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DOWNTIME WITH… DUNCAN PAIA’AUA “I used to have a noodle phobia”

WHAT’S THE funniest thing you’ve seen on the pitch? Last year against Perpignan, Brian Alainu’uese was trying to tackle big Posolo Tuilagi. He got fended off and Brian rolled three times. I’ve never seen him get up so fast and I just heard a “F***!” All our mates around him just laughed and the video came out straight after the game. We joked that he’d been thrown off by a 16-year-old!

I used to have a noodle phobia. My dad forced me to eat noodles one time and I spewed up really bad

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