Room 101

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19 February 2017 1 comment

RICKY ALEY THE SOUTH LEICESTER FLY-HALF TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Noisy eaters It really gets me […]

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 […]

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12 February 2017 0 comments

BILLY BURNS THE GLOUCESTER FLY-HALF TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND 1. Hoovering My girlfriend may disagree but I […]

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 […]

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5 February 2017 2 comments

JIMMY REA THE BISHOP’S STORTFORD WINGER TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND. 1. People who leave gates open I’ve […]

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 […]

Room 101: Tom Brady – Leicester Tigers and former Sale wing

16 June 2016 0 comments

1. Grumpy neighbours Shortly I’ll be moving to Leicester and I can’t say I’ll miss the bloke who lives at the back of our house. […]

Room 101: Matt Garvey – Bath loose forward

9 June 2016 0 comments

1. “You’re tall aren’t you?!” When people say that it really breaks me – as if I didn’t know I was tall! I’m 6’6 for […]

Room 101: Tom Biggs – Worcester winger

2 June 2016 0 comments

1. Roadside litter It drives me insane when I see McDonalds bags and used coffee cups discarded on the roadside when travelling up and down […]

Room 101: Matt Jess – Exeter Chiefs wing

26 May 2016 0 comments

1. Road cyclists Even though it was a while ago since I took my cycling proficiency test, I’m pretty sure there was a rule about […]

Room 101: Ryan Parkinson – Macclesfield No.8

19 May 2016 0 comments

1. Soppy social media statuses This is one that I’m sure everyone can relate to with the way social media is these days. I understand […]

Room 101: Nigel Mukarati – Stourbridge back-rower

12 May 2016 0 comments

1. Hotel check in/out times I don’t see why hotels don’t allow you to check in until 2/3pm and then ask you to leave by […]

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: Carl Kirwan – Worcester flanker

21 April 2016 0 comments

1. Bags on benches There isn’t much space in changing rooms as it is without your team-mates putting their kit bags on the bench where […]

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: 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, […]