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sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:33 pm
by bayman
according to sky sonny bill williams has quit the bulldogs & will play rugby union in france

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:22 pm
by Mr66
Leigh Matthews last week said that AFL players treat the game like a job.
That is true, but at least they aren't as bad as the heartless mercenaries that League players appear to be.

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:30 pm
by GWW
bayman wrote:according to sky sonny bill williams has quit the bulldogs & will play rugby union in france


Is Candice Falzon going too?

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:21 pm
by Dirko
GWW wrote:
bayman wrote:according to sky sonny bill williams has quit the bulldogs & will play rugby union in france


Is Candice Falzon going too?


nah she's coming.... :shock: :roll:

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:50 pm
by magpie in the 80's
SJABC wrote:
GWW wrote:
bayman wrote:according to sky sonny bill williams has quit the bulldogs & will play rugby union in france


Is Candice Falzon going too?


nah she's coming.... :shock: :roll:


nah she goes out with west coast eagles player who Hall knocked out

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:50 pm
by magpie in the 80's
SBW leaves the NRL and more to follow with the likes of Willie Mason, Johnathon Thurston, Adam McDougall and possible youngsters Greg Inglis and Israel Foulau in the next couple of years

http://www.leaguehq.com.au/articles/200 ... digitalxml

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:59 pm
by Strawb
The NRL is Stuffed toooo many players r now jumping ship to go and get big dollars O.S then comming back here for more money to finish off their careers. The NRL needs to address this problem. France, England and Union are robbing the NRL blind of its stars.

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:19 am
by Magpiespower
Willie Mason's agent is shopping him around.

And with former Waratahs coach Ewen McKenzie at Stade Francais, reakon more NRL players will make the jump.

Had to laugh when David Gallop appealed to the IRB to side with the NRL on this one.

After a century of cashed-up league clubs plundering rugby for talent - fat chance!

Money Bill has backed himself into a corner here. He's done his dash at Belmore and now the NRL is threatening to deregister him.

Overnight, he's become a pariah that nobody wants a bar of. But I bet if he did return to the NRL (which I can't see happening) clubs would line up for him.

Reakon Toulon will buy out his contract but the Bulldogs will want more than the $1.6m left on his deal.

They'll probably want a bit extra compensation to soften the blow of losing the player the club had built around, on-and-off the ground...

heartless mercenaries that League players appear to be.


The clubs created this monster.

Nobody wants to end up like Kirk Reynoldson.

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:55 am
by am Bays
Peter Fitzsimons column in the SMH last week exposing Gordon Tallis' hypocrisy in crticising Mark Gasnier's decision to play Rugby in france was quite apt I thought....

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:12 pm
by MightyEagles
If he doesn't come back he could be arrestted.

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:09 pm
by GWW
MightyEagles wrote:If he doesn't come back he could be arrestted.


What would he be charged with?

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:06 am
by magpie in the 80's
SBW has been subpoenaed to appear in court next week

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=604824

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:09 am
by GWW
Given that article, i think its a bit misleading to say he'll be arrested. I'm not a lawyer but i don't think an injunction relates to criminal charges.

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:25 am
by Magpiespower
Been a busy 24 hours...

- The NRL and the Bulldogs take legal action against Money Bill.
- Jonathon Thurston and Frank Pritchard linked to French rugby with more to come.
- Mark Geyer threatens legal action against Khoder Nasser.
- Phil Gould attacks David Gallop and defends SBW.

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:43 am
by MightyEagles
GWW wrote:
MightyEagles wrote:If he doesn't come back he could be arrestted.


What would he be charged with?


Not sure, just going on what I hear.

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:58 pm
by MagicKiwi
LOL at all of this. About face by everyone. They will now welcome him back with open arms, this whole thing has been hilarious. As Mr MK says, Run Sonny Run. :lol:

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:45 pm
by Grahaml
I can't blame a guy for taking the 500k+ a season extra he'd earn in France.

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:32 am
by Magpiespower
Go the Central Coast Dogs!

:D

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:11 pm
by brod
Looks like its a group of quality people....ex All Black Jerry Collins is a team mate

Re: sonny bill leaves the bulldogs

PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:40 pm
by MagicKiwi
Umaga is coach. Both are ex-Wellington Hurricanes players also.