20 Questions with Paige Farries
May 22, 2015
What’s your favourite midnight snack?
TimTam Cookies
Finish this sentence:
Rugby makes me feel like a greek god.
Which could you survive without? No hot water or No internet?
No Hot Water
Favourite cheat day food
Mr. Noodles Chicken Flavoured
If a movie of your life was made which actor would play you?
Emma Stone
Hip Hop/ Rock or Classical is played in the locker room? Who decides?
Hip Hop is played in the locker room, Kish decides
What’s your favourite pre-match tune?
Rather Be by Clean Bandit
If you were a wrestler what would your stage name be? What would be your special move?
Giner Snap, my move would be the ginger snap
What is your spirit animal?
A house hippo
Who is your sport hero?
Clara Hughes
If the tables were turned and you were a Sevens fan for a day – which costume would you wear?
Banana
Who is your greatest mentor?
Karen Paquin
Three words to describe you:
- energetic
- happy
- kind
Favourite place in the world to play
Amsterdam
What is your career goal? (sport and life)
Olympics 2016, Speech Pathology degree
Do you have any pregame rituals or lucky charms?
I have to undo and redo my hair 15 times
Favourite TV Show, Movie and Book
Friends, Princess Bride, Flowers for Algernon
Why rugby? How did you get started?
I love the physicality of the sport, it combines all the toughest elements of sport. Speed, endurance, technique, tactics, and physicality. I started playing when I was in grade 11, because my twin brother was joining that year and I couldn’t have him playing a sport I wasn’t.
Best advice you’ve ever received
Try as hard as you can, because seven minutes goes by fast
Who is the first person you call when you qualify for the Olympic Games?
My Family, I am very close with all of my siblings and my parents so I want the phone to be on speaker when I tell them.