Smiths present our player of the week to give an insight into our great club.
Jonny Cahill
| Nickname | Gary, Uncle Fester |
| DoB | 01/02/1995 |
| Position(s) | Wherever required, positions are flexible/optional in the 2’s. #Jouer |
| Nationality | English (with Irish family) |
| Height (cm) | 177cm |
| Weight (kg) | Pre Lockdown – 92kg, Post lockdown probs an even 100. |
| Previous clubs / Honours | Former hockey player so this is my first rugby club, Smiths 2nd Team Captain |
| Years at Smiths | 3 |
Who at Smiths is…
| The funniest? | I do enjoy Wardell, controversially. |
| The smartest? | Pritch or Hawker, both very sharp. BP and Nocker also clever blokes. |
| The dumbest? | Tie between Chazzy and Doug. Outstanding rugby players but may struggle to open tins or follow a map etc. |
| The angriest? | Si ‘The Manx Maniac’ Ward. Lovely bloke 99% of the time though. |
| Best looking? | Singer up there. Pete would be top rig though, glass ankles aside. |
| Best / worst dressed? | Best dressed – Euan Whitbourn, loves a barbour. Worst dressed – Cookie. Dresses like Mark Wahlberg. |
| Best on the sesh? | All the lads excellent on the beers, hard to pick a particular favourite. Enjoy Arran a lot though. |
| How did you end up at Smiths? |
| Saw a video on Arran Watkin’s Instagram (know him through mutual friends), asked if I could come for a run around as I was looking to get back into rugby, first session was a post-christmas fitness one and we didn’t touch the ball once. Been there since! |
| Describe your approach to playing rugby? |
| Enjoy marshalling from behind the defensive line, because I can’t tackle. Like to sit back and field kicks, then have a bit of a go. Love a fend/offload combo. |
| What film/TV character are you most like and why? |
| Hawkeye Pearce from M.A.S.H, love a wisecrack but happy to knuckle down if work needs doing. |
| Something people might not know about you? |
| I can use the post-nominal DipVCM, should I wish to. |
| Memorable rugby moment? |
| scoring from our own 10 after a lineout went awry in my first home game for Smiths. Ran out of gas around the 5 but it was so muddy managed to slide over anyway. |
| Favourite holiday? |
| 2 weeks road tripping California, Nevada and Arizona. |
| Best Smiths memory? |
| Telling the Dinner Dance stories. Brings everyone together and they’re great fun to write. |
| 3 course menu? |
| Waker’s Pork Belly skewers, Chicken and bacon carbonara al forno, chocolate fudge cake with cream. |
| Rugby idol? |
| Schalk Brits |
| Favourite place to play/watch rugby? |
| Big Field at Dean Close. Lived at the school so grew up playing rugby golf with my brother there. |
| What is your spirit animal? |
| Owl. Relaxed/thoughtful. |