carnegie centre

7 August 2014 0 comments

1. Pay Toilets It’s pretty much inevitable that after a long journey or while at some tourist attraction nature is going to call and the […]

Room 101: Ryan Lamb – The Worcester fly-half takes us through his prime annoyances

31 July 2014 1 comment

1. New housing estates – The family and I have recently moved into a property on a new housing estate in Cheltenham. It was all […]

Room 101: Rob Cook – Gloucester full-back

24 July 2014 1 comment

1. Smoking: I’ve never been a fan of smoking and I can honestly say I have never tried it! Smoking in itself is bad enough […]

Room 101: Peter Swatkins – Sheffield player/coach

10 July 2014 0 comments

1. Anthem singers The recent events at the World Cup in Brazil have once again confirmed my hatred for over-paid […]

Room 101: Kai Horstmann – Exeter back rown

3 July 2014 0 comments

1. Kids toys I’ve got nothing against kids toys, just the pain they cause when you tread on them inadvertently when you get up to […]

Room 101: Jamie Broadley – Rotherham wing

26 June 2014 0 comments

1. Poor English This has to be my greatest annoyance. Ironically it seems to be that those who are most fervent about ‘Englishness’ have the […]

Room 101: Richard Vasey – Caldy fly-half

19 June 2014 0 comments

1. Paying for the use of public toilets What is that all about! Although I’m a Yorkshireman and by tradition very stringent with my money, […]

Room 101: Warren Spragg – Fylde & Lancashire utility back

12 June 2014 0 comments

1. Parent & Child space invaders I live in an area where there are loads of young families and the local Tesco’s is, in theory, […]

Room 101: Lyn Jones – Dragons director of rugby

5 June 2014 0 comments

1. Instant Coffee After a lifetime of drinking so much tea and coffee I’ve now decided to go for quality over quantity. As I’ve got […]

Room 101: Ben Youngs – Leicester scrum-half

29 May 2014 0 comments

1. Caravans When I go back home to see the family in Norfolk the journey can seem to take forever during holiday periods because of […]

Room 101: Barry Davies – Coventry and former Welsh international full-back

22 May 2014 1 comment

1. Poor service I eat out a lot. To be fair I don’t think I’ve cooked a meal for myself in ten months what with […]

Room 101: Mark Cueto – Sale winger

15 May 2014 0 comments

1. Messiness I’m quite OCD. I like everything to be neat and tidy so it winds me up when the kids or the missus leave […]

Room 101: Ronnie McLean-Dents – Ealing centre

8 May 2014 0 comments

1. Soap operas I don’t get why people would want to watch other people being miserable all of the time. Surely there is more to […]

Room 101: Paul Sampson – former England, Wasps & London Welsh wing

1 May 2014 0 comments

1. Multi-storey car parks Designers of multi-story car parks need a rethink. For the life of me I can’t understand why they insist on building […]

Room 101: Phil Eggleshaw – Doncaster forward

24 April 2014 2 comments

1. One born every minute – TV show This programme is so bad for several reasons. At the end of the day what’s there to […]

Room 101: Lee Dickson – Northampton scrum-half

17 April 2014 0 comments

1. The ‘Choke’ Tackle The ‘catch tackle’, as we call it at Saints, is just so negative and takes all the fun out of the […]

Room 101: Karl Dickson – Harlequins scrum-half

10 April 2014 0 comments

1. IKEA We moved into our new home three weeks ago and I’m up to my ears in IKEA boxes and their useless instructions. For […]

Room 101: Adam Cave – Moseley hooker

3 April 2014 0 comments

1. OAPS Old Age Pensioners have a terrible habit of wasting yours and everybody else’s time when you or they least need it. I appreciate […]

Room 101: Ed Slater – Leicester lock

27 March 2014 1 comment

1. Fish As creatures, I’ve got nothing against fish at all, I just don’t like eating – or smelling them. Even the texture makes me […]

Room 101: Alex Rae – Jersey forward

20 March 2014 0 comments

1. Travelling by plane Unfortunately flying cannot be avoided when you play for an island team like Jersey. I’ve lost count of the number of […]

Room 101: Mike Umaga – Stourbridge coach

13 March 2014 0 comments

1. The Jeremy Kyle Show I fail to understand why anyone would want to go on this show and air all their dirty laundry in […]

Room 101: Rob Vickerman – Leeds Carnegie centre & former England Sevens captain

6 March 2014 0 comments

1. Lorries, especially overtaking ones Without wanting to sound like Clarkson vs Caravans, over the last few years I have spent a fair bit of […]

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