QUICK HANDS helped Raffi Quirke become one of the youngest nines ever to play for England – but they’re also helping him earn some pocket money outside the game.
The Sale Sharks livewire took up the scissors in lockdown and now charges team-mates a very reasonable £15 for a post-training trim. His barbershop is the academy coaches’ changing room and he is often very high in demand. Luckily for us, he has managed to slot me in.
While I sit in the chair, he tells us: “I got into barbering in 2020. I was just training with Tom Curtis and (Tom) Roebuck at a local rugby club. I always wanted to take up barbering. I always thought it was a cool little skill to have.”
With the Covid restrictions forcing all barbershops to close, Quirke was given a carte blanche by his team-mates. He learnt on the job and insists there were no disasters even at the start. A natural.
“I just started doing Roebuck’s and Curtis’s hair and obviously in lockdown, it didn’t matter if it was a s*** haircut. They trusted
