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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Louis McGowan – Sedgley Park back-row
1. Front five forwards wearing flashy boots I’ve been in the game a fair few years now and I’m a bit...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Chris Wyles – Saracens and USA back
1. Trilby Hats Now I’m no Fashionista but there is something about the trilby hat that irks me. This could be...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Luke Fielden – England sevens
1. Coin-operated supermarket trollies I never carry cash really so it’s very frustrating for me when I go to the supermarket...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Tom Biggs – Bath winger
1. Fake Lance Armstrongs I think it’s great that people want to get fit and go out on their bikes, especially...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Ben Prescott – Cornish Pirates prop
1. Team info sheets At the start of the season Pirates distribute an info sheet with details of all players and...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: David Strettle – England & Saracens winger
1. Splash! Has there ever been a more pointless TV programme than the Saturday night light ‘entertainment’ offering Splash? We had...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: David Rose – Aviva Premiership referee
1. Pundits Whatever the sport I get annoyed when so-called “experts” try to be clever by using slow motion replays to...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Dominic Moon – Preston Grasshoppers No.8
1. Bad taste tattoos I’ve got a three-quarter sleeve tattoo and a dodgy one on my ankle from a holiday in...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Brian Smith – London Irish Director of Rugby
1. Rugby Administration Why does a professional game have amateur match officials with no system of reward or a level of...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Kearnan Myall – London Wasps lock
1. Pre-season Army camps Any rugby player that has been on one of these will surely agree with me that pre-season...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Martin Nutt – Henley full-back
1. Winter There is no fun in playing or training in the rain, snow, freezing cold and wind in the slightest...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: John Kingston – Harlequins forwards coach
1. Top team bias in National team selection Whether national team coaches like to admit it or not they are undoubtedly...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Jon Feeley – Wharfedale coach
1. The beautiful game To call football ‘the beautiful game’ is possibly the greatest contradiction in modern culture; it is a...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Danny Wright – Coventry lock
1. Small changing rooms At the Butts Park Arena we are blessed with great changing facilities, but that’s pretty much the...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Adam Blades – Otley prop
1. Skinny Jeans Skinny jeans look ridiculous on blokes of a certain age or build. People who should know better wear...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Sam Raven – former Leicester, Nottingham, Pirates & Rugby lock
1. Small talk A big pet hate of mine is coming home from work/rugby and being asked by the Mrs about...
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Room 101
/ 11 years agoRoom 101: Andy Key – Cambridge University boss
– 1. Pre-match ref chat Why is it necessary for the ref to come in and talk to the front rows...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Adam Canning – Birmingham & Solihull fly-half
1. Lazy & complacent sports media There are so many people stealing a living in sports media. I can’t stand listening...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Jamie Lennard – Doncaster fly-half
1. Paralysis by analysis It’s fair to say the video analysis suite is not my favourite place; not because I’ve got...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Andrew Savage – Nottingham full-back
1. Scrumming for penalties Being an outside back I like the game to be an exciting, fast flowing, and high tempo...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Tom Allen – Henley Hawks centre
1. Salary discrepancy with football Wouldn’t it be nice if the salaries in rugby were equivalent to those that you get...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Jacob Rowan – Leeds flanker
1. Name or place droppers We’ve all met them and we’ve all experienced their condescending tone, telling us where they’ve been...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Aaron Liffchak – Rosslyn Park prop
1. Rubbish barber chat From childhood I have used the same barbers, but two years ago I moved to East London...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Ruairi Cushion – Plymouth Albion captain
1. Facebook These days it seems that every time I scroll down my news feed on Facebook all that comes up...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Andy Goode – Wasps fly-half
1. Wind The first thing I do on the morning of a game is look out of the window to see...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Ian Davies – Cornish Pirates head coach
1. They are LAWS not rules If you speak to any of the players at the Pirates they’ll tell you that...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Paul Arnold – Fylde player/coach
1. Relegation from the Premiership Controversial, I know, but as a massive fan of the type of expansive rugby you get...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Steve Lawrie – Edinburgh hooker
1. Running into touch With the Murrayfield pitch being as wide as they come you’d think there would be no danger...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Rob Rowlinson – former Leeds hooker
1. The new scrummaging laws I’m not a fan of the “crouch, bind, set” scrum engagement sequence that is currently being...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Ollie Thomas – Moseley utility back
1. Diving/play acting in football Don’t get me wrong I love watching football, although I’m more of an armchair fan than...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Will Skinner – former Harlequins flanker
1. Lazy trolley operators I really can’t stand people who can’t be bothered to put supermarket shopping trolleys away properly after...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Mike Aspinall – Harrogate player-coach
1. Essay writing I wouldn’t say that I’m the most academic person by any stretch of the imagination. But, as someone...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Alan Paver – Cornish Pirates prop
1. Bad Banter You get some dreadful banter in rugby but the worst culprits tend to be hookers. In terms of...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Ross Samson – London Scottish scrum-half
1. Warm ups I will do anything to get out of them or be as late as possible by staying in...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Neil Clark – Oyonnax and former Exeter hooker
1. Banks Not naming any names but the bank I’m dealing with at the moment is driving me nuts. I’m in...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Sean Holley – Bristol’s head coach
1. Lateness I hate being late for anything and believe everyone else should feel the same. Sadly unpunctuality is a far...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Nigel Melville – USA rugby CEO
1. Airport Security With my job I spend a lot of time in airports (along with thousands of others), taking off...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Matty Mountford – Chinnor full-back
1. ‘Walter Mitty’ Rugby Club owners Playing for Santa Monica Dolphins in California, living on the beach, living the proverbial dream,...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Conor O’Shea – Harlequins director of rugby
1. The wife’s shopping habits My wife told me to put this one in so I’d better do as I’m told!...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Ben Pons – Moseley flanker
1. The soft drift defence A soft drift defence is all too soft for my liking. The soft drift is when...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Mark Woodrow – Dings full-back
1. Traffic As you are probably aware a recent study has placed Bristol as the second worst city in England for...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Tom Voyce – London Welsh winger
1. Scrums This might surprise you but I know from first-hand experience how tough being part of a scrum is. On...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Dan Robson –Gloucester scrum-half
1. Seagulls There was a time when I used to like the sound of seagulls, as it reminded me of good...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Anthony Carter – Moseley full-back
1. Phone line blockers These are normally relatives that seem to have an ability to talk about nothing forever – which...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: James Pritchard – Bedford full-back
1. Parking space Pirates People without any kids in town really get to me when they park in designated family parking...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Ian Nimmo – Dragons lock
1. Paid-for Condiments My particular beef (or should that be chicken?) is aimed at the popular restaurant chain Nando’s. The boys...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: James Tincknell – Doncaster centre
1. Sleep jackers There is nothing I like more than a good night’s kip. However, living where I do, in a...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: George Skivington – London Irish lock
1. Man of the Match nominations There’s a few times when I’ve played in games and thought I’d be in contention...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Mike Friday – Kenya Sevens head coach
1. Cunning Cats I’m a big lover of cats from the big ones found roaming around in the jungle to those...
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Room 101
/ 12 years agoRoom 101: Junior Fatialofa – Cornish Pirates centre
1. Long Team Meetings I’m not a fan of long, drawn out team meetings. While I understand that coaches have to...
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