Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:45 pm  

Dunbar wrote:

Hang on a minute - if every media outlet in the country were running headlines saying "Rugby League international fails to make the grade in club Rugby Union", we would be up in arms

This isn't a positive RL story for me so I'm happy it isn't too widely reported

i agree - on the whole, this isnt a positive story for rugby league. If a current England RU international signed for a Super League team and failed after 2 months, we would be laughing our cocks off on here about how inferior their game is compared to ours.

It either shows that top RL players cant handle RU, or that the RL champions are resorting to raiding the ranks of RU reserves to fill their team.

the only potential positives to this story are that:
a) other top players see it as a warning that its not that easy to make it in RU
b) RU clubs decide not to target RL players as its not worth the risk

The RFU has already gone down the route of (b) in that they do not directly target RL players on central deals now.

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:55 pm  

I'd have thought a player moving to the current Super League Champions would class as news, no matter where they have come from. Would Logan make the same point should a player sign for Leicester, Gloucester, Bath et al?

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:39 pm  

Gazemous wrote:

Is that Gabby Yorath?

Looks like it

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:48 pm  

On the topic of getting BBC feedback on the prior complaint, I did eventually get a response - if I remember to I will post it on here. Was pretty smarmy and dismissed the whole thing, no apology of course.

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:05 pm  

Remember seeing her on the 'Good luck to Leeds' video for the World club Challenge, claiming she was a Leeds gal and supporting them So much for that!

[Durham Giant]

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:09 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Should've gone to SpecSavers

Shim or not i would take my chances.

the point about gaby is that she takes every chance to have a go at RL often when it is not called for.

I expect some impartiality from the reporters if she does not like a story let her ignore it but having a go at another journo because of her petty prejudices about RL is not professional or acceptable.

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:29 pm  

Big nose get.

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:43 pm  

Is that uncomfortably arranged shot composed so that the trailing right arm hides an inconvenient bulge?

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:22 pm  

I suspect most people thought that suspicious object in the picture was a chair leg.....

Most women are gabby enough.....

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:52 am  

saints35 bulls0 wrote:

i agree - on the whole, this isnt a positive story for rugby league. If a current England RU international signed for a Super League team and failed after 2 months, we would be laughing our cocks off on here about how inferior their game is compared to ours.

It either shows that top RL players cant handle RU, or that the RL champions are resorting to raiding the ranks of RU reserves to fill their team.

the only potential positives to this story are that:
a) other top players see it as a warning that its not that easy to make it in RU
b) RU clubs decide not to target RL players as its not worth the risk

The RFU has already gone down the route of (b) in that they do not directly target RL players on central deals now.

Was it my imagination or did I see Chris Ashton in an England shirt against France? How many times did Lote play for Australia?

RL players have the ability to make an impact in RU the problem is their ability to handle all the off the field stuff.

Mixing with players from public schools; the attitude of those players, the club's administrators and sponsors to kids from less priviledged backgrounds and rival sports. If you ever have a chance have a talk to Chev Walker about his treatment during his time in RU