Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:47 am  

Serge A. Storms wrote:

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

As that's not likely to happen could you tell us how he was treated?

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:10 pm  

wiganermike wrote:

It could be just as easily said that she would only want the RL story ignored because she is married to a former Union international.

Kenny Logan? Now he was poop.

Would love to have seen him on the wing for an amateur team against say Queens or Thatto Heath.

Soft cock wouldnt last two minutes.

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:57 am  

Serge A. Storms wrote:

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

Are you real.? public schools, attitude, less privileged backgrounds etc.... are you living in the dark ages or what.?

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:11 pm  

garethtaylor15 wrote:

Are you real.? public schools, attitude, less privileged backgrounds etc.... are you living in the dark ages or what.?

birds of a feather flock together aye gareth?

It's the union way, how dare you run down a fellow unionite about the classes, tut tut.

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:20 pm  

garethtaylor15 wrote:

Are you real.? public schools, attitude, less privileged backgrounds etc.... are you living in the dark ages or what.?

Leicester Tigers 1st team squad:
(A) # of British players who attended public or independent school = 19
(B) # of British players who didn't attend public or independent school = 2

Northampton 1st team squad:
A = 17
B = 10 (including Ashton & Myler)

Saracens 1st team squad:
A = 10
B = 7

London Irish 1st team squad:
A = 14
B = 6

London Wasps 1st team squad:
A = 19
B = 4

Bath 1st team squad:
A = 15
B = 8


I've only been bothered to look at half of the Guinnes Premiership teams so far but I think you can see a pattern emerging.

Top half of current Guinness Premiership table:
# of British players who attended public or independent school = 94
# of British players who didn't attend public or independent school = 37

If you don't see that Union is a totally different world then you're being incredibly naive

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:37 pm  

To be fair to Gareth, it's not really the case at all in Wales and Union is very much a people's game, like RL in the North. I think this is probably the only country where this is so though, maybe NZ too.

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:32 pm  

headhunter wrote:

To be fair to Gareth, it's not really the case at all in Wales and Union is very much a people's game, like RL in the North. I think this is probably the only country where this is so though, maybe NZ too.

Thanks headhunter i would love to see some of these peoples facies if they had to play rugby in rhondda/gwent/neath valleys.... try talking about publicboys then....!!! just becuase twickenham is full of up themselves gits doesnt mean the rest of the union planet is and that includes gloucester etc.?

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:34 pm  

BigRob wrote:

Leicester Tigers 1st team squad:
(A) # of British players who attended public or independent school = 19
(B) # of British players who didn't attend public or independent school = 2

Northampton 1st team squad:
A = 17
B = 10 (including Ashton & Myler)

Saracens 1st team squad:
A = 10
B = 7

London Irish 1st team squad:
A = 14
B = 6

London Wasps 1st team squad:
A = 19
B = 4

Bath 1st team squad:
A = 15
B = 8


I've only been bothered to look at half of the Guinnes Premiership teams so far but I think you can see a pattern emerging.

Top half of current Guinness Premiership table:
# of British players who attended public or independent school = 94
# of British players who didn't attend public or independent school = 37

If you don't see that Union is a totally different world then you're being incredibly naive

where an earth did u get these stats from.?

what are they for wales.?

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:38 pm  

garethtaylor15 wrote:

Thanks headhunter i would love to see some of these peoples facies if they had to play rugby in rhondda/gwent/neath valleys.... try talking about publicboys then....!!! just becuase twickenham is full of up themselves gits doesnt mean the rest of the union planet is and that includes gloucester etc.?

You're correct there - and that is something Welsh RU and Rugby League have always had in common: both very much working class games played by hard men (part of the reason the old boy fraternity were so dead set against broken time payments imo), and a mutual dislike of the snotty-nosed old boy public school setup of English RU.

Which is also why I'm always surprised RL has never flourished in Wales, and has so much potential now (moreso with the Scorpions if you ask me). Tough men with a passion for the oval ball, and also explains why so many Welsh RU lads have done well at RL. It's a good match.

[Durham Giant]

Re: bloody Gaby Yorath / Logan : Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:33 am  

garethtaylor15 wrote:

Thanks headhunter i would love to see some of these peoples facies if they had to play rugby in rhondda/gwent/neath valleys.... try talking about publicboys then....!!! just becuase twickenham is full of up themselves gits doesnt mean the rest of the union planet is and that includes gloucester etc.?

We all know that The Welsh RU is working class and that Gloucester is the same.

But you know as well as i do that the rest of the game is dominated as a Middle class sport and players in the rest of the British isles. that is one of the reasons behind welsh antipathy towards their english cousins and the reason welsh RU players adapted / converted to RL in the late 70s and 80s where as English RU players did not.