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Player Profiles
- Player Profiles Intro
- Arthur Adamson
- Bob Adamson
- Garry Adamson
- Ray "Boo" Adamson
- Jon Broadhurst
- Andy Brown
- Jamie Bingle
- Robin Coles
- Mark Crowther
- Steve Cruise
- Martyn Denby
- Sam Duffy
- Dave Everatt
- Pete Foster
- Paul Gabel
- Percy Gouldsbrough
- Alex Grace
- Andrew Jakeman
- Dave Lowery
- Aidan Pearce
- Duncan Phillips
- Mark Randerson
- Phil Redfearn
- Dai Roberts
- Ed Storey
- Alex Whisker
- Ben Whisker
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25. Dai Roberts
| Full Name: | Dai Roberts |
| Playing Position (s): | Hooker/prop/flanker |
| Playing Years at Selby: | 18 |
| Other teams: | N/a |
| Where are you now? | Cambridgeshire |
| What did you enjoy about playing at Selby? | Joined srufc when I was at school (Selby grammar school) and Initially played for colts/u16 etc. So the enjoyable thing was that all of us from the grammar school were playing alongside our friends. Then played for the senior teams, including 1/2/3/4/5 teams over the years. |
| What did playing rugby teach you? | Respect for your teammates and as you got older, for the other team who were also all amateurs like ourselves. |
| You need to take a road trip but must take 3 of your team mates with you. Who would they be? | Andrew Warner. Trevor Wooding. Ian Copperwheat. |
| Who would still come with you, without question? | Andrew Warner |
| Who was the Selby dressing room joker? | John Phillips |
| Favourite player you’ve watched at Selby: | Tony Rucklidge |
| Who would be first to the bar and last to leave? | Ian Copperwheat |
| Why Selby RUFC? | My home town team and at the time full of my friends. |
| Best match you’ve played in? | V Stockton |
| Most memorable moment: | Selection for North Yorkshire schools u18 squad. |
| Funniest think you’ve seen on a rugby pitch: | A tour match in Wales and one of our backs, Andrew Warner, being mistaken for a prop by one of the home spectators. |
| Who/what do you miss the most? | Just being part of it, not just the playing. |
| Favourite quote or words of wisdom: | “Tune in lads”: Mike Magee |
| Lockdown perception: | Just stay at home if possible, and stay within the rules of social distancing. We will get through it. |