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30 SECONDS WITH LEWIS MOODY (LEICESTER & ENGLAND)
Lewis Moody at the Bournemouth Rugby Sevens

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby? 
A. Wakeboarding and mucking around with my son Dylan

Q. What stadium in the world has the best atmosphere to play in? 
A. Welford Road & Millennium Stadium

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you? 
A. My wife of course!


Q. What rugby player has the worst banter? 
A. Me

Q. Where in the world was the best lads holiday you’ve been on? 
A. Peurto Banus 2003

Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against? 
A. Fritz Van Hearden (Old Leicester colleague who played for South Africa)

Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club? 
A. Tom Croft  

Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club? 
A. Me (stripy shirt & fishing trousers)  

Q. What player on your team can bench press the most? 
A. Julian White

Q. Which player at the club spends the longest in the shower? 
A. Castro Giovani 

30 SECONDS WITH OLLY BARKLEY (BATH & ENGLAND)
Olly Barkley at the Bournemouth 7s

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby?
A. Recently started learning how to mix (music), also quite fond of some time in the kitchen.

Q. What stadium in the world has the best atmosphere to play in?
A. Stade De France

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you?
A. Kimberley Wyatt from the Pussy Cat Dolls- if anyone can make this happen I'll jack in rugby.

Q. What rugby player has the worst banter?
A. Easy- David Barnes. Primitive and lacks any creativity. He is also, worryingly, the chairman of the PRA.

Q. Where in the world was the best lads holiday you’ve been on?
A. Las Vegas on a mates stag recently, you can do anything there at any time.

Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against?
A. Tana Umaga

Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club?
A. Probably Joey Maddock- not bad for an old dude.

Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club?
A. David Barnes. Loves to mix and match casual and training gear on a night out.

Q. What player on your team can bench press the most?
A. Aaron Jarvis.

Q. Which player at the club spends the longest in the shower?
A. Probably either myself or Peter Short. Me because I dither and Shorty because he's busy telling bizarre stories and showing his cock tricks to everyone.

30 SECONDS WITH GEORDAN MURPHY (LEICESTER & IRELAND)
Geordan Murphy at the Bournemouth 7s Festival

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby? 

A. Golf 

Q. What stadium in the world has the best atmosphere to play in? 
A. Welford Road 

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you?
A. My Mrs! 

Q. What rugby player has the worst banter? 
A. Harry Ellis 

Q. Where in the world was the best lads holiday you’ve been on? 
A. Las Vegas 

Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against? 
A. Jonah 

Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club?
A. Tom Croft, Johne Murphy is the slowest 

Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club? 
A. Castro 

Q. What player on your team can bench press the most?
A. Danny Hipkiss 

Q. Which player at the club spends the longest in the shower? A. Lewis Moody

30 SECONDS WITH MARK REGAN (ENGLAND)
Mark Regan at Bournemouth 7s

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby?
A. Golfing and partying 

Q. What stadium in the world has the best atmosphere to play in?
A. Millennium Stadium

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you?
A. Best put my wife- she's looking over my shoulder!

Q. What rugby player has the worst banter?
A. Austin Healey or Simon Shaw

Q. Where in the world was the best lads holiday you’ve been on?
A. Australia

Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against?
A. Graham Dawe

Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club?
A. Lee Robinson

Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club?
A. Matt Salter

Q. What player on your team can bench press the most?
A. Andrew Sheridan

Q. Which player at the club spends the longest in the shower?
A. Dan Ward- Smith

30 SECONDS WITH DAN HIPKISS (LEICESTER & ENGLAND)
Dan Hipkiss

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby?
A. Movies, guitar, cooking, long boarding.

Q. What stadium in the world has the best atmosphere to play in?
A. Welford road is awesome. But I loved playing at Mackenders, the home of Diss RFC, my first Rugby club in Norfolk.

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you?
A. I have always had a secret crush on Kirsty Allsop from Channel 4's Location, Location, Location. But I guess Ray Mears' wife would be good for survival.

Q. What rugby player has the worst banter?
A. I don't know about banter but Will Skinner definitely needs to brush his teeth.

Q. Where in the world was the best lads holiday you’ve been on?
A. Disneyland Paris was pretty crazy. Some of the lads were sick on the tea cups and had to go home. We still talk about it everyday. Good times.

Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against?
A. Ben Pienaar, it was like taking on a cannon ball.

Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club?
A. Tom Croft is fast. Sam Vesty once came third at his schools sports day so he has some pace too.

Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club?
A. Harry Ellis, he doesn't like buying any clothes so he takes a lot from lost property.

Q. What player on your team can bench press the most?
A. Boris Stankovich or Tom Youngs are around the 60kg mark.

Q. Which player at the club spends the longest in the shower?
A. It used to be Ayoola Erinle by a long way, but now he has gone to France, it's close between Tom Youngs and Ben Woods 

30 SECONDS WITH ALUN WYN JONES (OSPREYS & WALES)
Alun Wyn Jones

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby?

A. Riding my motorbike


Q. What stadium in the world has the best atmosphere to play in?
A. Millennium Stadium

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you?
A. Megan Fox

Q. What rugby player has the worst banter?
A. Justin Harrison

Q. Where in the world was the best lads holiday you’ve been on?
A. Las Vegas

Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against?
A. Sev Chabal- I don't know if he's the toughest but he gave me the biggest hit! 

Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club?
A. Shane Williams

Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club?
A. Duncan Jones

Q. What player on your team can bench press the most?

A. Ed Shervington 

Q. Which player at the club spends the longest in the shower?
A. Cai Griffiths 

30 SECONDS WITH STUART HOOPER (BATH & ENGLAND)
Stuart Hooper

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby?
A. Cooking, photography, playing with my son Maxwell, socialising with friends and family

Q. What stadium has the best atmosphere to play in?
A. The Rec...... Obviously!

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you?
A. My Wife! She's got it all! (and she's sat next to me!!!!)

Q. What rugby player has the worst banter?
A. Unquestionably Mark Regan... Bab!

Q. Where was the best lads holiday you’ve been on?
A. Vancouver

Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against?
A. Trevor Leota

Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club?
A. Im going to say Joe Maddock. He's probably not but he's old and needs a confidence boost

Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club?
A. David Barnes A.K.A Jerry Seinfeld

Q. What player on your team can bench press the most?
A. Aaron Jarvis

Q. Which player at the club is the longest in the shower?
A. Mike Baxter!!!!!

30 SECONDS WITH GEORGE CHUTER (LEICESTER & ENGLAND)
George Chuter

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby?
A. I like tackling people in the street and scrummaging in restaurant queues. However, the police have told me to stop that so I've taken up golf. Full contact, of course.

Q. What stadium has the best atmosphere to play in?
A. I always enjoyed playing at welford road even before I joined Leicester. It's a real old fashioned rugby ground where the crowd is right on top of you and very loud. I can assure you it's much better playing for the home team there than against them.

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you?
A. Obviously my wife. But she's probably not going to see this, so I'll say Sienna Miller. She would certainly be dressed for the weather.

Q. What rugby player has the worst banter?
A. Probably Harry Ellis. I actually have to write out a few pages of banter every Sunday night for him to use throughout the next week.

Q. Where was the best lads holiday you’ve been on?
A. Faliraki 1999. Rhodes is a beautiful island with a very rich history and numerous sites of archealogical significance...

Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against?
A. In no particular order, Garin Jenkins, Martin Corry and Martin Johnson.

Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club?
A. Tom Croft is probably the fastest sprinter, but nobody beats Boris Stankovitch to the front of the lunch queue

Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club?
A. Probably me. I have very little fashion sense and I also don't care. It's a lethal combination.

Q. What player on your team can bench press the most?
A. Probably a draw between Tom Youngs and Manu Tuilagi. 2 strong freaks. Julian White and Boris Stankovitch would also be up there.

Q. Which player at the club is the longest in the shower?
A, That's disgusting. I refuse to answer that. I find it offensive and rude. I dont see what that has to do with rugby. Ben Woods.

30 SECONDS WITH PETER SHORT (BATH)
Peter Short

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby? 

A. I like to get down to Devon and surf with a couple of other guys in the squad. 


Q. What stadium in the world has the best atmosphere to play in?

Perpignans' Stade Aime Giral and Leicesters Welford Road are both great places to play as an away player but it's difficult to beat a nice day at The Rec with the sun on the bath stone, hot air balloons overhead and a bath win of course!

 

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you? 

A. Other than my lovely wife I'd have to say someone like Eva Mendes would probably make the time go quicker. 


Q. What rugby player has the worst banter? 

A. PRA chairman and bath loosehead prop Dave Barnes has some pretty stinky chat but can come out with the odd gem as well. 


Q. Where in the world was the best lads holiday you've been on? 

A. I went on a stag do with some of the bath boys to Biarritz last summer we got some nice waves had good food and drink and gave the stag a good send off.


Q. Who's the hardest player you've played against? 

A. It's difficult to pick out 1 individual, playing against the Maka brothers was always interesting.  


Q. Who's the fastest rugby player at your club?

A. I'd imagine that would be one of the flyboys like Nick Abendanon, Joe maddock or 'Catface' Stephenson 


Q. Who's the worst dressed player at your club? 

A. Again Dave Barnes is up there, last year was definitely Shaun Berne


Q. What player on your team can bench press the most? 

A. Possibly me but There is strong competition from the front row


Q. Which player at the club spends the longest in the shower? 

A. Mike Baxter is easily the longest in the shower

30 SECONDS WITH OLLY KOHN (HARLEQUINS)
Olly Kohn

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby? 

A. Eating, cooking, chatting about life and people watching 

Q. What stadium in the world has the best atmosphere to play in? 
A. Twickenham 

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you? 
A. My wife 

Q. What rugby player has the worst banter? 
A. Will Skinner- he's really posh and posh banter is the worst! 

Q. Where in the world was the best lads holiday you’ve been on? 
A. Vegas 

Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against?
A. Fergus Gallagher (Ulster RFC) 

Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club?   
A. Ugo Monye 

Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club? 
A. Jim Evans 

Q. What player on your team can bench press the most? 
A. Me! 

Q. Which player at the club spends the longest in the shower?
A. Dan Frazer aka Trojan!

30 SECONDS WITH PETE RICHARDS (LONDON IRISH & ENGLAND)
Pete Richards

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby?
A. Playing poker

Q. What stadium in the world has the best atmosphere to play in?

A. Hong Kong

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you?
A. My daughter Isabella


Q. What rugby player has the worst banter?
A. Ryan O'Neill 

Q. Where in the world was the best lads holiday you’ve been on?
A. Hvar, Coraita- but it wasn't that type of holiday!

Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against?
A. Paul Volley

Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club?

A. Topsy Ojo

Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club?
A. David Paice- Ugg boots & shorts!

Q. What player on your team can bench press the most?
A. Adam Thompstone

Q. Which player at the club spends the longest in the shower?
A. Topsy Ojo is the longest 

30 SECONDS WITH JASON HOBSON (WASPS)
Jason Hobson

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby? 

A. Playing golf & xbox 


Q. What stadium has the best atmosphere to play in? 

A. Adams Park 


Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you? 

A. Scarlett Johansson 


Q. What rugby player has the worst banter? 

A. Will Skinner 


Q. Where was the best lads holiday you’ve been on? 

A. Magaluf 09 (loose) 


Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against? 

A. Justin Wring 


Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club? 

A. Dave Lemi 


Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club? 

A. Not been here long enough to notice but Rees could be a contender. 


Q. What player on your team can bench press the most? 

A. Simon Shaw or Dan Ward Smith 


Q. Which player at the club is the longest in the shower? 

A. Webber- he takes ages 

30 SECONDS WITH STACEY FRANCIS (TEAM BATH & ENGLAND)
Stacey Francis at the National Netball Festival

Q. What do you like doing away from Netball? 

A. Away from netball... I never knew there was such a thing! 

Q. What part of the country/world has the best atmosphere to play in? 
A. I've just returned from the world youth Netball champs which was held in Rarotonga- Cook Islands! The local people combined with the feel of a tournament like that was amazing.

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island who would you like to take with you? 
A. I'd like to take my mum, dad and sister as they live in Canada it'd be good to spend some good intense family time! 

Q. What netball player has the most banter? 
A. Jo Harten's a bit of a nut case and so always a good laugh on tour!! 

Q. What's the best girl's holiday you've been on? 
A. I've actually never been away on a girls holiday before, previous to this summer when I went to Egypt with my boyfriend I'd only ever been abroad with my parents or for netball! 

Q. Who takes the longest in the shower? 
A. In my U21 team I'd say its Katy Rose, she's always the last to everything and runs on her own time zone but is completely oblivious to it which is funny!

Q. Who's the hardest player you've played against
A. I'd say its actually Karen Atkinson, I've played against a lot of different people and styles but she's just immensely fast and has a great netball brain which always manages to get the better of me. 

Q. Who's the fastest netball player in the Superleague?   
A. Sasha Corbin 

Q. Who in your team has the most annoying habits? 
A. After being away at the championships for so long and in a holding camp before hand it became a running joke in the team that Kirsty Delves has to carry out a running commentary on her whole life and as I like silence it stood out lol. 

Q. What player on your team can squat the most? 
A. That'd be me =) 142.5kgs.

30 SECONDS WITH SARA BAYMAN (TEAM BATH & ENGLAND)
Sara Bayman at the Bournemouth Netball Tournament

Q. What do you like doing away from Netball? 

A. I love food and eating in general, also go to see as many bands as possible. Do a bit of reading and just chill out with friends. 

Q. What part of the country/world has the best atmosphere to play in? 
A. Personally I love Wembley Arena, because I love having a big home crowd and there's always an amazing buzz about the place. 

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island who would you like to take with you? 
A. Preferably a sailor (with a boat) but failing that I'll take Peter Kay, at least I'd be entertained that way.

Q. What netball player has the most banter? 
A. apart from me??? I'd go for amanda newton...but she's the best of a bad bunch ;-) 

Q. What's the best girl's holiday you've been on? 
A. Magaluf when I was 19...Pam Cookey, Rachel Dunn, Tamsin Greenway and Bianca Modeste were my partners in crime, if I tell you anymore I'll have to kill you 

Q. Who takes the longest in the shower? 
A. I have no clue!! but Ama tends to be late for most things so maybe that's her reason?? 

Q. Who's the hardest player you've played against? 
A. Maybe Nadine Bryan....i try and erase some games from my memory though so I might have forgotten someone. 

Q. Who's the fastest netball player in the Superleague?
A. Wow I don't know, maybe Sasha Corbin or Pamela Cookey 

Q. Who in your team has the most annoying habits? 
A. Jade Clarke is really messy, she makes me look relatively tidy! 

Q. What player on your team can squat the most? 
A. Probably Sasha Corbin I think...she's a machine!

30 SECONDS WITH AMANDA NEWTON (ENGLAND)
Amanda Newton at the Bournemouth Netball Festival

Q. What do you like doing away from Netball? 

A. Shopping, socialising and watching TV 

Q. What part of the country/world has the best atmosphere to play in? 
A. Jamaica- hot and food tasted good. 

Q. If you were stuck on a desert island who would you like to take with you? 
A. My phone if I can get the internet on it 

Q. What netball player has the most banter? 
A. Me, well I think I'm funny. 

Q. What’s the best girl’s holiday you’ve been on?
A. I haven't are you allowed to count Netball Tours? 

Q. Who takes the longest in the shower? 
A. ‘NO COMMENT!’ 

Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against? 
A. Sharelle McMahon 

Q. Who’s the fastest netball player in the Superleague? 
A. Pamela Cookey , Karen Atkinson, Jade Clarke, Tamsin Greenway, Sasha Corbin & Ama Agbeze sorry if I missed anyone!!

30 SECONDS WITH THEO WALCOTT (ARSENAL & ENGLAND)
Theo Walcott

Q. Who's the best trainer at your club? 

Philip Senderos- he always wants to win 


Q. Who's the quickest player at your club? 

A. Apart form myself I would say Gael Clichy


Q. Who's the biggest joker at the club? 

A. Eboue- he's always dancing and is mad 


Q. Who's the biggest moaner? 

A. Probably Gallas as he gets frustrated even if we are training 


Q. Who's the hardest at the club?

Kolo Toure as he's always going in for big tackles even if it's training 


Q. Who's the best dancer at your club? 

A. Eboue


Q. Who's the cleverest person? 

A. Phillip Seneros as he speaks 5 languages 


Q. Who's the least intelligent person at the club?

Alex Song- all the lads take the mickey out of him as he's slow 


Q. Who's the longest in the shower? 

A. Kolo Toure

30 SECONDS WITH FRANK LAMPARD (CHELSEA & ENGLAND)
Frank Lampard

Q. Who's the quickest player at your club? 

A. Nicolas Anelka


Q. Who's the slowest players at your club? 

A. Me and John Terry 


Q. Who's the biggest joker at the club? 

A. Definitely John Terry 


Q. Who's the biggest moaner? 

A. Me again, but more indoors with the missus 


Q. Who's the best dancer at your club? 

A. Michael Essein


Q. Who's the worst dancer? 

A. Me- I've got no rhythm at all, but I'll have a go after a few beers


Q. Who's the worst dresses player at your club? 

A. Definitely Joe Cole- Sorry mate! 


Q. Who's the cleverest person? 

A. It has to be me- I got an A* in Latin GCSE which i don't think anyone else has got (ha!) 


Q. Who takes the longest in the shower? 

A. Didier Drogba

30 SECONDS WITH PAUL MERSON (ARSENAL & ENGLAND)
Paul Merson

Q. Who's the best trainer at your club? 

A. You're not going to believe me but Mark Boschnich at Aston Villa- unbelievably dedicated


Q. Who's the quickest player at your club? 

A. Julian Joachim at Villa 


Q. Who's the biggest joker at the club? 

A. Ray Parlour- good lad & great sense of humour 


Q. Who's the biggest moaner? 

A. I wouldn't be far off that one- yeah I did like a good moan! 


Q. Who's the worst dressed player?

A. Probably Aders Limpar who was a bit of a tramp to be fair! 


Q. Who's the best dancer at your club? 

A. Ian Wright was a bit of a mover when he used to score


Q. Who's the cleverest person? 

A. I never hung around with the clever ones!


Q. Who's the longest in the shower? 

A. I don't know as I used to fly out the shower as I had to get to the betting shop

30 SECONDS WITH JOE WORSLEY (WASPS & ENGLAND)
Joe Worsley

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby? 

A. Playing piano, movies and wrestling with my 18 month old son. 


Q. What stadium in the world has the best atmosphere to play in? 

A. Twickenham is great, but millennium takes the biscuit. 


Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you? 

A. My wife


Q. What rugby player has the worst banter? 

A. Leon Lloyd


Q. Where in the world was the best lads holiday you’ve been on? 

A. Vegas baby


Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against? 

A. Raf Ibanez


Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club? 

A. Tom Varndell


Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club? 

A. Any South African!


Q. What player on your team can bench press the most? 

A. Dan Ward Smith- 180 kgs I think. 


Q. Which player at the club spends the longest in the shower? 

A. Dom Waldouck.  

30 SECONDS WITH ZAC FEAUNATI (BATH & SOMOA)
Zac Feaunati

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby? 

A. Spending time with the family and catching up with friends and family. 


Q. What stadium in the world has the best atmosphere to play in? 

A. Murryfield in Scotland- when they start singing the anthem it's great to hear it. 


Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you? 

A. My wife (Catherine) if I can't take her I have a couple but I won't mention their names! 


Q. What rugby player has the worst banter? 

A. David Barne- Bath rugby wannabe prop. 


Q. Where in the world was the best lads holiday you’ve been on? 

A. Dubai. 


Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against? 

A. Every opponent I came up against had their moments. 


Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club? 

A. When I was at Bath, I think it was Alex Crockett


Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club? 

A. David Barnes again. 


Q. What player on your team can bench press the most? 

A. I think it was Peter Short- what a monster. 


Q. Which player at the club spends the longest in the shower? 

A. Daniel Browne very very vain.  

30 SECONDS WITH ANDY GOODE (BRIVE & ENGLAND)
Andy Goode

Q. What do you like doing away from Rugby? 

A. Just chill, walk the dog or watch TV or movies .  


Q. What stadium in the world has the best atmosphere to play in? 

A. Millennium Stadium or Croke Park 


Q. If you were stuck on a desert island what girl would you like to take with you? 

A. Jennifer Aniston


Q. What rugby player has the worst banter? 

A. Lewis Moody- only got gay banter


Q. Where in the world was the best lads holiday you’ve been on? 

A. Vegas 09 


Q. Who’s the hardest player you’ve played against? 

A. Henry Tuilagi- hard as


Q. Who’s the fastest rugby player at your club? 

A. Vili Waquasaduadua- Serious wheels 


Q. Who’s the worst dressed player at your club? 

A. Riki Flutey- all kiwi's dress weird!


Q. What player on your team can bench press the most? 

A. Arnaud Mela- Gym animal


Q. Which player at the club spends the longest in the shower? 

A. Riki Flutey- always singing in the shower!

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