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Double whammy moment, we signed Andy ing Currier to replace him.
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| Quote: Fantastic Mr Catpiss "Double whammy moment, we signed Andy loving Currier to replace him.'"
don't I know it.
That's like reminding me if that Lydon drop goal....argh doh! |
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| Quote: Fantastic Mr Catpiss "Double whammy moment, we signed Andy loving Currier to replace him.'"
A poor time in Wire history.
I remember half the letters to the Guardian one week (when the rumours were abound that we were signing him) were fans BEGGING the club not to sign him.
Peter Higham wrote an open letter in the following week's edition, basically telling the fans to shut up, and he'll sign who he wants. Days later, the dirty deed was done.
Peter Higham's darkest hour. Sad, really.
Disgrace of a player. |
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| Quote: lefty goldblatt "A poor time in Wire history.
I remember half the letters to the Guardian one week (when the rumours were abound that we were signing him) were fans BEGGING the club not to sign him.
Peter Higham wrote an open letter in the following week's edition, basically telling the fans to shut up, and he'll sign who he wants. Days later, the dirty deed was done.
Peter Higham's darkest hour. Sad, really.
Disgrace of a player.'"
Just disgrace covers it. |
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I feel grubby just reading his name.
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Remind me - what was the issue with Andy Currier?
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| Quote: Wires71 "Remind me - what was the issue with Andy Currier?'"
Careful!! You'll break the Internet, with questions like that. |
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| Quote: lefty goldblatt "Careful!! You'll break the Internet, with questions like that.'"
Too right.
If you forgot then leave it. |
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Andy Currier switched codes, joined my RU side, London Welsh and scored 50 tries quicker than any other player in our history, and we have quite some history.
I kid you not. He was quite a hero at Old Deer Park.
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| Quote: Anthony Jones "Andy Currier switched codes, joined my RU side, London Welsh and scored 50 tries quicker than any other player in our history, and we have quite some history.
I kid you not. He was quite a hero at Old Deer Park.'"
Same club as Rowland Philips. How was he? |
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While he never hit the heady heights I liked Rowland as a player. Our game is definitely poorer now the Welsh conveyor belt is broken.
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| Quote: Builth Wells Wire "Same club as Rowland Philips. How was he?'"
Rowland captained and coached London Welsh.
He's now coaching the Wales RU ladies team, of which his daughter Carys is the captain. |
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I was never sure as to why Roland didn't get more game time. He was clearly popular with the fans but not with the coaching staff. Could it be that he had a bonus payment due after a certain number of first team games?
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Jiffy drinks in the same bar as myself and my wife. We see him there quite regularly. |
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Quote: Kwik Fertle "Classy player. Enjoyed watching the Welsh contingent at Wire with Bateman, Kevin Ellis, Roland Phillips and 2 magical years of Jonathan Davies.'"
This might interest you
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09w01q4
BBC 2 Wales (not sure if it's on in England) at 7PM this coming Sunday 11th March.
It might be good, or it might be a pile of cliched cack, but I'll give it a watch, then decide.
The Rugby Codebreakers.
Documentary charting the life-changing and controversial experiences of the Welsh Rugby League player. It uncovers the hidden history of the players who turned their back on the land of their fathers, becoming pariahs and outcasts in their own country - but heroes and legends in a foreign land. During rugby union's amateur era (1895-1995) more than 150 capped and uncapped Welsh rugby union players did the unthinkable and 'went north', switching codes to play Rugby League. But once they had become code-breakers, many went onto become huge success stories across the north of England - stories that have remained largely untold in Wales.
Carolyn Hitt uncovers why so many men gave up their dreams of playing for Wales to seek fame and fortune among the mills of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It's a story that explores the impact of class, racial prejudice and devastating economic change on the game at the heart of Welsh identity. |
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Quote: Kwik Fertle "Classy player. Enjoyed watching the Welsh contingent at Wire with Bateman, Kevin Ellis, Roland Phillips and 2 magical years of Jonathan Davies.'"
This might interest you
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09w01q4
BBC 2 Wales (not sure if it's on in England) at 7PM this coming Sunday 11th March.
It might be good, or it might be a pile of cliched cack, but I'll give it a watch, then decide.
The Rugby Codebreakers.
Documentary charting the life-changing and controversial experiences of the Welsh Rugby League player. It uncovers the hidden history of the players who turned their back on the land of their fathers, becoming pariahs and outcasts in their own country - but heroes and legends in a foreign land. During rugby union's amateur era (1895-1995) more than 150 capped and uncapped Welsh rugby union players did the unthinkable and 'went north', switching codes to play Rugby League. But once they had become code-breakers, many went onto become huge success stories across the north of England - stories that have remained largely untold in Wales.
Carolyn Hitt uncovers why so many men gave up their dreams of playing for Wales to seek fame and fortune among the mills of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It's a story that explores the impact of class, racial prejudice and devastating economic change on the game at the heart of Welsh identity. | |
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