Real Name

Mike Byrne

Location

West London: Ealing

Occupation

Sales and Marketing Exec - IT

Favourite: Movie(s)

Goodfellows, Carlito’s Way, Any Given Sunday and Jerry Maguire (don’t ask!)

TV Programme(s)

Friends, Eastenders

Book(s)

Around Ireland with a Fridge, American Psycho (you get some strange looks reading that one on the tube!) I’m currently working my way through Nelson Mandela’s – Long Walk to Freedom

Music

A big range from a lot of contemporary stuff like Aqualung, Radiohead, 50cent to oldies like The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac , Pretenders etc. Oh and Le Cheile of course!

Radio Station(s)

X FM, Radio 1,  Radio 5

Food(s)

Big Fan of Italian and Mexican, oh and a S.African Braai

Drinks(s)

AG!!! Stella and Cheeky Vimto’s!

Place(s) to visit

South Africa (Cape Town and Knysna), West Ireland

How long supporting LI?

Since the beginning of the 90’s

Best ever LI game (Excluding 2002 cup final)

Quite awhile ago now, a cup game at Sunbury against the Tiggers. We were beaten, but the ground was packed, the craic was great, and Henderson scored a fantastic try that day!

Favourite LI experience off pitch (Excluding 2002 cup final)

Well St Patrick’s Day 2003 was going along fantastically until I lost all memory at around 10pm and woke up in a toilet cubicle in the MadStad hotel…. 6 hours later! Disorientated was not the word, luckily my jeans were still done up and the cubicle door locked, that meant a lot to me at the time!

How did you start supporting LI?

Dad took me along when I was about 12yrs old to Sunbury. Have been hooked eversince

What are your non-rugby pastimes?

Keeping fit, drinking, pubbing, clubbing and a spot of ornithology !

Any Irish connection?

Mum and Dad

Most likely to say?

Oh go on then, if you’re buying!

Least likely to say?

Aren’t those Kiwi’s gracious losers!!

Tell us something about you we don't know.

I have played against Jonny Wilkinson…….twice!