Tim Cocker
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Radio - @VirginRadioUK | TV - @BTSportRugby | Podcast - Eggchasers | Guinness World Record holder for downing a pint.
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There's a reason the Bee is our symbol in Manchester.
Togetherness. Hard work. Sacrifice. And we don't, and won't, stop xxx
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Glorious 😂😍
The MOST English thing that's ever happened. Love you Tom Curry!
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*Eddie Butler over-pronouncing names
*Brian Moore losing his shit
*Jiffy letting us know there's an overlap shouting "NUMBAAAAAAAS!"
*People wearing daffodil heads
*People in 'See You Jimmy' hats
*Italians crying like babies during the anthem
HAPPY BLOODY EGGSMAS!
#SixNations
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@jeremycorbyn
@SadiqKhan
The estimated 3 million Chinese citizens imprisoned in totalitarian concentration camps (most for simply being Muslim) send their regards and hope, since you're missing this one, that you had a nice time at the State banquet for their Communist leader Xi Jinping.
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A "Rugby Culture" thread🧵
Beers, boozy away game bus trips, kangaroo courts etc are essential parts of rugby for many. They were for me. It helps forms bonds necessary to go to those dark places together on a match day. Long may it continue!
It is, of course, entirely optional
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Instead of the sarcastic "hot takes", let's consider solving why men account for
78% suicides
95% deaths at work
85% homeless/rough sleepers
3 year lower life expectancy
66% of violent crime victims
96% of parents fighting access to children in court
#InternationalMensDay
👊
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So much to love about
@ExeterChiefs
. Beers on the pitch with their babies after a classy win. You can tell, on and off the pitch, these boys love the bones of each other.
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My timeline's FULL of people offering a place to stop, a brew, a lift.
SO proud to call Manchester home xxx
Special city. Tragic scenes.
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South African captain Siya Kolisi's bed was cushions on the floor of his grandmother's home and he regularly missed meals
England captain Owen Farrell was born into a working class family Wigan to an 18 year old father
Rugby is for everyone. The ignorance and smugness of this
I’m aware I’ve been especially twatty about the rugby WC. And as much as it’s not for me, who am I to mock something that could give the people of this nation a sliver of happiness amidst all the doom & gloom? Let’s make a pact - act like a Tory today but not on December 12th Xx
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Quick music lesson kids...
...this is what a rock n roll star looks like.
Give it some LG.
#OneLoveManchester
#LiveForever
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Unpopular opinion (on Twitter anyway, it seems).
Got a lot of time for Owen Farrell.
Would run through walls for the bloke.
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Rob Gronkowski is the exact same size as Alun Wyn Jones. 6ft6 and nearly 19 stone.
Gronk runs 40m in 4.68 seconds. Christian Wade clocked 4.53.
AWJ is a giant on a rugby field. Gronk is dwarfed by many of his team-mates
NFL is full of super-human freak UNITS!
#SuperBowl
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REMEMBER
England whitewashed Aussies in their own backyard and won 2017 Six Nations.
THEN...England won 2/5 games and finished 5th in 6 Nations in 2018.
Before getting to a RWC final and playing best rugby we've seen in a generation v New Zealand in 2019.
RELAX. Perspective
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Covid 19 kills. Deaths are tragic and should be avoided as far as possible.
Lockdown kills. Deaths are tragic and should be avoided as far as possible.
Both statements undeniably, verifiably true. Saying one makes you kind and virtuous. Saying the other makes you evil. Got it?
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Consider just what a Saracens relegation would mean:
*Players finding new clubs - will be easy for some, but NOT all
*Families moving houses and schools
*Many club staff jobs may have to go
Those most affected did absolutely nothing wrong and deserve compassion. What a mess!
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Russell Crowe, Harold Bishop, Nicole Kidman, Mrs Mangel, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, Julian Assange, Shane Warne, Mel Gibson, Tim Cahill, Alf Stewart, Mark Webber, Olivia Newton John, Hugh Jackman, Toadfish...
Your boys took a hell of a beating!
#ENGvAUS
#Ashes2019
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What a game of rugby 🙌
#BRIvEXE
There is nothing I don't love about
@ExeterChiefs
(apart from the hairstyles, obvs)
•Brilliant brand of rugby
•Hard as nails
•Amazing, passionate fans
•Elite club, traditional values
•Can't do enough to help the media
•And Rob Baxter 😍
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With the huge news of Saracen's salary cap breach, fine and points deduction, we shouldn't forget most heinous part of the whole affair...
Those business names:
Vun-prop Ltd
Wiggy 9 Investments Ltd
Faz Investments Ltd
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NEWS. I have a new home on the radio 📻
I'm being let loose in the afternoons, 1-4pm, on
@VirginRadioUK
from Monday (filling the giant shoes of
@katelawler
who moves to Drive!).
Had a slight out of body experience hearing Chris Evans announce it. Buzzing 👊
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When instead ring-fencing the top domestic rugby league you give opportunity, aspiration, incentivise investment and are willing to share the spoils with the 2nd tier...you allow the chance for scenes like this.
English rugby, take note
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The petition we should all be signing, that would actually make a difference, is a petition to make referees actually enforce using a ball within 5 seconds of being available at the back of a ruck.
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Been offered (and declined) significant amount of cash to "give Covid Information" to my podcast listeners.
1. If you want Covid information, speak to your Doctor
2. How many podcasts got the same offer? How much of (our) money is Gov't spending on this?
3. Read point
#1
again
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Instead of the sarcastic 'hot takes', let's consider why men account for:
78% of suicides
95% of deaths at work
85% of homeless/rough sleepers
3 years lower life expectancy
66% of violent crime victims
96% of parents fighting access to children in court
#InternationalMensDay
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To the many critics of Liam Gallagher, there's plenty of identikit pop stars with the charisma of a spanner that will sing other people's vacuous tunes note perfect, if that's more important to you than stage presence, swagger & ability to get an audience bouncing isn't your bag.
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The fact that some people are upset
@LewisLudlam
used a metaphor ahead of
#SCOvENG
is proof just how comfortable the world is in the UK in 2020 ❄️🤷♂️
He'll put his body in some dark, ugly places Saturday. We'll be sat comfy on our sofas. I'm let him describe it as he sees fit.
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Bono, Liam Neeson, Kian from Westlife, Brian O'Driscoll, B*witched, Damien Duff, Niall Horan, Eamonn Holmes, Keith Wood, Chris Dr Burgh, Colin Farrell, Ardal O'Hanlon, The Corrs...
...Your boys took a hell of a beating!
#IREvENG
#SixNations2019
🌹
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Save time queuing in the cold for the barbers by pretending to be an Exeter Chiefs rugby player. Simply shave random bits of your own hair off instead with minimal consideration for what the end result looks like. 😜
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Deciding to buy my house 5 minutes after walking in the front door...
Currently into my 4th week of research agonising over which coffee machine to buy.
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I'm back
The support since XFM ended was incredible. THANK YOU
Hope MY new home at
@VirginRadioUK
can be YOURS too
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A noisy minority on Twitter & Tabloid nauses ("sausages" 😂) means other sports get nothing but robotic clichés.
As someone who asks the questions to players I couldn't be more grateful rugby has unique characters like
@EllisGenge
,
@JoeMarler
&
@Courtney_Lawes
Never change 👊🙌
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"Eddie should be giving Ollie Thorley a start...JJ isn't a winger. We need to blood these youngsters. And he better give Dan Robson more than 5 minutes this time".
#ENGvGEO
#RugbyTwitter
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It's possible to:
Abhor & oppose all racism
Abhor the brutal death of a man
Believe protest is the mark of a free democracy
AND
Be upset mass gatherings may lead to more deaths
Believe rioters are criminals
You don't have to choose sides. Turn the temperature down eh Twitter?
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One of the reasons I was SO proud seeing my brother pull on the London Irish jersey (aside from knowing he was realising a boyhood dream) is thinking about the 125 years of history he became a part of. That is priceless.
The games custodians/ administrators have abjectly failed.
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@OwenJones84
@AyoCaesar
"communism is people organising their lives, social and economic, without involvement of the State"?! NO private property?!
How would this be achieved other than with a tyrannical State using fear, force and subjugation?
Mind-boggling levels of ignorance. PLEASE read a book:
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On so many topics I hold views which are reasonable, balanced, nuanced and I'm fairly sure would be held by a majority...but I often just keep them to myself because of the small, noisy and illiberal twitter mob just waiting to pounce.
I bet you there's loads of us.
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I'm not sure if it's because he was also a journalist from Manchester...but this one gets me every time.
Captain Charles May's last letter home before dying on the first day of The Somme.
#100years
#lestweforget
#RemembranceDay2018
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Has it really been 3 years since
#XfmManchester
ended??
It really WAS a bloody privilege!
@Mr_Jimbob
@mrgarethbrooks
@therealboon
👊
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How happy for Ben Curry!
Picked to start for England vs Argentina in 2017 with Tom on the bench. Injured...Tom starts, gets MoM and becomes world star whilst Ben inexplicably cast aside.
After 5 years as one of
@SaleSharks
most influential players...recognition again! 🙌
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#LoveIsIand
...The parallel universe where someone smart and dedicated enough to qualify as a doctor is a loser and "lads" who say "like" every other word whilst boasting about their "great chat" is a catch.
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Disappointed in Manchester students scrubbing out the Kipling 'If' poem from the Students' Union wall because he "doesn't match their values".
Their version of the classic poem would be:
"If you can find someone who you can call "an oppressor",
Then you'll be a victim, my son."
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The Countdown Conundrum yesterday was a bit hard...but not really hard.
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Remember, today is the last day you can go to a park and complain about all the people in the park. Don't waste it.
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I love Manchester. My children were born in our house and I don't want to live anywhere else.
I'm also proud to host a national radio show in London.
Doing both in 2022 shouldn't be complicated.
@AvantiWestCoast
are proving otherwise.
@AndyBurnhamGM
help! This cannot continue.
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Rugby clubs are part of the fabric of society that binds us all together and gives meaning to the lives of so many. Imagine how many will never open their doors again.
Absolutely gutted.
The RFU Council has today made the difficult decision to cancel the Adult Competitive Leagues (Level 3 and below for Men, Level 2 and below for Women) for the 2020/21 season.
Read more ⬇
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If you take any level of satisfaction at someone else contracting a potentially deadly virus, whatever you think of them or however much you disagree with them, you're simply not a very nice person.
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Biggest concern with
@Champrugby
funding being slashed
Could it make elite rugby MORE private school dominated? Schools where coaching & conditioning = elite-ready players
A few years as a FT rugby player in Championship has got so many state school/local club kids to the Prem
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It's my job to ask questions (albeit in rugby!)
Judging by our premier journalists I've been doing it wrong
Instead of trying to reveal truth or extract opinion, turns out I should just ramble, make a mini speech of my opinion and ask multiple q's together so none are answered
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Oswald Dixon, an RAF veteran, died aged 100 last week. 'Ossie' has no family. So everyone is invited to salute his life at his funeral.
Such a beautiful idea 😢♥️
Manchester/Salford...if you can👇
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Decided to watch the
#ENGvWAL
game again on the train home this evening, to re-focus on the sport and banish all the twitter BS.
Oh my word England were outstanding! Despite the final scoreline and late scare, always in control and comfortable victors.
In no particular order:
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I read this letter every
#RemembranceDay
and am forever grateful for men like Captain Charles May.
He was a journalist who lived a stones throw from my own home. He led 22nd Manchester Regiment B Company into battle, and died, on the first day of The Somme
#LestWeForget
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The fact we have free and fair elections, where everyone votes, their vote counts equally and whatever the outcome we'll be civil is a measure of what an amazing country we live in!
Twitter tells you otherwise, but we've won the lottery calling the UK home
#GeneralElection2019
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Me and
@Mr_Jimbob
are out in Manchester reminiscing (and marking 1 year since our last XFM show together 😢👊📻).
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"Excuse me Officer, I'm afraid I may have got slightly lost. I wonder if you could tell me where I can find Mr. Vince McMahon...I have a WWE contract to sign."
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Absolutely crushing to hear of the sad death of Pete Mitchell
A gentle man, a wicked sense of humour and an encyclopedic knowledge of, and utter love for, music
An honour to fill your huge boots at XFM Manchester. And to work alongside you at
@VirginRadioUK
A Mancunian legend.
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To people saying "but 80% of people have mild symptoms, this is an over-reaction" wind your neck in.
It's about making sure people don't all catch it at once so that Drs don't have to pick which of the 5% who'll need ICU can get a ventilator & which are left to die
#coronavirus
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Father Ted, Brian McFadden, Jimmy Cricket, Brian O'Driscoll, Shane from Westlife, Connor McGregor, Bono, Jedward, Michael Flatley, B*witched, Paul O'Connell, Bob Geldof, Mrs Doyle, Tony Cascarino, CJ Stander, Bundee Aki...
Your boys took a hell of a beating
#ENGvIRE
#SixNations
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John Bercow's spending an hour and a half of Parliament time talking about John Bercow is the most John Bercow thing John Bercow has ever done
#PeakBercow
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Physical specimen ✔️
Ball carrier ✔️
Leader✔️
Consistently top performer ✔️
Proven winner✔️
It's time...
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Imagine spending a small fortune on a degree from one of the top universities on earth...
And only learning how to be a weapons grade level, entitled, ungrateful 🛎️end.
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A player performing superbly for his club being rewarded by a national coach with international selection.
I really hope this maverick thinking catches on in other camps too 🤪
📢 -
@ExeterChiefs
lock
@SamSk95
recalled to
@Scotlandteam
squad ahead of their
@SixNationsRugby
clash with
@IrishRugby
this Sunday ⬇️
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It's always been a source of huge pride how highly rugby values respect. How it brings people from all backgrounds and viewpoints together.
Reactions to Henry Slade's personal choice make me worried for the sport. The lack of respect, whatever your personal opinion, is appalling
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An absolute farce.
Flexing their power just because they can. Psychological warfare. Add this to the ever growing list of things which defy any logic.
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