Anyway. Despite the efforts of fans of irrelevant northern. Pit towns who feel threatened by the emergence of Toronto, let’s get this thread back on topic. I thought SBW came across exceptionally well In the press conference at Arsenal’s stadium.

You'll find that's because he received extensive media training from the NZRU and is well versed in saying what people want to hear.

I did not see the press conference, but I did see the BBC World News segment, available to tens of millions of viewers around the world, including North America, France and the United Kingdom. In this interview Sonny Bill Williams came across as a humble man and a gentleman. He and the interviewer mentioned that he had switched from rugby union to rugby league more than once. This was very important.

My conclusion was that it was a strong positive for rugby league, which will surely be followed up when Sonny Bill Williams makes his playing debut for Toronto Wolfpack in the UK in February, and again when he makes his playing debut in the great city of Toronto in May.

My only regret is that we don't have teams from Toulouse and London playing in Super League in 2020, because that would have magnified the impact of Sonny Bill Williams' presence even further in important parts of the world where we also want the game to expand.

Needs some 'sense of humour' tablets though.

https://youtu.be/Or3-6XSrvYY

https://youtu.be/Or3-6XSrvYY

Good interview that.

Sonny Bill Laden

a racist Leigh fan. What a surprise

What are you on about ? Laden is an Arabic surname. It rhymes with you know who, nothing more.
And Leigh fans are racist are they/we, as a rule I think you'll find we are not.

Disgraceful.

You are trying to link Sonny Bill Williams with a now deceased terrorist leader because SBW is a Muslim.

As I told your mate, no I wasn't. Why are you on here so often ?

The more he winds up,the more he flogs his log.

Us Leigh fan are racists Cokey....disgraceful comment by Stephanie !

He's obviously got his back to the wall. When you used the word Laden, I immediately thought you meant SBW was being paid so much, he was weighed down with all that money. But Jean Curry used it as a chance to use the race card.

I didn't

What a pathetic attempt to defend Kennedy's Islamophobic remark!

Nobody is going to fall for that far fetched explanation.

The Leigh tag team -- Cokey, Budgiezilla, RoyBoy29 and Kennedy -- have brought themselves into disrepute.

Sonny Bill Williams is a Muslim and a very respected law abiding member of the Australian and New Zealand democratic communities. To try and link him with a notorious terrorist and mass murderer is nothing short of disgraceful.

Hey Capcurry, don't be so impertinent, and don't accuse,or insinuate what I meant with my post. You're nothing but a lying trouble maker.

Who is this mythical Capcurry? Is he a character in one of the comic books you read?

No, characters on the VT.

I did a check of members of the VT and could not find anyone named "Capcurry." I think that you need a new pair of glasses.

He believes in an imaginary being and needs to use the threat of some form of made-up, imaginary judgement day to make him a better person. This in fact does not make him a better person. It makes him deluded and a better actor. Good rugby player but a demagogue like any one who promotes their religion.

What have I said thats Islamaphobic..

That is a serious accusation, one which I expect the mods on here to pull you up about, but im guessing that wont happen.

I never said that you made an Islamophobic comment, I accused Kennedy of that. I simply said that the Leigh tag team, which includes you, have brought themselves into disrepute by making fantastic and implausible attempts to explain away the Kennedy comment.

But back on topic, Sonny Bill Williams is having a great impact on the awareness of rugby league around the world. We need to build on this, especially in the days leading up to SBW's debut against Castleford.