‘I love MasterChef. I’m a bit of a foodie’
1: Pre-match meal? Lasagne
2: Favourite player growing up? Malcolm O’Kelly
3: Best away day room-mate and why? Rhys Ruddock. Kindred spirits!
4: Who would headline your house party? System of a Down
5: First song they would play? Chop Suey.
6: You win the lotto, what is the first thing you would buy? Mercedes G-Wagon.
7: Favourite movie? The Blues Brothers.
8: Favourite TV show and why? Australian MasterChef. I’m a bit of a foodie!
9: Earliest rugby memory growing up? Playing in a blitz up in Coleraine for North Kildare U-10s.
10: Who is the joker in the dressing room? Fergus McFadden.
11: Favourite holiday destination and why? Mexico. The people, the weather, the food, all awesome.
12: Favourite away ground to play at? Thomond Park.
13: Three people (dead or alive) who you would invite to dinner? Anthony Bourdain, Eddie Vedder and Larry David.
14: Most memorable moment in rugby? Before this year’s Grand Slam it was the All Blacks game in Chicago.
15: Do you have any pre-match superstitions/rituals? Nope.
16: Who is the best player you have played alongside and why? Isa Nacewa. The consummate professional.
17: Who is the best player you have played against and why? Of the second rows I would say Bakkies Botha. As hard as nails.
18: Can you tell us one interesting fact about yourself? I was a pretty chunky kid!
19: Name three things that are always in your fridge? Greek yoghurt, feta cheese and chorizo.
20: Best advice you ever got? Put the head down and work hard. Don’t wait for things to happen, make them happen yourself.