By Will Kelleher For The Daily Mail
Published: 22:34 GMT, 17 February 2019 | Updated: 22:34 GMT, 17 February 2019
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He is the Englishman in the Welsh camp plotting his former employers’ downfall in the Six Nations — and Paul Stridgeon is more up for it than any player.
Bobby — as everyone calls him after Adam Sandler’s character Bobby Boucher in the film The Waterboy — is the former England Commonwealth Games freestyle wrestler who is head of physical performance with Wales.
The fitness guru, a proud Wigan man, had a dual role with Toulon and Wales during the 2015 World Cup. He previously worked with England and has been on the last three Lions tours, so has insight on those coming to Cardiff on Saturday.
Wigan-born Paul Stridgeon is plotting England's downfall as Wales head of performance
But when asked if he had split loyalties ahead of the crucial clash, Stridgeon, 38, replied: ‘Are you having a laugh!? Me and Shaun Edwards are more mental to win than anyone. We want to win more than the Welsh boys, if that’s possible.
‘When we beat England in 2015, I went into the dressing room and I couldn’t breathe. Honestly. I have never had that in my life. It was like having a panic attack. I needed a bag to breathe
