| Board Name: | Battering Ram Winger |
| Age: | 26 (and three quarters) |
| Location: | Chipstead, Surrey (near but definitely not in Croydon) |
| Occupation: | Legal Assistant – Currently hoping to gain a training contract to be a solicitor (Articles for those of you of a more advanced age) |
| Why did you choose your board name?: | Because that’s how I was employed in Southampton 3rds and 2nds – a pauper’s version of an early Ben Cohen |
| How long have you been supporting Quins?: | A while now |
| How did you start supporting Quins?: | Mummy and Daddy made me |
| If you play(ed) rugby what position did/do you play?: | During my career I’ve played very position except scrum half and fly half. Prefer wing or flanker |
| Best ever Quins game: | Leeds relegation dogfight 2001/02 season when we secured our top flight status (stitch-up notwithstanding) |
| Favourite off pitch Quins experience: | The recognition the shirt brings |
| What is the most ridiculous rugby related thing you have done?: | Played loose head prop all last season |
| Favourite Ground (after The Stoop): | HQ |
| Favourite Quins Player: | Will Greenwood |
| Favourite Non-Quins Player: | Ben Cohen and Dallaglio when in an England shirt |
| Most likely to say?: | (Watching Quins) “Oh no, blown it in the last three minutes again!” (Elsewhere) “Who wants a drink?” |
| Least likely to say?: | “Never mind, it’s only a game” |
| What are your non-rugby pastimes?: | Films, reading, sleep, “socialising” |
| Favourite Film(s): | Withnail and I, Ghostbusters, Powerpuff Girls – The Movie |
| Favourite TV Programme(s): | The Rugby Club, Simpsons, Buffy, historical documentaries and anything to do with monkeys/apes |
| Favourite Book(s): | A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Spike Milligan’s War Memoirs, Peter Pan, Moby Dick |
| Favourite Music: | Mostly anything these days, but a lingering taste for 80s metal! |
| Favourite Food(s): | Chinese, Italian |
| Favourite Drinks(s): | Guinness (4 pints max before my stomach explodes), bitter of any kind |
| Favourite Quotation(s): | “I demand to have some booze!” (Withnail), “So, she’s a dog” (Ghostbusters) |
| Favourite Place(s) to visit: | Hemel Hempstead (girlfriend) Southampton (nostalgia and old friends |
| When you were young what did you want Jim to Fix for you?: | I couldn’t stand the programme. Sorry! |
| Tell us THREE things about yourself that we wouldn't know. BUT, TWO of these should be true, but ONE should be totally made up: |
1. I own sweat bands taken from the bass guitar case of my musical idol, Steve Harris of Iron Maiden. My ex-guitar teacher, Phil Hilbourne, got them for me 2. I was questioned by police four years ago because of my close resemblance to a Crimewatch photofit 3. I own over 20 pairs of shoes from flip flops to Cat boots |
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