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Even in Challenge Cup final week, there is no let up for Chris Hill. ‘Just because I’ve got a final, work doesn’t stop,’ says the Huddersfield Giants star. ‘My customers are not bothered about the Challenge Cup. They want their bathroom sorting.’
And so, as well as Saturday’s fixture at Tottenham, the prop turned plumber has spent this week preparing for his next bathroom fitting, calling customers, visiting their houses and working on quotes.
‘We are absolutely rammed with work,’ admits Hill, who set up his business, Premier Plumbing, with a friend in 2015. ‘When I get home from training, I usually work for a couple of hours. I could be speaking to customers at any time of night. I usually book jobs in to go to houses and measure up on my day off.
As well as playing professional Rugby, Huddersfield Giants’ Chris Hill is also a plumber
It was 10 years ago that Hill first learnt his trade by attending night school twice a week
‘I have been on international tours and taken my laptop and all my books with me. Even when you are on the other side of the world, it doesn’t stop you emailing or doing quotes.
‘In the off season, I get on the tools. I don’t mind mucking in. I like a bit of hard work. But I try not to do that as much in the season, especially when I am trying to recover from games. I don’t want to get injured lugging tiles up and down stairs!’
It was 10 years ago, after signing for Super League side Warrington from part-timers Leigh, that Hill first learnt his trade by attending night school twice a week. As well as setting him up for life after rugby, the 34-year-old finds plumbing a release from the stresses and strains of his sport.
‘I enjoy it, it takes my mind off rugby,’ he tells Sportsmail after showing off one of his finished bathrooms at a customer’s house. ‘If you think about rugby all of the time, you get ground down.
Saturday’s game will also be hill’s fifth Challenge Cup final,…
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