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“I got my missus a fake Gucci bag. She thinks it’s real so is pretty chuffed!”

WHAT’S THE funniest thing you’ve seen or heard on the pitch? I was playing in the second row with Bradley Davies. He was renowned as a bit of a joker and Jack the Lad. We were going backwards in one scrum and he was making ‘beep-beep’ noises like a car reversing. It was funny but pretty hard to get the props going forward after that!

What really annoys Loud eating. When you can hear someone chewing really loudly or with their mouth open.

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