Re: Terry Campese : Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:12 pm  

Sandra likes a bit of both, too.

Re: Terry Campese : Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:14 pm  

Tru dat.

Re: Terry Campese : Fri Dec 12, 2014 10:23 am  

PAC wrote:

Big Sam and Hudge are good mates .....

I wouldn't say good mates, I was with Neil and Keith Brown (who is a mate of Sam's and the lease holder for Craven Park) when he first met him, Sam was the Bolton manager at the time it was 2005 the day Bolton signed Hidetoshi Nakata, we ambushed the press conference on the pitch, that how I remembered the date, Nice bloke though.

Re: Terry Campese : Sat Dec 27, 2014 1:05 pm  

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-l ... 2dvaj.html

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-l ... 2dvaj.html

Re: Terry Campese : Sat Dec 27, 2014 2:02 pm  

roopy wrote:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rugby-league/canberra-raiders/former-canberra-raiders-captain-terry-campese-excited-about-new-challenge-with-hull-kr-in-the-england-super-league-20141226-12dvaj.html

He's in for a shock if he thinks he's facing Warrington on Jan 11th.

Campese will join Hull KR for a training camp in Portugal next Friday before the pre-season trial game against Monaghan's Warrington Wolves on January 11.

Re: Terry Campese : Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:53 am  

I doubt it will happen but I would play Rovers spine for big minutes in all of the friendlies so Dixon, Campese, Kelly and Burke/Donaldson can acclimatise themselves with the play book and forge the necessary bonds in the run up for the league program.

It would be the perfect opportunity for Chester/Poching to run the rule over Campese's fitness and tweak the play book as the various partnerships and linkages are formed.

Campese is the linchpin, he will also be the target of our opponents, so the sooner he gets to grip with the idiosyncrasies of officials and take-outs the better.

I know many people have doubts over Campese's fitness, but he put in a good stint last season and by all accounts is in the best condition for sometime. My concern is how will he cope with our wintry conditions in summer rugby. . . the same goes for Kelly, who is reported a cold-arse.

Re: Terry Campese : Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:41 am  

Paul T - HKR wrote:

My concern is how will he cope with our wintry conditions in summer rugby.

Campese has lived his entire life in Quenbeyan.
Admittedly, I don't have a lot of experience with cold weather, but watching a game in Quenbeyan is the coldest I've ever been in my life. Canberra win games at home as winter sets in just because other teams can't cope with the arctic conditions.
If your summer is colder than a Quenbeyan winter, get the hell out of there, people shouldn't live like that.

Re: Terry Campese : Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:37 am  

roopy wrote:

Campese has lived his entire life in Quenbeyan.
Admittedly, I don't have a lot of experience with cold weather, but watching a game in Quenbeyan is the coldest I've ever been in my life. Canberra win games at home as winter sets in just because other teams can't cope with the arctic conditions.
If your summer is colder than a Quenbeyan winter, get the hell out of there, people shouldn't live like that.

Statistically the coldest day on average in the Northern Hemisphere is 13 January. Three weeks later Super League starts up.

Back in the days of 'winter' rugby pre season training took place in the summer months of July & August. Now in the days of 'summer' rugby pre season takes place in the winter months of December & January.

Either way Super League players train or play in temperatures far, far more severe than anything ever experienced in Canberra. BTW our climate here in the UK is very mild compared to North America, goodness you Aussies don't know the half of it.

Proper cold isn't uncomfortable, not nice or a slight morning frost. It hurts bad, real bad the ground is rock hard frozen and Super League players have an occupation which is spent largely outdoors. Pre season starts in November before winter has even begun. I understand Albert Kelly is suffering badly and this is not a severe winter by any means so far.

Summer rugby is one thing but Super League players have the whole of winter and a northern hemisphere spring to endure beforehand.

Re: Terry Campese : Tue Dec 30, 2014 5:12 am  

mildest winter we've had for ages, it's almost been like summer.

Re: Terry Campese : Tue Dec 30, 2014 6:16 am  

roopy wrote:

Campese has lived his entire life in Quenbeyan.
Admittedly, I don't have a lot of experience with cold weather, but watching a game in Quenbeyan is the coldest I've ever been in my life. Canberra win games at home as winter sets in just because other teams can't cope with the arctic conditions.
If your summer is colder than a Quenbeyan winter, get the hell out of there, people shouldn't live like that.

It's mainly the wind-chill factor over here, and as His Bobness says the hard cold pitches, and the weather has just started to turn (chaos across the UK as the first snow arrives).

I was talking to Kelly & Blair yesterday and they were nithered (a 'ull expression for effing freezing), warming up for training takes them almost an hour (slight exaggeration) but they were very jovial and looking forward to Portugal next week (more like wishing).

Hopefully Campese will feel at home when he turns up for training this morning; I've got the car engine going to 'de-ice' and warm it up before I set off for work in Leeds, it was -6 last night (I live 18 miles outside of Hull).

The thing is, the cold penetrates and does disrupt training over here even for the 'weathered' home-grown players; its no fun training in the cold, and even less fun playing on below the surface frost-laid pitches, my arthritis is testament to that (well, according to my doctor).