Today we are #GettingToKnow with Former Frome RFC 1st XV Flanker Mark Whalley, from all the way down under! 🇦🇺 🦘

| When was your first XV debut? It was away at Windsor RFC, not sure of the year...

| What has been your best Frome RFC moment? Beating North Dorset RFC away in April 2012. That was my last first team game for Frome.

| What Netflix show do you binge? Right now... Vikings but there have been a lot in lockdown.

| What food is your guilty pleasure? Cake... chocolate... no... Cake!

| What is your prematch song? Wolfmother- Joker and the thief.

| What advice would you give someone getting into rugby union? Don’t play in the backs...

| Which player, past or present would you most like to play with? Jonah Lomu.

| What hobby would you like to take up? Sailing.

| Who is the funniest Frome RFC teammate? Darren Bowles on his 21st Birthday!

| What sport would you play if you weren’t a rugby player? Rugby league.

| Favourite film? The Revenant.

| How are you staying fit during isolation? Eating cakes and chocolate.

| Who’s your sporting hero? Sam Burgess.

| Do you have any prematch rituals or superstitions? Diarrhoea.

| What advice do you have for people during lockdown? Don’t go outside...

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