Gasnier press conference

[aenima1]

this is the end of the dragons, number 1- he isnt a 5/8 and probably never really will be and number 2- how do the rest of the dragons players feel having to take pay cuts to stay at the club so they can pay gas 800k a year?

 

[Willow]

this is the end of the dragons, number 1- he isnt a 5/8 and probably never really will be and number 2- how do the rest of the dragons players feel having to take pay cuts to stay at the club so they can pay gas 800k a year?

800K? Which area of space did you pluck that figure from?

 

[Godz Illa]

aenima, sweety. We had such a good time, why didn't you call me?? Will I ever see you again?

 

[Green Machine]

The simple fact is that Reg played rugby union for Sydney Tech High for five years, and also for Combined High Schools. Do you have any evidence to the contrary?

That is a good question; do you have any proof about Reg’s Union career?

Yeah, they wet themselves so much they withdrew their offer.

I don’t think the ARU really withdrew the offer Woods. It was more like, they were praying, that if Mark wanted to come and talk to them, the (pulled) offer would still stand

Frankly, there is as much relief around that Gasnier decided to stay in league as any other emotion.

Relief from who? Peter Jenkins? Connelly? Flowers? McKenzie? Not you Woods99.

Did you read what FitzSimons said last Saturday morning in the Herald about Gasnier's behaviour on the plane trip to Dubbo?

Yes I did. He was quoting something that was in Rebecca Wilson’s column. Would anyone with an ounce of credibility, quote Rebecca Wilson? Peter FitzSimons writes a fluff column. You can’t be serious, that you would come into a serious discussion forum and quote Wilson and FitzSimons? Didn’t you once tell me that you thought Peter FitzSimons is a tool?

Face has got nothing to do with it, any more than face had anything to do with ex-rugby players Ken Kearney, Kevin Ryan, and Robin Gourlay joining Reg in the great St George teams of the sixties.

Woods99, I can’t remember any football from the 60’s. What was Robin Gourlay’s background before he signed with St George?

Back when league was actually a worthwhile game, worth watching and supporting. When scrums were scrums and men were men.

You left out Kicking Duals!

Rugby union is professional now. From time to time the opportunity will come up to rescue a good league player from a life running interminably around suburban ovals and getting his head knocked off in high tackles.

As opposed to spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair from a collapsed scrum!

Like Berrick Barnes, not to mention the coming star of Australian rugby -- Kurtley Beale.

Gee, I hope the Kurty Beale Project comes off. It might be very costly exercise!

And there will be some more...on a selective basis, of course.

And just like Darren Lockyer, like Andrew Johns, like Braith Anasta, like Matt Bowen…
Sounds like selectivity in reverse

Won't it be good to have some home-grown heroes, instead of the Benjis and Sonny Bills getting all the glory?

Did some one say Topo Rodriguez’?
Did I hear the name, Willie Ofahengaue?
Parden me, was that Daniel Vickerman?
Did you say Leroy Houston?
If I’m not mistaken, I thought you said Tatafu Polota-Nau?
Have I heard of Totai Kefu?
Was that Clyde Rathbone?

The greatest game of all, that could not fill Telstra Stadium, and which was decided by (shock! horror!) -- a field goal. Sorry, I have better things to do with my time than watch entertainment devised specifically for Australian commercial television.

You’ve exposed us Woods99! We are frauds. We could only get 73,000 to turn up mid week at Telstra Stadium, in the middle of the 26 round NRL season. Guilty as charged.
If only we could have broken the deadlock, the Rugby Union way. Just like last week’s Waratahs V Hurricanes match!

With a scrum penalty!

Something that went out of Rugby League, at about the same time as old men driving around, wore straw hats.

To borrow an old cliché Woods 99, I think Rugby League was the winner on the day! (With both the Gasnier signing and the State of Origin)

 

[Willow]

Woodsy, the troll in denial.

The simple fact is that Reg played rugby union for Sydney Tech High for five years, and also for Combined High Schools. Do you have any evidence to the contrary?

Do you have any evidence to say he did play Union? The onus is on you back your claim, not me.

In any case, you've completely missed the point...
The simple fact is that it is laughable to suggest Reg Gasnier is a rugby union player... this being the substance of your claim. Don Bradman played golf... so by your logic, the Don's Test centuries are a result of his fairway antics.

It was 50 years ago when Reg Gasnier was graded with St George - and he is universally recognised as a rugby league player. Only a few desperate nonces like you could think otherwise.

Yeah, they wet themselves so much they withdrew their offer. Frankly, there is as much relief around that Gasnier decided to stay in league as any other emotion.

That must be why they extended Gasnier's deadline three times. Don't bullsh*t Woodsy.

Did you read what FitzSimons said last Saturday morning in the Herald about Gasnier's behaviour on the plane trip to Dubbo?

No. I assume some tabloid wag is wanting to give Gasnier a spanking? Oh how old school, and so typical of the rugby union spin.

Bottom line is that Gasnier said thanks but no thanks to union.... and certain unionites are having trouble coping with that. You're having trouble coping with it as well.

Face has got nothing to do with it, any more than face had anything to do with ex-rugby players Ken Kearney, Kevin Ryan, and Robin Gourlay joining Reg in the great St George teams of the sixties. Back when league was actually a worthwhile game, worth watching and supporting. When scrums were scrums and men were men.

You can do better than that Woodsy.

Personally I think the game was tougher when the Welsh used to run naked through bitter cold streets throwing rocks at each other. The English toffs at Rugby School turned it into a game for pansies.

Rugby union is professional now.

They followed Rugby League's lead and decided to pay their players. In that regard, it took them about 100 years to catch up.

From time to time the opportunity will come up to rescue a good league player from a life running interminably around suburban ovals and getting his head knocked off in high tackles.

So you're a tad squeamish about contact sport. That being the case, might be an idea for you to to give union away as well. Kicks the head, stompings, etc. Do you even watch football? I mean any kind of football.

Like Berrick Barnes, not to mention the coming star of Australian rugby -- Kurtley Beale. And there will be some more...on a selective basis, of course.

Kurtley Beale is a 16 year old kid who is being touted the great white hope and saviour of Australian rugby union. Its sad that union in Australia has got into a mess that they're even talking of rushing schoolboys into the seniors.
If he's smart, he'll get away from the vultures.

Won't it be good to have some home-grown heroes, instead of the Benjis and Sonny Bills getting all the glory?

An odd thing to say. Are you against 'outsiders' playing rugby union? Too late Woodsy. It will shock you learn that rugby union would fail the Woodsy purity test...

The greatest game of all, that could not fill Telstra Stadium, and which was decided by (shock! horror!) -- a field goal. Sorry, I have better things to do with my time than watch entertainment devised specifically for Australian commercial television.

Designed for commercial television? How bourgeois of you. Oh I forgot, union is an amateur sport with no sponsorship and no one gets paid. :lol: you really are scraping the barrel now.

But you didnt watch it... so you are arguing about something you have no knowledge of.

And it was 72,773, and a huge TV audience. A big turnout for any sport. They'd be sitting in the rafters and you'd still say it wasn't enough.

Woodsy, don't get upset, but you're a very poor debater. You've fallen into every hole imagineable here and whether you like it or not, you have been exposed as a common troll. But please, don't let that stop you believing that rugby union is the pure sport with crowds of 72 trillion every week, and five Gasniers in every team.