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Adam Hills: Take His Legs (2019)

I forgot to post this when I did the writeup about seeing Adam in Warrington a couple weeks ago with @puplockandcoke. This is the leaflet/program they gave us when we paid to get in.

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Hidden Talent: I can reverse park.

Celebrity crush: Kay Burleigh - Sky News.

Fav pre-match snack: Lean chicken salad.

Fav post-match meal: Dirty burger.

Any match day superstitions: Tape up my prosthetic first.

Motivational Song: Stronger Than Ever - Raleigh Ritchie.

Sports Idol: Roger Federer.

Fav band: Elbow.

Fav Wolves player: Jason Clark.

Fav rugby player: Greg Inglis.

Who inspires you: My team mates.

What got you into PDRL: A tweet from a fan telling me about PDRL, from there I made a call to the Rabbitohs and they told me about the Wolves wanting to set up a team.

It’s time for another post-Leg-related writeup!

On Sunday, I attended the PDRL Festival at Warrington’s Victoria Park, a familiar setting as it was where I first saw Adam, along with Alex doing their rugby thing. I’ll say something, the weather this time around was definitely better!

It was also a bit of an extra special day too, as me and my amazing friend @puplockandcoke finally met after 3 years and it only took us 7 meets with Adam for it to happen! We definitely had fun watching our favourite Aussie and the opposition playing that afternoon. Definitely worth the sunburn we left with! (P.S. you’re mental for driving 500 miles, but I’m very thankful!!!) Good news, though! Warrington won twice with the help of stand-in team captain, Adam (his number is normally 7, but was 2 on Sunday), yay!! Me and Lux had a quick little catchup with him afterwards and I think he was surprised to see that the two of us had finally met! Think I managed a hello and said it was lovely to see him again as the sun had definitely gotten to me by this point (I didn’t even have my trademark hair colour!), and I’ll say it now... the beard doesn’t... look so bad in person, but I think he said he’s getting a little fed up of it now (HA!). 

Before we said our goodbyes to Adam, Lux showed him her badass Warrington themed nails which he couldn’t resist taking a picture of for his Instagram.There was definitely fangirling from both of us yesterday when he posted the picture!

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Old Hillsy interview from Total Rugby League (Rugby League World, issue 471), featured in an article about famous rugby league fans.

You can just hear him saying “bloody love rugby league, me!” 😅

Comedian and broadcaster Adam Hills to become the next RFL president (Warrington Guardian, July 2024)