Adam Hills: 'Tacklers know which foot I'll step with – only one works'

The Australian comic has found physical disability rugby league with Warrington and hopes to appear in a world cup next year

Adam Hills will not do stand-up gigs on a Tuesday night. Some time ago, he told his agent to stop booking them. Instead, every Tuesday afternoon he will leave his house in London, catch a train north to Warrington and spend a couple of hours getting smashed to bits. Then he goes home.

Over the last few years, it is a hobby that has cost him thousands in train fares, a broken ankle and on one occasion his consciousness, after he was laid out on the turf by a hit. But it has also given him hours of pleasure, a sense of purpose, a cause and a community. And it is why a 50-year-old comedian and television presenter now finds himself on the verge of fulfilling his lifelong dream of playing in a rugby league world cup.

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