Stag Weekend coaches Estonias Rugby club

BT WORKER Charlie Adie went to Estonia for a stag weekend and ended up coaching the national rugby team!

And the former pro player, who married yesterday, has been asked to go back after helping the team dramatically improve its performance.

They had lost their last game 90-0 before Charlie, his brother Ed and another member of the stag party helped with some tips and actually played in their next outing, against Finland, which they lost 42-32.

Charlie, who played professional Rugby League with Hull Sharks and York City Knights for six years, said: "They weren't short of players but lacked experience.

"The Finland team didn't seem too bothered that Estonia had played a few ringers, although it might have been different if we had won."

Charlie, a technical officer for BT at Leavesden in Hertfordshire, is marrying former BT worker Nicola Bell.

Nicola said the publicity surrounding Charlie's antics was already helping to generate interest in rugby in Estonia.

Her 32-year-old groom-to-be has been featured in newspapers across Estonia since his stag weekend last month.

"He was thrilled to be able to help out. It isn't a great level of rugby to be honest but support for the game appears to be increasing thanks to Charlie," she said.