Re: Best player in the world of Rugby? : Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:44 pm  

A State of Trance wrote:

That post has just lost £24,000,000,000 but has Sir Freddie quiped 'it's only money.'

Re: Best player in the world of Rugby? : Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:46 pm  

tvoc wrote:

That post has just lost £24,000,000,000 but has Sir Freddie quiped 'it's only money.'

Re: Best player in the world of Rugby? : Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:56 pm  

tvoc wrote:

That post has just lost £24,000,000,000 but has Sir Freddie quiped 'it's only money.'

I see RBS are still continuing with their Six Nations sponsorship until the end of the current contract in 2010, despite pulling out altogether from F1 leaving Williams to find around £10m a year in lost revenue.

Nice to know that as RBS shareholders our public money is being ploughed into the competing Unions.

: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:59 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Shane Williams, the Wales winger.

The best winger in either code of rugby at the minute by a clear distance IMO.

MANU VATUVEI

: Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:33 pm  

Quacoe wrote:

MANU VATUVEI

If he could catch, or turn, or indeed run more than ten yards he'd be lethal...

: Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:35 pm  

Quacoe wrote:

MANU VATUVEI

Am I right in thinking his first name means 'Scum' in his native language?

Re: Best player in the world of Rugby? : Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:45 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote: I see RBS are still continuing with their Six Nations sponsorship until the end of the current contract in 2010, despite pulling out altogether from F1 leaving Williams to find around £10m a year in lost revenue. Nice to know that as RBS shareholders our public money is being ploughed into the competing Unions. They're staying with Williams until the end of their contract in 2010, but stopping all trackside advertising after this year. I'm guessing the F1 stuff is due to existing contracts, which they'd have to pay for anyway, but of course that doesn't stop questions being raised about the 6 Nations sponsorship.

Andy Gilder wrote: I see RBS are still continuing with their Six Nations sponsorship until the end of the current contract in 2010, despite pulling out altogether from F1 leaving Williams to find around £10m a year in lost revenue. Nice to know that as RBS shareholders our public money is being ploughed into the competing Unions. They're staying with Williams until the end of their contract in 2010, but stopping all trackside advertising after this year. I'm guessing the F1 stuff is due to existing contracts, which they'd have to pay for anyway, but of course that doesn't stop questions being raised about the 6 Nations sponsorship.

: Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:08 pm  

he may be the best winger, I've not seen enough of him to comment, but the best player? Do me a favour. Wrong position. With positions so specialist in Union, if anyone from that code would be there, it would have to be a centre, number 8 or fly-half I would say.

[Matt_Horton]

Re: Best player in the world of Rugby? : Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:16 pm  

leicester_rhino wrote:

Not when he's practically got the corner flag inside him

Under the ELV's the touching the corner flag is not classed as being out of play. They are basically there for show only these days in Rugby Union.

: Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:19 pm  

Dave Heron's Moustache wrote:

I always remember Laurie Daley being interviewed on Breakfast TV during one Aussie tour (or maybe World Cup). The conversation with the BBC stiff in the studio went along these lines:

BBC Stiff: "Luarie, can you explain the difference between Rugby League and Rugby Union?"

Laurie Daley: "Rugby What?"

I once saw a quote in a book, (can't remember who said it), and it went something like:

"If I played Rugby Union now, I could keep playing till I'm old and frail"
"If I played Rugby league, I wouldn't last 5 minutes"

Something like that