Rugby World: Do you have any hidden talents? Duncan Weir: I was a footballer when I was younger and played for a few SPL youth teams, including Celtic – but I am…
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30 Minutes with… Jonny May
The Gloucester and England speedster talks heights, flights and bites
30 Minutes with… Tom Youngs
The Leicester and England hooker talks farming, fears and flying RUGBY WORLD: Do you have any phobias? TOM YOUNGS: I don’t like heights very much. I get nervous going up the…
30 Minutes with… Billy Vunipola
The Saracens and England No 8 talks Tests, Tonga and Tina Turner with Alan Dymock RUGBY WORLD: Do you have a nickname? BILLY VUNIPOLA: Billy is my nickname because my real…
30 Minutes with… Tatafu Polota-Nau
The Waratahs and Wallaby hooker reveals his wacky side RUGBY WORLD: Do you have any phobias? TATAFU POLOTA-NAU: I used to be scared of swimming. When I was a kid I…
30 Minutes with… Sam Warburton
The Lions and Wales captain talks drums, dances and dreadful CDs RUGBY WORLD: What’s the funniest thing you’ve seen or heard on the pitch? SAM WARBURTON: In a ruck, Bradley Davies shouting, “My…
30 minutes with… Freddie Burns
RUGBY WORLD: Any nicknames? FREDDIE BURNS: It used to be Rubber Face because I pull horrendous faces when I’m playing; I can’t help but gurn. Then Tom Voyce started calling…
30 minutes with… Simon Zebo
RUGBY WORLD: What’s the funniest thing you’ve seen or heard on the pitch? SIMON ZEBO: Conor Murray’s reaction to me telling him to kick the ball out when time wasn’t…
30 minutes with… James O’Connor
RUGBY WORLD: Who are the jokers in the Wallaby squad? JAMES O’CONNOR: Kurtley Beale is one of the characters, he’s quite an extrovert and gets all the boys up. He…
Chill-out chat with George Chuter
RUGBY WORLD: What’s your favourite joke? GEORGE CHUTER: Two fish are in a tank. One says to the other, “Do you know how to drive this thing?” RW: Do you…