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| Quote: Schunter "Can't imagine anything better than being a RL pro good enough to ply my trade in Oz, it staggers me that after 2 years or less most of em want to come back to play over here! ![]()
He might be better staying in Canberra if he stays in the NRL. It's not a bad city in some nice countryside and probably doesn't have the pressures of the Sydney rugby league goldfish bowl and fewer of it's temptations,
Homesickness is a tough one made even worse by the pandemic, relatives can't come out to see him he couldn't have a visit home in the off season so there is that feeling of isolation, however he is in a team environment seeing blokes everyday. If a partner is over with him it is probably more difficult for her, but I would hope that any NRL club hoping to recruit overseas players has a support structure to help in these circumstances, ( Do we have one at Trinity ???)
My eldest daughter emigrated to Australia in January 2013, she got a job and went out on her own. Luckily a work colleague and his family took her under their wing and helped her settle. She's been 'home' twice since then but loves it in Australia, has become an Aussie citizen and met married an Aussie. The only time she's ever missed 'home' was in February when she had a bit of a difficult birth of our granddaughter and she could have done with her mum around her. For my daughter ' it worked' but it doesn't work for everyone so I do have some sympathy for George Williams. It's me and the wife who are getting 'homesick' for Australia having been a few times, but not being able to see 'in the flesh' our granddaughter who will be at least a year old before we can get out there is a killer. God Bless Skype !!
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| Quote: Schunter "Can't imagine anything better than being a RL pro good enough to ply my trade in Oz, it staggers me that after 2 years or less most of em want to come back to play over here! ![]()
There speaks someone who's probably never lived in Australia?
I do get that in career terms the NRL is the place to be so for an RL player it's a bit different.
However, living in Australia is not and never was what it's cracked up to be.
Did you know that just under 70% of the British people who went to Australia under the assisted passage schemes of the fifties and sixties returned to the UK within five years, five weeks in some cases! Why, because it was nothing like the ads, filthy hot, dangerous, no NHS or welfare, no relatives, no friends, no seasons, over Americanised, the list goes on
People see Aus these days either on holiday or on TV travel shows and they think that's how it really is, it isn't. Being lonely, skint, and miserable in the sun, despite what you may believe, is just as bad as in the cold.
Most people are a product of their upbringing and although some can break the bonds most can't and become homesick very quickly. Ever wondered why fifth-generation Irish and Italian immigrants still call themselves Irish or Italian Americans.
So there you go, take it from one who knows. Why Aussies seem to manage it so much better the other way I'm not sure but in a way, some are just coming home on probation. 
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A lot of players don`t like the media pressure that comes with being a player in the NRL and I don`t blame them, the media are like flies around crap in AUS, ready to jump on anything you do, over here players on a national basis are pretty much anonymous in most cases and left to get on with there life without living under a microscope, I know which one I would prefer.
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It is crazy when you watch these NRL programmes and they dissect into what’s going on in the clubs, coaches, players lives, gets pretty personal. Was watching then analyse Ricky Stuart and Josh Hodgson’s relationship, goes way too far. Just watch the interview Andrew Johns does with Phil Gould regarding his ecstasy taking, yes it’s illegal, yes it’s not good but how Gould goes on you’d think he’d done something far more sinister, just droning on and on and on over the same stuff. The media exposure over there makes even our football premier league media look tame.
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| Quote: Pat Bateman "It is crazy when you watch these NRL programmes and they dissect into what’s going on in the clubs, coaches, players lives, gets pretty personal. Was watching then analyse Ricky Stuart and Josh Hodgson’s relationship, goes way too far. Just watch the interview Andrew Johns does with Phil Gould regarding his ecstasy taking, yes it’s illegal, yes it’s not good but how Gould goes on you’d think he’d done something far more sinister, just droning on and on and on over the same stuff. The media exposure over there makes even our football premier league media look tame.'"
Paul Kent is the one that gets me Pat, he has zero morals IMO and he will do anything for a story regardless of the toes he steps on, he does it over and over. |
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| Quote: Schunter "Can't imagine anything better than being a RL pro good enough to ply my trade in Oz, it staggers me that after 2 years or less most of em want to come back to play over here! ![]()
Williams partner is pregnant apparently and the pandemic has restricted a lot of family contact. I can imagine homesickness is very likely in such circumstances. It's been hard enough on people living here.
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| Quote: vastman "There speaks someone who's probably never lived in Australia?
I do get that in career terms the NRL is the place to be so for an RL player it's a bit different.
However, living in Australia is not and never was what it's cracked up to be.
Did you know that just under 70% of the British people who went to Australia under the assisted passage schemes of the fifties and sixties returned to the UK within five years, five weeks in some cases! Why, because it was nothing like the ads, filthy hot, dangerous, no NHS or welfare, no relatives, no friends, no seasons, over Americanised, the list goes on
People see Aus these days either on holiday or on TV travel shows and they think that's how it really is, it isn't. Being lonely, skint, and miserable in the sun, despite what you may believe, is just as bad as in the cold.
Most people are a product of their upbringing and although some can break the bonds most can't and become homesick very quickly. Ever wondered why fifth-generation Irish and Italian immigrants still call themselves Irish or Italian Americans.
So there you go, take it from one who knows. Why Aussies seem to manage it so much better the other way I'm not sure but in a way, some are just coming home on probation. ![]()
He has lived in Oz and I never heard the end of it!!
Don't get him started again!
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| Quote: Mary Millington "He has lived in Oz and I never heard the end of it!!
Don't get him started again! ![]()
Looks like he came back though 
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| Quote: homme vaste "Paul Kent is the one that gets me Pat, he has zero morals IMO and he will do anything for a story regardless of the toes he steps on, he does it over and over.'"
Ye exactly. I love the Matty Johns shoW and Fletch and Hindy, find them very funny. |
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Back in the sharks team as a sub this week. Start shopping elsewhere if we are actually intending to replace Tangata.
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| Quote: supercat "Back in the sharks team as a sub this week. Start shopping elsewhere if we are actually intending to replace Tangata.'"
Thought he'd already signed for us.....  |
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| Quote: Sacred Cow "Thought he'd already signed for us..... ![]()
In all seriousness this was typical Trinity luck. He was happy to come over here for the rest of the season then not long before all was to be agreed and signed off Cronulla sacked their coach and the new guy wanted him to stay. Shame as he’d have lifted the mood but we now need to move on and find someone else. Whilst ever we are waiting to see what is happening with him we are potentially missing out on other targets.
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| Quote: Pat Bateman "Ye exactly. I love the Matty Johns shoW and Fletch and Hindy, find them very funny.'"
Me also
It’s absolutely brilliant
Oddly I’m not enjoying the Matty Johns podcast as much and more though
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| Quote: Sacred Cow "Thought he'd already signed for us..... ![]()
He has but how many times on here do people say a contract is not worth the paper it's written on, which is what I said at the start.
When I had way more to do with the club in the Ted era the number of signed contracts that never happened was manyfold. The one I keep mentioning is Westerman as a teenager because I even saw that one! Never happened, well not for 12 years!
If Cronulla decide not to fight I reckon AF will be with us quite soon, I'm willing to bet your house on that 
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