ROOM 101

CORRIE BARRETT BEDFORD BLUES’ NEW PROP SIGNING TAKES US THROUGH HIS PET HATES FROM THE RUGBY WORLD AND BEYOND

1. Loud ringtones/message alerts Generally I’m a pretty chilled out guy, not much bothers me! But this really grinds my gears. My brother always has his message alerts on the highest volume, and if he is having a back and forth conversation, there’s a constant pinging from his phone. Just keep it on vibrate!

TRP VERDICT: We hear you loud and clear

but it’s not going in.

2. Guinness without a Guinness glass

When you get served a pint of Guinness and it’s not in a Guinness glass, that’s a sin in my book. It’s bad enough that you very rarely get a decent pint of Guinness the further away you go from Ireland, although there’s a good pub in Edinburgh that does a great pint. The worst I ever had was in New Zealand; I couldn’t finish it.

TRP VERDICT: There’s no need to harp on.

3. Over-eager 9s

As a prop, it’s very frustrating when the scrum-half takes the ball from the back of the scrum early, when we are driving forward and going for the penalty try. Typically with scrum-halves, though, they tend to get away with doing things like that far more than other positions.

TRP VERDICT: This one wins hands-down