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[img:93clzxoe]http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/Includes/Images/STHE/supersaints.jpg[/img:93clzxoe] King piemon wrote - What a pile of $hit It was cack the whole team and i for one aint impressed AJ wrote - Sean Long once again tore us to pieces. Its all well and good us singing Sean Long is a W@nker, but he was laughing back along by conducting the chant whilst ripping us to bits. Robinson wrote - Saints - it depends on whether the side can get over their mental block. We're more than capable of beating 'Dads Army', but it appears that Wigan still shiit themselves at the mere sight of a red V.:27550.jpg



The Saints team were on our plane this season on the way home from Catalan and i see Des Drummond every week

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Quote: The Glorious League Freak "When to high school with Ben Galea, he was in year 10 when I was in year 7 (And none of this crap about us being the same age!)
I bet you started in the same year though - remedial classes holding you back and all that icon_wink.gif

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You've stolen my washing From out my back garden You've tarmacked my driveway Even though I said no You've nicked my lead flashing And weighed it in at the scrappy Oh St Helen's tatters Come rob me again:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_25852.jpg



Quote: Barry_McKenzie "No need to name them if you don't want to.

Maybe you once found yourself on a plane sitting next to a small GB half back/hooker from Pontefract who bears more than a passing resemblance to Mini Me from the Austin Powers movies?

Maybe you work in a bakery in Merseyside and often sell your entire weekly stock of pies to an incredibly overweight Wales/GB hooker in a single transaction?

Maybe you live next door to a follicly challenged centre from Yorkshire who sells everything he owns on a well known internet auction site?


Lets hear your stories people.'"


And of course, you once shared a toilet cubicle with Andrew Johns.

I've met Bright Sodje. What do i win?

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mal meninga,andy platt and phil vievers all turned up at my 21 st birthday.invited by a friend without me knowing!
needless to say i never got round to seeing all my aunts and uncles

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Met loads of players at the Bulls.

One of the first players I ever met was Henry Paul. He was in Bradford one weekend before he was announced as a Bradford signing - he was still officially at Wigan at the time.

The Bulls had a touch rugby tournament on in the fields behind Odsal stadium and the Wags were playing a game - while trying not to break a nail, it was the worst attempt at rugby I've ever seen apart from our home game against Celtic earlier this year.

Henry's son was only a baby at the time and he was on baby sitting duties. All afternoon he had a long queue of Bulls fans waiting to get him to sign autographs. He'd signed hundreds of Bulls shirts long before he ever became a Bulls player.

Loads of people were getting their pictures taken with him too, many of them holding his son. There must be hundreds of people in Bradford who have pictures of themselves holding Henry's kid.

He was really approachable so I asked him how it felt to be a player from a rival team who gets such adoration from the opposition. He was very modest about it and was happy to chat about that and the various games going on.

The least pleasant player I've ever met was Shaun Edwards. When he signed for Bradford his first ever appearance at a Bulls event was at the shirt presentation night. The idea was that people would mingle with players and get autographs and pictures he arrived late and with a large man who was trying to keep people away from him, he was very reluctant to speak to anyone.
I managed to corner him to get my shirt signed but he didn't speak or even make eye contact.

Later that year I saw him come into the Top House pub in Odsal. London and Wigan were playing and the game was being shown on the big screen so there were a lot of Bulls fans in watching. He bought a pint and sat down in the middle of a load of them. One asked him who he was cheering for - a reasonable question as he'd played for both - he grunted "London" and then walked out with a grumpy face never to darken the door again.

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[i:2v2cei1t]'You put your Wendell in, You take your Brownie out, You put your Bennett in, And you make it to the 8, You do the Oki Chokie, And you get knocked out, Thats what St George are about' [/i:2v2cei1t] [quote="dally messenger":2v2cei1t]parra had no ball and still looked like scoring all the time[/quote:2v2cei1t] [quote="The Chief":2v2cei1t]What a knob Barrie MacKenzie is.[/quote:2v2cei1t] [quote="gutterfax":2v2cei1t]I like Bazza. He chose the name of a cross dressing Austalian institutions other persona.....and is your typical Aussie w@nker living in London whilst he tries to get some culture by visiting Prague to get pi55ed on Cheap Star, getting a fondle from a dodgy hooker in amsterdam and eating a snail for a bet when in paris. All of these things will make him a cultural icon when his visa runs out and he is sent the way of his great grandparents....alas, not in chains this time.[/quote:2v2cei1t] NEW COMPETITION COMING SOON!! YOU COULD BE THE NEXT BARRY McKENZIE!! WATCH THIS SPACE!! Barry McKenzie can be contacted at aussielegendbaz@gmail.com:45452.jpg



Quote: Ewwenorfolk "Often see Ryan Atkins, Jamie Peacock and Mark Calderwood around. The first is a friend of a friend.'"


Next time you see Mr Peacock can you please thank him from me for all the laughs he has given me whilst conducting post match interviews and for getting beaten up by every player he picks a fight with icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif

I'm serious, that bloke is a comedy genius!

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Quote: littlerich "I bet you started in the same year though - remedial classes holding you back and all that
I'm actually three years older than him.

Anyway, looking forward to 2010.....Year 8 here I come!

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I had a long term sexual relationship with Fui Fui Moi Moi.

You heard me!

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I once sold a cup of tea to the great Ike Southward. But that was probably well before your time Barry.

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Quote: AndreaB "Met loads of players at the Bulls.

One of the first players I ever met was Henry Paul. He was in Bradford one weekend before he was announced as a Bradford signing - he was still officially at Wigan at the time.

The Bulls had a touch rugby tournament on in the fields behind Odsal stadium and the Wags were playing a game - while trying not to break a nail, it was the worst attempt at rugby I've ever seen apart from our home game against Celtic earlier this year.

Henry's son was only a baby at the time and he was on baby sitting duties. All afternoon he had a long queue of Bulls fans waiting to get him to sign autographs. He'd signed hundreds of Bulls shirts long before he ever became a Bulls player.

Loads of people were getting their pictures taken with him too, many of them holding his son. There must be hundreds of people in Bradford who have pictures of themselves holding Henry's kid.

He was really approachable so I asked him how it felt to be a player from a rival team who gets such adoration from the opposition. He was very modest about it and was happy to chat about that and the various games going on.

The least pleasant player I've ever met was Shaun Edwards. When he signed for Bradford his first ever appearance at a Bulls event was at the shirt presentation night. The idea was that people would mingle with players and get autographs and pictures he arrived late and with a large man who was trying to keep people away from him, he was very reluctant to speak to anyone.
I managed to corner him to get my shirt signed but he didn't speak or even make eye contact.

Later that year I saw him come into the Top House pub in Odsal. London and Wigan were playing and the game was being shown on the big screen so there were a lot of Bulls fans in watching. He bought a pint and sat down in the middle of a load of them. One asked him who he was cheering for - a reasonable question as he'd played for both - he grunted "London" and then walked out with a grumpy face never to darken the door again.'"


Maybe its his Bad Head that makes him grumpy.
He is a player that has got a lot uglier as he has grown older.

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One of my favourite memories...

Was at university in the early 90's and our RL team president managed to organise for us to play a curtain raiser to the GB - France game in the South of France

The game itself was a nightmare - we were somewhat stitched up and ended up playing something like the France U21 team - I stopped counting when they had scored 70

But.. the night out was great, we were drinking with the GB team (apart from Clarke and Hanley who stayed in the hotel being professional)

The highlight of the night was Andy Gregory taking the out of Kevin Ward from inside a bar so Ward decided to put his hand through the window and cut it open!!

While I'm on the subject - a memory I'll never forget is walking past the changing rooms on that afternoon and Ward was just leaving the pitch... looking at the bloke walking towards me in full kit and looking like a monster my only thought was I'm glad I didn't play professionally against that every week

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I was chatting to the Widnes players when they were up for a social in Edinburgh a few years ago.

Spoke to John Stankevitch and Gary Connolly, Baz and Tez were also there.

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Only time i've ever really spoke to a rugby player for longer than the friendly chit chat was Bradley Clyde doing this Leeds days. Both stuck in Leeds train station waiting for the same train to arrive which was delayed.

Was a good guy and we spoke for a good half hour or so.

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I've served a few players during my time working in Leeds. Leon Pryce, Nick Fozzard (just after he'd signed for Saints, we had a good natter about the club), Richie Mather (arrogant little sh*t), Willie Mason, Lote Tiquiri, Freddie Fittler and Danny Buderus were all in one afternoon when the Aussies were staying in Leeds. Buderus came in a few times and was a lovely guy to chat with, really approachable and willing to chat.

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Being a regular traveller I have met many NRL players in airports and on planes. Met alot of the Raiders one day at Burger King in Sydney airport. Wiki was a really nice guy and Daley was a laugh. Was on the plane with the AFL St Kilda team last week and they were nice lads, all looked very young which is bad sign for me!

I seem to often end up on the plane with the netball teams, which is fun as I usually end up stretching with them at the back of the plane! (and no that isn't a euphormism for anything!!)

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