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Room 101: Phil Maynard – Coventry Director of Rugby

2 December 2012 1 comment

1. Foreign Call Centres Heaven forbid if anything you’ve recently purchased from the shops goes wrong and you need to contact someone in the customer […]

Room 101: Duncan Bell – Former Bath and England prop

25 November 2012 1 comment

1. Speeding fine injustice Now, don’t get the wrong idea…I’m no ‘Driving Miss Daisy’, nor, by the same token, am I Ayrton Sienna. But for […]

Room 101: Richard Cockerill – Leicester Tigers head coach

18 November 2012 2 comments

1. Car Drivers v Cyclists When I drive I really hate cyclists but when I cycle to work, which I do a lot, I really […]

Room 101: Jon Callard – former England international

11 November 2012 0 comments

1. Late substitutions I would get rid of replacements after an hour has passed. When was the last time you saw a late replacement change […]

Room 101: Ollie Philips – England Sevens

28 October 2012 1 comment

1. Self-Raters We all know people like this: the cocksure, flashy, individual who saunters through some socially ‘hip’ area of town, sporting a pair of […]

Room 101: Nick Mullins – ESPN lead commentator

21 October 2012 0 comments

1. The man who abolished proper tours We all know why good, old-fashioned tours became the kind of historical footnotes you only find these days […]

Room 101: Mark Nelson – Fylde head-coach

14 October 2012 0 comments

1. 1996 (the Game going ‘open’) It didn’t take long for me to feel the negative effects of professionalism. Fresh from the RFU‘s big announcement […]

Room 101: Andre Bester – Rotherham coach

7 October 2012 0 comments

1. Queues I simply don’t do queues. I would rather drive 10 miles around the houses than sit in a long, stationary line of traffic. […]

Room 101: Lee Mears – Bath hooker

30 September 2012 2 comments

1. Planners and Planning applications I want to build a kitchen in the basement of a semi-detached house in Bath and then extend it out […]

Room 101: James Merriman – Bristol flanker

23 September 2012 0 comments

1. Greedy supermarkets I fully support the campaign by dairy farmers to get a fair price for their milk from Supermarkets. It just doesn’t add […]

Room 101: Steve Boden – Jersey hooker

16 September 2012 1 comment

1. Happy Clappy People Don’t get me wrong despite having a reputation for being a bit of a moaner I can smile with the best […]

Room 101: Dave Walder – former England and Mitsubishi Dynaboars fly-half

9 September 2012 1 comment

1. Ineffective Touch Judges It amazes me how TJs fail to get the number of an offending player or can’t suggest a punishment worthy of […]

Room 101: Joe Maddock – Saracens wing

31 August 2012 0 comments

1. TMO’S Television Match Officials – to give them their full title – definitely have a place in the game. But only if they get […]

Room 101: Tom May – Northampton and former England centre

13 August 2012 3 comments

1. Warm ups I don’t know if it’s because I have been playing for what seems like a long time now but I really hate […]

Room 101: Mark Mapleoft – Harlequins coach

6 August 2012 0 comments

1. Reality TV Take a bow Bradley Wiggins, not only for his outstanding Tour de France exploits but his post-race press conferences last week. A […]

Room 101: Mike Denbee – London Welsh flanker

24 July 2012 0 comments

1. The Tube The London Transport system is, on a good day, the quickest, cheapest and most convenient way to travel. The problem lies with […]

Room 101: George Chuter – Leicester hooker

20 July 2012 0 comments

1. The Rolling Stones This really pains me. I’m a HUGE Stones fan. But I feel it has to be said that they’ve over-stayed their […]

Room 101: Lee Blackett – Rotherham winger

10 July 2012 0 comments

1. 50mph roadworks on a Motorway Travelling across the Pennines on the M62, as I do fairly frequently because my family lives in Lancashire, you […]

Room 101: Nick Kennedy – Toulon, former England and London Irish lock

3 July 2012 1 comment

1.Short people who sit in the exit seats on airplanes. Being 6ft 8in is not good when you’re flying at the best of times. The […]

Room 101: Richard Hill – Worcester head coach

22 June 2012 1 comment

1. Dog owners As a keen walker and rambler I come across quite a few dog walkers. It really winds me up when they let […]

Room 101: David Flatman – England and Bath prop

10 June 2012 0 comments

1. Try-scoring celebrations I have to contest Dave Jackson’s claim that celebrations have a place in rugby (TRP, June 3). I think they should be […]