Geoff Probyn : Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:42 pm  

I am attending a dinner on Friday night where the guest speaker is the ex-England Rugby Union prop Geoff Probyn.

At the end of the evening the diners will be invited to ask Geoff questions.

I am considering askingGeoff "you played rugby union at the highest possible level. In all honesty do you think that you would have been good enough to have played amateur rugby league?"

Unless of course any of you have any better suggestions.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:46 pm  

How big is Will Carling's schlong?

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:02 pm  

Ask him if he felt any embarrassment when England won the grand slam without scoring a single try!

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:37 pm  

Or ask him how on earth did Jason Leonard get over 100 caps at international level, when he could hardly walk let alone run.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:41 pm  

Ask what was more physically demanding; Beating the cream of European Rugby (pah) or beating one off over Thatcher?

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:06 pm  

Moe syslak wrote:

Ask him if he felt any embarrassment when England won the grand slam without scoring a single try!

What year was that?

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:27 pm  

Never - he's made it up.

Re: Geoff Probyn : Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:43 pm  

Kol Witless wrote:

I am considering askingGeoff "you played rugby union at the highest possible level. In all honesty do you think that you would have been good enough to have played amateur rugby league?"

maybe thats one to ask Mike Nicholas or John Bevan

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:12 pm  

John Bevan, Mike Nicholas - definately not, and neither would I ask that question to Frank Reynolds, Bobby Wanbon, Derek Finnegan, Allan Bateman, or for that matter the dozens of other RU players who have changed code and proved to be so succesful.

But the question could undoubtedly be put to Geoff Probyn...In case you don't remember him too well I will remind you; a fat bloke who strolled from scrum to scrum and lineout to lineout, thats Geoff.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:28 pm  

Kol Witless wrote:

John Bevan, Mike Nicholas - definately not, and neither would I ask that question to Frank Reynolds, Bobby Wanbon, Derek Finnegan, Allan Bateman, or for that matter the dozens of other RU players who have changed code and proved to be so succesful.

But the question could undoubtedly be put to Geoff Probyn...In case you don't remember him too well I will remind you; a fat bloke who strolled from scrum to scrum and lineout to lineout, thats Geoff.

That's what props in union do.
He wasn't that fat.
And it's Jeff.