Despite only joining the club relatively recently, Leicester's Kiwi flanker Ben Herring has got the lowdown on his Tigers' team-mates...
Q. Which cartoon character would you most like to be?
Uncle Travelling Matt from The Fraggles because I’d get to travel around with a pretty crazy lifestyle. Part of the whole thought of coming over to England was to do a lot of travelling, so every break we get, we try and go somewhere different. I’ve always wanted to get a combi van and tour the States - take a year, drive a big loop and go right round, stop in little towns and do little jobs. The wife’s really keen as well so, if rugby stopped now, that’s what we’d be doing. We’ve been looking up destinations and which order to do everything in.
Q. Which team-mate would you least like to fight?
Lewis Moody because he’d play street rules.
Q. What’s your favourite tour tale?
When the boys had to stand up on a carousel at the airport singing Saturday Night at the Movies.
Q. How many profiteroles could you eat in one sitting?
Zero. My wife’s a nutritionist so she wouldn’t approve!
Q. And donuts?
See above.
Q. What’s the most memorable team-talk you’ve ever had?
When my coach in Wellington, Murray Roulston, couldn’t read the sheet so he just said ‘get on the bus’.
Q. Who thinks he’s the best player at the club?
Dan Hipkiss thinks he’s the best chef in the club.
Q. Who’s the worst-dressed player at the club?
Ben Pienaar often comes dressed as Harry Potter, complete with scar. Aaron Mauger’s one of the best – he still wears his sandals and Adidas kit every day!
Q. What’s your best moment in rugby?
Watching Wellington Hurricanes team-mate Conrad Smith get caught up in a roll of tape and trip over in front of 30,000 people.
Q. And the worst?
Continual injuries.
Q. Do the ladies like a rugby player?
My wife likes one in particular.
Q. If you could change on thing about rugby?
I’d make it more of a global sport. It would be great to see it grow in popularity all over the world and surpass soccer.
Q. What’s the best practical joke you seen?
I’ve seen a guy glad-wrap (cling film) up a doorway and then smash up a few pots on the other side. His flatmate then came running straight into the glad-wrap face first.
Q. What’s your favourite joke?
Man walks into a bar. Ouch.
Q. You’ve got one day to live, what do you do?
I’d go to the Oriental Parade in Wellington, New Zealand.