20 Questions

This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s 20 Questions news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.

20 Questions: Drew Locke – London Scottish centre

1 July 2015 0 comments

Enjoying the off-season? I went to Ibiza for a few days with some friends which was nice. It’s a great place to go and let […]

20 Questions: Marcus Watson – England Sevens

17 June 2015 1 comment

What a year for England Sevens? It’s been awesome even if it’s been up and down. The Olympic situation made it a bit more complicated. […]

20 Questions: Bill Meakes – Gloucester centre

3 June 2015 0 comments

Big game against Connacht today? It’s a massive game for us. Winning the Challenge Cup was huge for the club and on the back of […]

20 Questions: Matt Hopper – Harlequins centre

20 May 2015 1 comment

How do you rate Harlequins’ season? It’s been quite disappointing at times and it’s the first time we haven’t made the playoffs since I’ve been […]

20 Questions: Sean Holley – Bristol head coach

19 May 2015 2 comments

The final against Worcester is finally around the corner, excited? Yes very much so. It’s great for the club but we’ve got to keep our […]

20 Questions: Mathew Tait – Leicester full-back

13 May 2015 0 comments

London Welsh made you work hard for that win, didn’t they? The objective was achieved as we got the bonus points but we were pretty […]

20 Questions: Kane Thompson – Newcastle lock

6 May 2015 0 comments

What do you make of Newcastle’s season? It’s been disappointing. We haven’t been able to close out a few games we could have won. But […]

20 Questions: Chris Brightwell – Moseley No.8

29 April 2015 1 comment

Must feel great to win the big relegation battle against Plymouth? Yes! We’ve known for a few weeks that it was going to come down […]

20 Questions: Charlie Amesbury – Bristol wing

22 April 2015 1 comment

Enjoyed your weekend off last week? It was good not to have a game but we had a pretty tough training week with a lot […]

20 Questions: Joe Simpson – Wasps scrum-half

15 April 2015 0 comments

Ready to take on the European Champions Toulon? Yes and it’ll be an interesting proposal. We know it’ll take a lot to break them down […]

20 Questions: Scott Lawson – Newcastle hooker

8 April 2015 1 comment

What do you make of the Falcons’ season so far? Really good in terms of performances. We’ve improved as a team but ultimately we didn’t […]

20 Questions: Marco Mama – Bristol flanker

11 March 2015 1 comment

What do you make of Bristol‘s season so far? We had a good start beating Worcester on the first day. Our defence has been tested […]

20 Questions: Ken Pisi – Northampton wing

4 March 2015 1 comment

Enjoyable to see Northampton at the top of the Premiership? Yes it is. There’s a great bunch of boys at the club and we’re all […]

20 Questions: Will Taylor – Wasps prop

25 February 2015 1 comment

Enjoyed returning to action after a year out? It was amazing to get back out there after that bicep injury. Playing at the Ricoh Arena […]

20 Questions: Elliott Stooke – Gloucester lock

18 February 2015 0 comments

What do you make of Gloucester‘s season? Slow start but picking up the pace. Was it to be expected after so much change over the […]

20 Questions: Luke Baldwin – Bristol scrum-half

11 February 2015 0 comments

Good season so far? From a club persepective it’s been fantastic – B&I Cup semi-final and unbeaten in the league. So moving in the right […]

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 […]

20 Questions: Ian Davies – Cornish Pirates head coach

4 February 2015 1 comment

Opinion of Pirates’ season? Probably where we thought we would be: new group of players, sprinkling of old legs and a new coaching team, so […]

20 Questions: Joe Gray – Harlequins hooker

28 January 2015 0 comments

What do you make of Quins’ Prem campaign? It’s getting interesting and we’re back in the mix. It’s credit to the Premiership that everyone’s so […]

20 Questions: Miles Benjamin – Leicester wing

21 January 2015 0 comments

Pleased to be having a run of games? I’m just really thankful to be fit and able to play as a starting point, so to […]

20 Questions: Peter Richards – London Scottish backs coach

14 January 2015 0 comments

Enjoying the coaching gig at Scottish? Loving it. It’s a brand new set of fixtures, a different challenge against different teams and there’s some real […]

20 Questions: Dan Montagu – Nottingham lock

7 January 2015 0 comments

Surprised Nottingham are flying so high? It’s certainly a much better place to be than this time last year, but we worked hard in pre-season […]

20 Questions: Max Stelling – Worcester centre

17 December 2014 1 comment

How’s your season going? Really enjoying it. I’ve had a lot of game time, we’re winning and getting bonus points. Performances could be better at […]

20 Questions: Jack Clifford – Harlequins No.8

11 December 2014 0 comments

How’s your season going? Good start playing in the London Double Header and I’ve had other opportunities too. Highs and lows with a few niggling […]

20 Questions: Dave Walder – Newcastle backs coach

3 December 2014 0 comments

Thoughts on Newcastle’s start? Mixed. We’re a win away from where we deserve to be but showed against Bath last week that we’re improving. We […]

20 Questions: Ross Batty – Bath hooker

26 November 2014 0 comments

How’s your season so far? Happy to be playing again after a shoulder injury. Club-wise, we started well then had a couple of blips, but […]

20 Questions: Greg King – Moseley centre

20 November 2014 0 comments

Enjoy representing the Championship XV? It was very good experience and great to play with the best players in the league. The standard was high […]

20 Questions: Ben Spencer – Saracens scrum-half

12 November 2014 1 comment

How’s your season been? It’s gone well. Playing in the Double Header and our first couple of games was great and we’ve had a good […]

20 Questions: Lachlan McCaffrey – London Welsh back row

6 November 2014 1 comment

How’s London life so far? Great. Richmond’s a good spot and on days off I’ve been doing the tourist stuff around London. We don’t have […]

20 Questions: Ryan Jones – Bristol back row

29 October 2014 1 comment

Fit again soon? Won’t be long, there’s a vicious rumour I might get some rugby in for Bristol sooner rather than later! We’re looking at […]

20 Questions: Tom Casson – Harlequins centre

23 October 2014 0 comments

Mixed start to Quins season? We’ve not hit our stride and there were stern words after Exeter. But we’re confident that we can get back […]

20 Questions: Jamie Lennard – Doncaster fly-half

15 October 2014 1 comment

Great start for Donny? Everyone expected us to come back up and try to just survive but we’re an ambitious group and if we keep […]

20 Questions: Richard Barrington – Saracens prop

8 October 2014 1 comment

Fine start to the season? Yes. It’s great to have been on the right side of a couple of tight results after last season’s Premiership […]

20 Questions: Andrew Fenby – London Irish wing

2 October 2014 1 comment

Good to get that first win at Newcastle? It was much needed. Our opening few fixtures are pretty intimidating so to get off the mark […]

20 Questions: Sam Smith – Worcester winger

24 September 2014 1 comment

First impressions of Worcester? Really enjoying it. Love the club, love the city and I’m getting stuck into the lifestyle. I’m living by the racecourse […]

20 Questions: Josh Furno – Newcastle flanker

17 September 2014 0 comments

Born in Australia, but raised in Italy? That’s right, born in St Kilda, Melbourne. But my dad’s a doctor and is half-Italian so work took […]

20 Questions: Matt Jess – Exeter winger

10 September 2014 2 comments

Enjoyed your pre-season? Massively. Think it’s about my 12th as a pro so I’ve got a few in the bank. Luckily, I’ve always stayed fit […]

20 Question: Neil Mason – Moseley flanker

3 September 2014 0 comments

Been at Moseley a while? Yep, this is my tenth season. It’s gone quickly but been really enjoyable. We’ve been battling as underdogs most of […]

20 Questions: Seb Stegmann – London Welsh wing

27 August 2014 0 comments

Much of a break this summer? Didn’t seem like it. We were straight back after three weeks but I managed to squeeze in a city […]

20 Questions: Clive Griffiths – Doncaster head coach

13 August 2014 0 comments

You’re feelings after winning promotion? Ecstatic. Very proud. We were affected badly by injuries so to come through that and win on the last day […]

20 Questions: Tom Arscott – Sale full-back

6 August 2014 1 comment

Been on holiday? Just had a week in Crete. It was nothing special and I wouldn’t go back but it was nice to get some […]

20 Questions: James Phillips – London Scottish No. 8

30 July 2014 0 comments

Sad to leave Exeter this summer? Very sad. Exeter’s been a massive part of my life over the last four years and I made amazing […]

20 Questions: Tom Cruse – Titans hooker feels the wrath

23 July 2014 0 comments

How was your summer? Quiet at first, then I went to Calpe, on Spain‘s Benidorm coast, for my brother’s wedding and things got livelier! Five […]

20 Questions: Damian Welch – Exeter lock

9 July 2014 1 comment

Go anywhere on holiday? I managed a week away in Cyprus with the missus. But I had an operation at the end of the season […]

20 Questions: Jonny Arr – Worcester scrum-half

2 July 2014 0 comments

Manage a holiday in your short time off? A few days in Berlin for Jake Abbott’s stag-do, which involved more than a few steins of […]

20 Questions: James Buckland – London Scottish head coach

25 June 2014 0 comments

Back in pre-season training? Yes. We finished in late April so the boys had six weeks off. It’s important with the turnover we’ve had in […]

20 Questions: Carl Kirwan – London Welsh flanker

18 June 2014 0 comments

Good to be a Premiership player at last? It hasn’t sunk in yet, but we’ll enjoy this and then the hard work starts again. We’re […]

20 Questions: Alan Paver – Cornish Pirates prop

11 June 2014 1 comment

Pirates back in pre-season training? Yes… bizarre, isn’t it? We started last Tuesday and the thinking is they’ll give us intermittent breaks between now and […]