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Ray "Boo" Adamson
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5. Ray "Boo" Adamson


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!