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Folau Banned from 4N Curtain Raiser

Big Pete

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I did.

And it doesn't cut off mid sentence.

It ends with Sheedy saying brilliant to emphasise Carlton's forward line and ends with the snaps of the camera. I don't know if the press conference ended there but given there's nothing that says otherwise...

I still haven't seen him say anything you did and until you can prove otherwise you're nothing but a liar.
 

El Diablo

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it doesn't end before he's finished and is not the end off the conference

i still haven't been told why i would lie :?
 

Big Pete

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Because you can't accept being wrong.

Not to mention, considering you want to see Folau's legs snapped, it's fair to say you'd pin just about anything on him to demonize him.

And yes it does end when he's finished as he doesn't say anything for a second or two and all you can hear is the cameras flashing.
 

El Diablo

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i know for a fact i'm not wrong and you can't even tell the f**king thing doesn't cut off :lol:

i don't care whether you believe me

HE SAID IT

and he said WORSE at RL coaching clinic

do the game a favour and f**k off to AFL with him

i'm not playing your little game anymore either

i cannot prove it but he said it.

what you think means nothing to me. it's just some weird Bronco's aranoia that you must defend him

he's a traitor to your club and the game

i hope he ends up in a pine box SOON
 

Big Pete

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i know for a fact i'm not wrong and you can't even tell the f**king thing doesn't cut off :lol:

It doesn't cut off mid sentence like you said.

And if you knew for a fact, you'd have proof.

You're nothing but a sad pathetic supporter who takes himself way too seriously on these forums to admit he's wrong. You have no proof when you come out making these big statements and then try and use 13 year old arguments and seriously flawed logic to try and rat-bag your way out of it.

Enjoy your collection of tin-foil hats.
 

El Diablo

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and Folau and Hunt are worse

trying to discourage kids from playing the game that made them millionaires and not realising the AFL couldn't give a f**k about them

once their contracts are up Demetriou will kick them to the curb
 

Brutus

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and Folau and Hunt are worse

trying to discourage kids from playing the game that made them millionaires and not realising the AFL couldn't give a f**k about them

once their contracts are up Demetriou will kick them to the curb

I fully agree.

They have virtually signed an agreement to tell kids to stuff league.

We can do without having them back.

I cannot beleive they have named an AFL academy after a bloke that has never even played a game of AFL, not even of z grade quality. Never even played the sport.

And to think there were turds on here who piped up about the ARL refusing to allow Folau to be a waterboy for the Tongan RL side, knowing full well that this man will discouraging Tongan kids to play the game of RL in the future.
 

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:lol: Boy you are a paranoid lot, so Folau as water boy would've been encouraging Tongans to play AFL? Do you realise how ridiculous that sounds?

And Folau/Hunt are no worse than Tahu, Gasnier, Sailor and Tuqiri - all of whom we've welcomed back with open arms.
 

hutch

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not that it will ever work, but at least the afl are attempting to spread their sport in the pacific islands. i cant remember the nrl, rlif, arl, nzrl sending players over trying to spread the rugby league gospel or building academies. nrl clubs have never recruited from tonga and samoa and have barely scouted fiji and png, its dsigraceful!
 

RL1908

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Bob Abbott (ARL) did heaps of work in the Pacific in 1980s and early 1990s, but even he couldn't get much headway back here in Oz.

Told me recently spent years "asking writing and begging the League to introduce a Pacific Islands team (Oceania)" into international RL.

Was told "too expensive - too hard to implement etc. etc."

May happen now, but could/should have happened 15-20 years ago.

Even to SL's credit they took 1996 trial matches & the 9s tournament to Pacific nations.
 

Brutus

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:lol: Boy you are a paranoid lot, so Folau as water boy would've been encouraging Tongans to play AFL? Do you realise how ridiculous that sounds?

Nobody is saying that being a water boy or representing QLD in the Origin after he'd signed with AFL was encouraging Tongans to play AFL.

There is little doubt though that once he was paraded as the AFL's latest recruit (during the origin build up) - he was going to be used as a weapon by the AFL to get kids playing that sport and in some cases reject rugby league.

This wasn't just about getting people through the gates, it's about using the image of Folau(a person who had never even kicked an AFL ball before) to promote a generational change over to AFL in 'rugby' strongholds.
 

Big Pete

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I just don't get this idea that being water boy for Tonga is an honor - if anything it's an honor for them to have Folau there in camp.

Heck Australia could've used Folau more than he could've used them going by their performances in the Four Nations...
 

Big Pete

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And I doubt Gould had the credentials to be a sideline official for that promotional Rabbitohs game.
 
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