All posts tagged "Room 101"
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/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Geoff Griffiths – Blackheath back
1. Odd Numbers I’ve got a totally irrational hatred of odd numbers – to the extent that when I play on...
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/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Alastair Eykyn – BT Sport presenter
1. The Choke Tackle Bit of a thorny one this, but on balance I think rugby would be better off without...
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/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Matt Everard – Nottingham flanker
1. Wet socks It’s amazing how many times I put on a fresh, clean pair of socks as I’m about to...
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/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Phil Dowson – Worcester back row
1.Icing Injuries This is an essential practice for any player but it doesn’t stop it being a complete pain in the...
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/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Luke Narraway – London Irish No.8
1. Dirty Mugs This one’s manly directed at my Mrs who leaves half-drunk cups of tea and coffee on the side...
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/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Jamie Salter – Launceston captain
1.Seagulls Coming from West Cornwall over the years I’ve had chips, ice creams and even pasties stolen right from my hands...
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/ 9 years agoRoom 101: JJ Hanrahan – Northampton fly-half
1. Outside Lane Hoggers Drivers back home in Ireland are particularly bad for staying in the outside lane when there is...
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/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Huw Morgan – Wharfedale centre
1. London Ale I may be a southerner by birth but my time spent studying up north has made me come...
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/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Dave Swanton – Sale media manager
1. Delivery drivers With our move to Saturday games and having to drive to away games, my opportunity to go shopping...
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/ 9 years agoRoom 101: Henry Thomas – Bath prop
1. Cutlery chewers It makes my skin crawl when I’m sat within ear shot of someone who chews on their metal...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Sam Wilson – Hull Ionians wing
1. Noisy eaters I’m sure every squad has one of these and ours is second row Alex Campbell. On Thursday we...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Michael Heaney – Doncaster scrum-half
1. Being ticklish I’m generally ticklish all over but it’s my feet that are the most sensitive. I find it hard...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Andy Brown – Coventry prop
1. Benefit scroungers People that expect something for nothing – the type of people you get on that awful Jeremy Kyle...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Andy Boyde – Harrogate forward
1. Shopping off the peg Shopping for designer jeans and thinking you’ll be able to just walk into a shop and pick...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Tom Cheeseman – Esher centre
1. Sky sports news/talksport Both media outlets are obsessed with football, 80 per cent of their output is focused entirely on...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Oli Brennand – Fylde wing
1. Coffee Personally I don’t understand the appeal of coffee. I can’t stand the taste and it is way too over-priced....
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: James Gaskell – Wasps lock
1. Cyclists Cyclists clog up the roads and don’t seem to have any appreciation for the traffic behind them. You often...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Matt Banahan – Bath wing
1. Inconsiderate drivers People who tail-gate learner drives – or whizz past them and then smack the brakes on to make...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Ed Shervington – Wasps hooker
1. Traffic Wardens Having got three parking tickets in the last four days, I’d like to put traffic wardens in Room...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Nigel Dacres – Plymouth Albion back row
1. Pretentious pub food presentation I don’t know whether it’s pub kitchens being lazy and wanting to cut down on the...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Tommy Taylor – Sale hooker
1. The Kardashians The Kardashian family seem to have been on every news item for the past year but for no...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Chris Walker – Yorkshire Carnegie flanker
1. Man buns Man buns’ otherwise known as ‘top knots’ are horrendous and have no place in society. I’m not the...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Adrian Jarvis – Bristol fly-half
1. Slow golfers I had a round of golf the other day at the Celtic Manor Resort which is an amazing...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Paul Andrew – Cornish Pirates prop
1. Fitness testing As a founder member of the ‘Fat Club’ it probably comes as no surprise that I’m not a...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Lewis Webb – Taunton scrum-half
1. Unusable pencils I’m a primary school teacher at a school just outside Exeter so pencils are an everyday necessity. I...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Tom Catterick – Newcastle fly-half
1. People who say ‘what?’ It gets on my nerves when people say ‘what?’ to every comment you make even though,...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Dave Fairbrother – Fylde back-rower
1. Flies I hate it when a fly touches you out of nowhere and then flies off without you being able...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Will Chudley – Exeter scrum-half
1. Supermarket till etiquette I’m always conscious not to keep people behind me in the supermarket queue waiting for any longer...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Jason Forster – former Wales flanker
1. The Severn Bridge Toll I live in Newport but work for South Gloucestershire Council and it pains me to have...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Alex Rieder – Rotherham flanker
1. Hangovers It’s that time of the year when end-of-season dinners and awards dos and nights out with the lads come...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Paul Jarvis – Doncaster full-back
1. Wind As a full-back I’m not a big fan of wind. For 40 minutes you’ll spend most of your time...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Marco Mama – Bristol flanker
1. Being called South African I was born in Nigeria but brought up in Zimbabwe yet people seem to always mistake...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Richard Whiffin – London Irish backs coach
1. Pre-match pyrotechnics I didn’t see the need for the light show and all the razzmatazz before the first game of...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Ed Slater – England and Leicester lock
1. Petitions There seems to be online petitions for everything these days … in fact, I might even start a petition...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Billy Meakes – Gloucester centre
1. Aussie accent impersonators I don’t know why this is, perhaps Neighbours or Fosters ads have something to do with it,...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Brett McNamee – Old Albanians hooker
1. Pre-match scrum chat from refs It annoys me when referees come in to the changing room just before kick-off and...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Ryan Westren – Cornish All Blacks fly-half
1. Mobile phone signals Okay, being born and living in Cornwall clearly has its plusses, including appreciation of the county‘s beautiful...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Kane Palma-Newport – Bath prop
1.Not defending mauls Not defending a maul – and trying to get something from the opposition without directly engaging them immediately...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Fergus Mulchrone – London Irish centre
1. Leniency in schools Kids get away with far too much in schools nowadays, in my opinion a clip around the...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Mike Haley – Sale full-back
1. A poor cup of tea Unlike a lot of my generation I like a good cup of tea, I think...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Richie Rees – NG Dragons scrum-half
1. Public displays of affection I tend to think that the best relationships are the ones not talked about/flaunted in public....
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Nick Evans – Harlequins fly-half
1. Open Doors For some reason my missus seems incapable/unwilling to shut opened doors. This applies to wardrobes, food cupboards, kitchen...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Martin Haag – Nottingham head coach
1. Garlic I hate garlic for a variety of reasons: 1) it doesn’t taste very nice; 2) it makes your breath...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Will Robinson – London Welsh fly-half
1. Predictive Text I’d say my grammar and spelling are pretty good and I’ve probably no real need for predictive text....
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Guy Thompson – Wasps flanker
1. Insomnia Insomnia is not something I tend to suffer from but, now and again, particularly when I know I have...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Jon Brennan – Jersey prop
1. Shopping for Jeans As a prop your legs are either too short or too fat to be able to buy...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Tom Bason – Blackheath lock
1. Long Seasons I’ve been playing in National One now for 11 years and the length of season is something that...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Stuart Hooper – Bath captain
1. Liquorice I went Trick or Treating with my kids for the first time last month and they ended up with...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Tom Holmes – Rotherham forward
1.Lost Ball ‘desperados’ Playing a round of golf with my former Sale team-mate, England prop Henry Thomas, can take ages. He...
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/ 10 years agoRoom 101: Jonathan Thomas – Worcester No.8
1.Tax I know paying tax is essential to pay for services that help us all in our daily lives, but I...