Is his wife called Viola?



I'll get me coat....

Some of you lot have got a bigger chip on your collective shoulders than WTW fans, and that takes some doing!

Once again - this has got naff all to do with Castleford.

HTH.

Then why are you constantly here trolling?

As I mentioned a couple of days ago - regardless of whether you think he should be playing or not, why have this debate on a thread that was set up to say well done to Rangi for his match award?

Gronk - just so you're clear, disagreeing with the prevailing view, playing devils advocate or indeed arguing with the incumbent cock(s) of the walk does not constitute trolling. HTH.

Georgie - I think I responded to the orginal post by expressing my bafflement at the award; I remain baffled by it, as did Rangi by the look of his spaced out expression during the post-match.

If you want the discussion moved to the other thread, talk to your mods - I can't help you there.

Looks like Bren2k has a bit of a problem with our star half back playing for England. How many Wakefield players got picked again...? Oh dear, none. Your bitterness and jelousy stand out like a sore thumb. Numpty.

For the final time, for the hard of thinking - I have a problem with a New Zealander playing for England; I don't give a rat's ar5e who he plays for. Wazzock.

Can anyone answer my question from earlier. Now he's represented England at Rugby League does he actually need a visa to play in the domestic league.?

Dont know for certain but i have never heard of international selection effecting visa issues. I doubt his visa situation has changed at all.

Well if you don't have a problem who he plays for, then why not naff off onto another board to whinge about it. because in all honesty no-one here really cares what you think.

Post in the should chase play for england thread then and not in the well done rangi chase thread.

My sentiments exactly.

But the thread's simply intended to congratulate him on receiving it... that's why it's headed "Well done Rangi" Surely any discussion on the subject should go elsewhere.



Sorry, I've read the AUP. I'm not even going to begin to do anything that could be interpreted as criticising the moderation process. You can help us all by posting on the appropriate thread, however.

Okay, it's got nothing to do with Castleford. So let's stretch the empirical evidence to breaking point and assume that it's nothing to do with Castleford. So where does that leave us? It leaves us with a vociferous group of Rangi Chase nay-sayers, most of who (quite coincidentally) also appear to also be Wakey fans. Fine.

I'd like to ask, therefore, how you feel about (say) Maurie Fa'asavalu? Or Danny Brough? Or Anthony Minicello? In fact let's widen the debate - how do you feel about Greg Rusedski? Kevin Pietersen? Craig Keiswetter? The list goes on...

In terms of representative football, Rangi Chase has turned out (afaik) for the NZ Maoris and the Exiles. Now I don't know how the feeling is generally but to me the Exiles are nothing more than a feeble attempt to give England a decent game wrapped in a spin of RFL marketing bull. Okay, by definition playing for them means you weren't born in England, but that just brings me to the Maoris. I've got no desire to demean or belittle the indigenous people of NZ, but the fact is that playing for the Maoris is a cultural, not a nationalistic thing. I doubt anyone in the world is more proud than Rangi himself of his Maori roots, but global politics is such that being a Maori doesn't define a national identity, simply a cultural one.

So Rangi's already turned out for a team which ties him to his cultural heritage (good on him) and a side dreamed up by the marketeers at Red Hall. And somehow that's worse than Broughy turning out for Scotland AND England? Or Minicello deciding he's Aussie AND Italian?

Come off it!

I'll take that as an apology.

You know when Bren has been proven wrong when he starts making sarcastic comments.