Rugby World UK – July 2019

bleach them. They came out beautifully
white but during the fi rst tackle they
disintegrated and I was left there in my
Y-fronts. My mum found it hilarious.
The second is the kick I missed against
Quins in March. If you miss by a little bit
it’s not the end of the world, but to shank
it like that... you never hear the end of it.
Who’d you like to be stuck in a lift with?
Kevin Bridges, the Scottish comedian.
He’s hilarious and would be good craic

for the time we’re in there. Plus, he

might have a few tinnies in his pocket.

If you could be any of your team-mates,

who would it be? Billy Vunipola. I can’t

imagine anything is a struggle in rugby

being that size. It must be so easy.

What’s your guilty pleasure? Sweets.

Not chocolate – I’m not bothered by

chocolate – but pick ‘n’ mix.

If your house was on fi re, what one

item would you save? That’s diffi cult.

Jubilation

Celebrating this year’s

Champions Cup win

Double act

DiCaprio and Robbie

“I superglued feathers on my

jacket and rubbed coffee into

it. It’s the attention to detail”

I have a picture of Muhammad Ali and

Elvis in a Las Vegas hotel room. They’re

both in robes and Elvis is shadow boxing

while Ali has his hands in the air. It’s

signed by Ali and is a really cool picture.

I’ve also got a double frame of

Ronaldo and Messi, signed by them

both with two good pictures.

Your three dream dinner party guests...

I’d put Kevin Bridges in there. Leonardo

DiCaprio – I think he’d have brilliant

stories, especially if there were no

cameras and he felt free to tell them.

My mum’s cooking, so she’s there.

Then Margot Robbie – she seems like

a good Aussie who doesn’t mind a drink

and could hold her own. An American,

a Scot and an Aussie... it would be fun.

What’s the most stupid thing you’ve

bought? I could say my hoverboard but

I loved it until it got snapped by the big

lads. Or the plane ticket to Moscow (for

the FIFA World Cup), but I loved that too.

What would you like to achieve

outside of rugby? To be respected

in what I do and to enjoy it. I don’t

know quite yet what that will be. n

Favourite social
network
I’ve gone a bit old
school recently and
Twitter has made
a comeback

Last app

downloaded

Splitwise. I went to

Kenya with mates

and we could put in

what we paid for

Last song played

False Alarm by

Becky Hill and

Matoma. She

writes loads of

good songs

Favourite

WhatsApp group

I can’t really look

past the Saracens

lads’ one

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