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Player profiles 2009/10
Season |
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selected for the Royal
Engineers Rugby Club are drawn
from units in the UK and British Army (Germany). Players range
from 'Sapper' rank to Commissioned Officer. In this years
squad we have numerous 'Sappers'; non commissioned officers and a number of Officers playing
regularly. The full squad is detailed below. |
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Supports:
The Osprays
Favourite Food: Sunday
dinner
Favourite Band: Stereophonics
Best Movie Viewed:
Lord of the Rings / Braveheart
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Selected for the Army
Best Rugby Moment:
Wales Grand Slam
Most inspired player:
Gareth Thomas / Matin
Williams
If you could change one thing
about yourself ? Get a bit faster
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Position:
Half Back Civilian
Club: N/A
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Supports:
England!
Favourite Food: Bacon
Sarnies!
Favourite Band: Meat
Loaf
Best Movie Viewed:Gladiator
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Selected for Devon U19
v Cornwall!
Best Rugby Moment:
Hastings missing his
kick against England in 91!
Most inspired player:
Jason Leonard
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Loose
the beer gut!
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Position:
Prop
Civilian Club:Andover |
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Supports:
England and Newcastle Falcons
Favourite Food: Italian
Favourite Band: Kanye West
Best Movie Viewed: One Night in the Roxbury
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Making my debut for the Engineers in the Inter Corps XVs
Best Rugby Moment: Jonny Wilkinson drop Goal, world cup 2003
Most inspired player: Sivivatu
If you could change one thing
about yourself? Nothing I'm pretty perfectet |
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Position:
Full back / Wing:
Civilian
Club: Westcombe Park |
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Supports:
Wales
Favourite Food: Anything!
Favourite Band: Country
& Western
Best Movie Viewed:
Twin Towns
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Facing the Haka!
Best Rugby Moment:
Wales beating England
at Wembley!
Most inspired player:
Ian Black
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Nothing!
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Position:Senior
Coach
Civilian Club:
Pen - Y - Graig |
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Supports:
Gloucester!
Favourite Food: Fry
up!
Favourite Band: Lionel
Richie
Best Movie Viewed:
Twin Towns
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Selection for the RE
Squad
Best Rugby Moment:
Beating the Gunners
at Chatham
Most inspired player:
Blackie - I luv him!
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Stop
using Gel in my hair and not be the smallest person
in the squad (by a long way !)
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Position:
Scrum Half
Civilian Club: Gorden
League |
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Supports:
New Zealand
Favourite Food:Chicken
Chow Mein with Dalo
Favourite Band:
Dokidoki Gospel
Best Movie Viewed: Rambo
4
Best Rugby Moment (you) Being selected for Fiji U19s for the World Cup in Zimbabwe in 1998
Best Rugby Moment: Fiji beating Wales in the 2007 World Cup (take note Mr Sanger!)
Most inspired player Dan Carter
If you could change one thing
about yourself? To thank the Lord every moment for what he has done in my life
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Position:
Scrum Half
Civilian Club: |
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Supports:
Gloucester
Favourite Food: Pasta
Favourite Band: Kinks
Best Movie Viewed:
Glos V Bath
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Playing for Combined
Services against PSW in Berlin!
Best Rugby Moment:
Chris Fowke refereeing
me in Germany when he was drunk!
Most inspired player:
Ian Jones
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: -
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Position:
Forwards coach
Civilian Club: |
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Supports:
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Best Rugby Moment (you):
Best Rugby Momen:
Most inspired player:
If you could change one thing
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Position:
Lock
Civilian Club: |
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Supports:
Favourite Food:
Favourite Band:
Best Movie Viewed:
Best Rugby Moment (you): Playing for the Corps and the Army at Twickenham
Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player: Andy Sanger
If you could change one thing
about yourself?:
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Position:Centre
Civilian Club: Cambridge |
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Best Movie Viewed:
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player:
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Position:
Fly Half
Civilian Club: |
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Supports:
England!
Favourite Food: Fish
and Chips!
Favourite Band: Dance,
Pop and Hip Hop
Best Movie Viewed:
Zulu
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Army v Navy anytime!
Best Rugby Moment:
1st Cap for the Army
Most inspired player:
Dean Richards
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: My
looks!
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Position:
Lock
Civilian Club:Reading |
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Supports:
Wales!
Favourite Food: Meat!
Favourite Band: Phonics
Best Movie Viewed:
Twin Towns
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Captaining the Corps
against the Gunners
Best Rugby Moment:
Scott Gibbs try against
England
Most inspired player:
Keith Woods
If you could change one thing
about yourself ? More
body piercings!
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Position:
Hooker
Civilian Club: |
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Supports:
Northampton!
Favourite Food: Chips,
Peas and gravy!
Favourite Band: Sterophonics
Best Movie Viewed:
A beautiful mind
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Playing for the Army
at Twickenham!
Best Rugby Moment:
Beating the NZ Army
in NZ
Most inspired player:
Jean Baptiste Le Fonte
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: -
Stop getting injured
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Position:
Back Row
Civilian
Club: London Scottish |
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Supports:
Canterbury Crusaders
Favourite Food: Fish with
coconut milk
Favourite Band: Michael
W Smith (worship)
Best Movie Viewed:The
Notebook & August Rush
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Playing rugby during high school
Best Rugby Momen: Fiji beating Wales in the World Cup (of course!)
Most inspired player: Dan
Carter
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Nothing
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Position:
Wing / Utility backline
Civilian
Club: |
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Supports:
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Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player:
If you could change one thing
about yourself?:
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Civilian Club:
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Supports:
South Africa
Favourite Food: Fish
and Lolo
Favourite Band: Bob
Marley
Best Movie Viewed: 300
Best Rugby Moment (you) Playing
my first game for the Engineers and scoring a try in
that game
Best Rugby Moment:Fiji
beating Wales in the Rugby World Cup
Most inspired player: Richie
McCaw
If you could change one thing
about yourself? - ummmmm nah im
happy and damn proud of the way i am
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Position:
Back Row
Civilian
Club: - |
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Supports:
All the rest of the lads that were on 151
TCC
Favourite Food:
Mums bread and butter pudding
Favourite Band:
The New Seakers
Best Movie Viewed: Bambie
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Being Selected for the Combined
Services this season
Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player: Any
one of my great Sapperrrugby team mates
If you could change one thing
about yourself: Be allowed to
call Andy Howard 'Big Andy'
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Position:
Utility Back
Civilian Club: |
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Supports:
Northampton!
Favourite Food: Steak
and Chips!
Favourite Band: Any
Rock
Best Movie Viewed:
Rocky
Best Rugby Moment (you):-Playing
for the Combined Services U21 atTwickeham
Best Rugby Moment:
Lewsey’s tackle on the
Aussies.
Most inspired player:
Richard Hill
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: My
feet
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Position:
2nd Row
Civilian Club: |
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Supports:
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Wales!
Favourite Food:Pasties
Favourite Band::Sugababes
Best Movie Viewed: Snow
White
Best Rugby Moment (you) Playing
in Australia
Best Rugby Moment: Wales
winning
Most inspired player: Gareth
Evans
If you could change one thing
about yourself?:
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Position:
Prop
Civilian Club:
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Supports:
Wales!
Favourite Food: Leeks
and Port!
Favourite Band: Max
Boyce
Best Movie Viewed:
Snow White
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Playing for the Army
at Twickenham
Best Rugby Moment:
Wales loosing to England
‘2s@ in 2003!
Most inspired player:
Gareth Edwards
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Stop
going bald and grey - thats impossible
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Coach.
Civilian Club: Old
Welsh Boys |
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Supports:
England!
Favourite Food: Home
cooking!
Favourite Band: The
Corps Band
Best Movie Viewed:- We
were soldiers
Best Rugby Moment (you):Being
part of 21 ER RFC - 83-86
Best Rugby Moment:-
England winning the World Cup
Most inspired player:
Gareth Edwards
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: A
few more inches
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Position:
Director of Rugby (Union)
Civilian Club: |
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Supports:
South Africa (another
bloody one !)
Favourite Food: Beans
on toast
Favourite Band: Boyzone!
Best Movie Viewed:
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player:
If you could change one thing
about yourself?:
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Position:
Physio
Civilian Club: -
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Supports:
Bath & Doncaster
Favourite: Prime
Scoth fillet of Beef served on a bed of haggis and whiskey
cream sauce!
Favourite Band: Girls
Aloud
Best Movie Viewed: Disneys'
Beauty and the Beast:
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Corps tour to Australia, whoever
organised it should get a OBE !
Best Rugby Moment:
Pricey scoring the winning try in this years Inter Corps
XVs
Most inspired player: Fraser
D of course !
If you could change one thing
about yourself: Stop taking snuff and win the WWE Wrestlemania.....!
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Position:
Prop
Civilian Club: Reading |
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Supports:
Scotland (sad lad)(1
of 8)
Favourite Food: Haggis
Favourite Band: Sugababes
Best Movie Viewed:
Team America
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Scoring a 80mtr try
against Uraguay in Melrose 7s in 2003
Best Rugby Moment:
Scotlands Grand Slam
in 1990 (can you remember that far!)
Most inspired player:
Any scotland player
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: nothing..
(thats not what the boys say)
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Position:
Centre Civilian
Club: Stewarts
Melville FP |
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Supports:
Andy Sanger
Favourite Food: My
mums curry
Favourite Band: Any
heavy metal
Best Movie Viewed:
Happy Gilmore
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Representing the Army
against the African Leopards
Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player:
Blackie
If you could change one thing
about yourself? Keep my boss happy & stop getting yellow carded.
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Position:
Back Row and perhaps centre
Civilian
Club:Reading |
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Supports:
Ben Hughes
Favourite Food: Mucflurries
Favourite Band: The
Carpenters
Best Movie Viewed:
Best Rugby Moment (you):Man
of the match in the Merit League Final
Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player: Ben
Hughes
If you could change one thing
about yourself?:
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Position:
Prop
Civilian Club:Cambridge |
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Supports:
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Best Rugby Moment (you):
Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player:
If you could change one thing
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Position:
Back row
Civilian Club: |
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Supports:
England
Favourite Food: Fish
& Chips
Favourite Band: -Boyzone
Best Movie Viewed: Lassie
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Scoring against the gunners
Best Rugby Moment:Theres
too many...
Most inspired player:
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If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Stop Teko getting
into trouble and be more like Frankie Green.
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Position: Backs Coach
Civilian Club: |
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Supports:
Wasps and Newbury
Favourite Food: Steak
and Chips
Favourite Band: Wagner
Best Movie Viewed:
Gladiator
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Being selected for the
Corps
Best Rugby Moment: Winning
the Fern Cup in December
Most inspired player:
Ginge Windle
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Get
more chest hair
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Position:
Prop
Civilian
Club: -
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Supports:
England
Favourite Food:
Favourite Band: Girls
Aloud!
Best Movie Viewed:
Sleeping Beauty
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player:
Blackie
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Have
Blond Hair and Blue Eyes (It can be arranged!)
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Position:
Senior Physio
Civilian Club: |
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Supports:
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Best Rugby Moment: -
Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player:
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If you could change one thing
about yourself?:-
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Position:
utility back
Civilian Club: |
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Supports:
Fiji
Favourite Food: Range
Stew!
Favourite Band: -
UB 40
Best Movie Viewed:
Home alone
Best Rugby Moment (you):
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Best Rugby Moment:
- Any
Final
Most inspired player:
- Serevi
/ Frank Bunce
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Start
enjoying ice baths!
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Position:
Wing / Full Back
Civilian Club: Oldham
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Supports: Guess who?
Favourite Food: Cornedbeef Hash (Compo!)
Favourite Band:
Best Movie Viewed:
Best Rugby Moment (you):Being selected for Fiji U19s for the World Cup in Zimbabwe in 1998
Best Rugby Moment:Fiji beating Wales in the 2007 World Cup (take note Mr Sanger!)
Most inspired player: Zinzanne Brooke
If you could change one thing
about yourself? Loose Weight |
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Position;
Back Row
Civilian Club: |
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Support:
Canterbury
Favourite Food: Fish
Dish
Favourite Band:
Best Movie Viewed: Casino
Royale
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Winning the 2005 Army Cup with the RGBW
Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player:Stirling
Mortlock
If you could change one thing
about yourself:
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Position:
Utility Backline Civilian Club:
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Supports:
New Zealand
Favourite Food: Lovo
Food
Favourite Band: Bob
Marley
Best Movie Viewed:
Gladiator
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Winning U21 comp for
3 years with Suva RFC
Best Rugby Moment:
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Most inspired player:
Tana Umaga
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: -
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Position:
Lock
Civilian
Club: Reading |
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Supports:
Fiji
Favourite Food: Fish
and Lolo
Favourite Band:
Best Movie Viewed: Police
Academy
Best Rugby Moment (you):Being
chosen to represent Fiji 7s in the Hong Kong 7s 2003
Best Rugby Moment: Winning
the Army Cup with 1 RGBW against the Royal Scots and
being voted player of the year by the Army senior squad
2007
Most inspired player:
Waisale Serevi
If you could change one thing
about yourself? Try to live a
life that is enjoyable for me and my family
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Position:
No 8
Civilian Club:
L Scottish |
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Supports-
Northampton
Favourite Food: Chineese
Favourite Band: Killers
Best Movie Viewed:
Gladiator
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Playing for west Midlands
Colts
Best Rugby Moment:
World Cup Final 2003
Most inspired player:
Martin Johnson
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: I
would like to'get bigger' |
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Position: Back
Row / Lock
Civilian
Club Shelford |
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Supports: Australia
Favourite Food: Braised Kangaroo steaks with widdgitty grub sauce
Favourite Band: Rolf Harris
Best Movie Viewed: Anchorman
Best Rugby Moment (you): Captaining RAE Corps Team
Best Rugby Moment: John Eales kicking the winning penalty from the sideline to win the 2000 Bledisloe Cup
Most inspired player: John Eales
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Grow my hair really long so i can try playing in the backs
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Position: Prop
Civilian Club: - |
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Northampton Saints
Favourite Food: Pizza
Favourite Band: Anything
Best Movie Viewed: Rocky
I - V
Best Rugby Moment (you):
winning the East Midland colts
cup with my civilian side
Best Rugby Moment: Northampton
winning the Hienekin Cup
Most inspired player: Tom
Smith
If you could change one thing
about yourself? Think before I
talk
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Position:
Prop
Civilian Club:
Kettering |
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Supports:
Favourite Food:
Favourite Band:
Best Movie Viewed:
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Best Rugby Moment (you):
Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player:
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If you could change one thing
about yourself?:
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Position:
Utility back
Civilian Club: -
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Supports:
South Africa
Favourite Food:
Favourite Band:
Best Movie Viewed:
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player:
If you could change one thing
about yourself?:
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Position:
Centre
Civilian
Club: |
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Supports:
Wales
Favourite Food: Lamb
Favourite Band: Sugababes
Best Movie Viewed:
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Best Rugby Moment:
Most inspired player: Garry Windle
If you could change one thing
about yourself?:
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Position:
Hooker
Civilian
Club: |
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Supports:
Figi
Favourite Food: Lovo
Food
Favourite Band: -
Best Movie Viewed:
-
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Playing Combined Services
Rugby League
Best Rugby Moment:
-
Most inspired player:
Webby
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Turn
up for the correct training!
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Position:
Centre
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Supports: The All Blacks / Canterbury Crusaders
Favourite Food:
Favourite Band: Ne-Yo
Best Movie Viewed: Armaegeddon
Best Rugby Moment (you): My debut for the Corps
Best Rugby Moment: Serevis' winning try in the Brisbane 7s' final against the hosts
Most inspired player:Viliame 'stretcher' Satala
If you could change one thing
about yourself : Get faster |
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Position:Centre
Civilian
Club: - |
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Supports:
The Scarlets
Favourite Food: Fish
with coconut milk
Favourite Band: Dokidoki
Best Movie Viewed:
Man on fire
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Winning the Middlesex
9s
Best Rugby Moment:
Fiji almost beating
Wales !
Most inspired player: Rupeni
Cacau
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Get
fitter !
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Position:
Centre
Civilian
Club: Reading |
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Supports:
Leicester Tigers
Favourite Food: Anything
Favourite Band: Motown
Best Movie Viewed:
Bad Girls 3
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Playing for Leicester
Tigers Accademy
Best Rugby Moment:
England beating Wales
anytime!
Most inspired player:
Martin Johnson
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Loose
my nickname!
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Position:
2nd Row
Civilian
Club: - Westcombe Park |
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Supports: New Zealand
Favourite Food: Fijian BBQ
Favourite Band: Smokie
Best Movie Viewed:
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Best Rugby Moment: Wilko's winning drop goal in the 2003 world cup final
Most inspired player: Stephen Larkham
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Wing
Civilian Club: |
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Supports:
England and Bath
Favourite Food: Curry
Favourite Band: Cold
Play
Best Movie Viewed: Black
Hawk Down
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Best Rugby Moment: England
winning the rugby World Cup
Most inspired player: Tom
Brady
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Get taller |
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Position:
Video and Web manager
Civilian
Club: Reading Video Analist |
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Supports:
Gloucester and England!
Favourite Food: Steak
and Pepper sauce!
Favourite Band: Genesis
/ Sting
Best Movie Viewed:
Zulu
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Watching my daughter
Kim become the first female to referee at Twickenham
ever!!
Worst Rugby Moment:
Gloucester loosing at
any time...
Most inspired player:
Mike Teague
If you could change one thing
about yourself?: Stop
drinking red wine!!
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Position:
Club Manager
Civilian Club: RFU
& London Referee |
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Supports:Bristol
Favourite Food: Aromatic
Duck
Favourite Band: Kings
of Leon
Best Movie Viewed: 300
Best Rugby Moment (you):
Me scoring a try at Twickenham
Best Rugby Moment: England
winning the 2003 World Cup
Most inspired player: Mike
Tindell
If you could change one thing
about yourself : Get Fitter
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Position:
Centre Civilian
Club: - |
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Supports: The All Blacks
Favourite Food: Puaka Tavu
Favourite Band:
Best Movie Viewed: -Gladiator
Best Rugby Moment
(you): Part of Fiji U18 in 2004.
Best Rugby Moment: Fiji beating Wales
Most inspired player: George Smith/Carlos Spencer
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Position: Back Row
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Supports:
Fiji
Favourite Food - Lovo
Food:
Favourite Band: Country
Legend, Kenny the Man!
Best Movie Viewed: Man on Fire:
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Best Rugby Moment (you)
Winning the Sunshine Sevens 2001 beating london Irish
in the Final
Best Rugby Momen: Fiji
breaking the hearts of welshmen!
ost inspired player:
Justin Marshall If
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Position:
Utility back Civilian Club: |
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