Full Name: | Ray (Boo) Adamson |
Playing Position (s): | Full Back/ Stand Off |
When did you first play at Selby? | 1973 |
Have you hung up your boots yet? If so when? | Not sure I have yet. Just waiting for the right opposition |
Other teams: | Wakefield, Warwick Uni, Newcastle Uni, York Unicorns, Anti Assassins and a few other |
Where are you now? | In Brayton |
What did you enjoy about playing at Selby? | It's Rugby Innit? |
What did playing rugby teach you? | Not to get tackled or tackle anybody else, it hurts!! |
You need to take a road trip but must take 3 of your team mates with you. Who would they be? | Impossible. I would need a bus! |
Who would still come with you, without question? | DK |
Who was the Selby dressing room joker? | John Phillips once rubbed Ralgex on the inside of everybody's underpants. Nobody thought it was funny though! |
Favourite player you’ve watched at Selby: | Ian Wilson, former 1st Team Full Back, I learned so much watching him as a youngster! |
Who would be first to the bar and last to leave? | Brother Arch if he got the chance |
Why Selby RUFC? | It's my home Club and favourite place in the world! |
Best match you’ve played in? | Really? For Selby, the Shield Final when I was Captain |
Most memorable moment: | A phone call inviting me to go on Tour with England to Australia and Fiji in 1988 (as a player not just spectator!) |
Funniest think you’ve seen on a rugby pitch: | Tony Rucklidge taking his pipe out of his pocket when waiting for an injury to be sorted out (I think he knew something!) |
Who/what do you miss the most? | Everything about the Club at the moment |
Favourite quote or words of wisdom: | Whose round is it? |
Lockdown perception: | Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives! |