Nic Berry
Luke Burgess
Matt Henjak
Josh Holmes
Chris O'Young
Patrick Phibbs
Brett Sheehan
Yeah Exile...
gosh!
Every forwards dream is to become a back...
well there you go, my mistake
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
Yeah Exile........
Breaking news c/o Fox:
Halfback curse strikes Sheehan
By Darren Walton
August 10, 2006
AUSTRALIA selection bolter Brett Sheehan is hoping a freakish training mishap will not rule him out of the most important match of his life.
Sheehan, 26, suffered a suspected fractured eye socket when struck by the corner of a tackle bag in a drill with Wallabies skills coach Scott Wisemantel at the very end of a training session in Canberra today.
Sheehan had emerged as the frontrunner to be George Gregan's back-up for Australia's must-win Tri-Nations Test against New Zealand on Saturday week, amid concerns that teenage star Josh Holmes was too risky a proposition.
But the New South Wales halfback was taken to hospital to see an opthalmologist late tonight after he was temporarily blinded in the right eye as a result of the accident.
Asked if the injury was serious, Sheehan said: "I hope not. That'd be good, wouldn't it."
Sheehan's injury scare was the last thing the Wallabies needed, with fellow halfbacks Sam Cordingley and Josh Valentine already ruled out with respective foot and ankle injuries.
Cordingley was mounting a serious challenge to Gregan's No.9 position before he suffered a recurrence of an injury in Australia's unconvincing win over South Africa in Sydney last Saturday night.
The injury sidelined him for most of the Super 14 season.
Cordingley said today that he would be back on crutches next week and would be out of action for at least a month.
In a best-case scenario, Cordingley will be available for the Wallabies' end-of-season tour of Europe, but he admits he may require surgery and another long stint on the sidelines.
Valentine will also miss the rest of the Tri-Nations tournament, leaving Sheehan and Holmes in a two-way race to win the role as Gregan's deputy.
Wallabies coach John Connolly insisted he remained undecided about which player to pick - and that he was even considering a third and much less likely scenario of using Matt Giteau as reserve scrum half - five-eighth Stephen Larkham felt it was probably too soon to thrust Holmes into the Test arena.
Holmes, the Australia Under-21 captain, is widely considered to be Gregan's long-term successor but Larkham echoed the earlier concerns of Connolly's and assistant coach Scott Johnson that the teenager might not be ready to face the might of the All Blacks.
Unlike Sheehan, who has two years experience at provincial level, Holmes, 19, is yet to play Super 14 football.
"The step up from Super 14 to Test level is quite a big step and, to not even have played Super 14 level, it's going to be a big ask to try and step up and play Test level," Larkham said.
Regardless of who gets the nod, Larkham maintains Gregan, despite being under constant pressure to retain his job, remains Australia's premier halfback and captain 10 months out from the Rugby World Cup in France.
"I think George has been playing extremely well this year and he's come under a bit of harsh criticism, particularly after the South African game, which the whole side was pretty flat going into," he said.
"I've got a very good understanding with George.
"I've played with him for over 10 years now and I've always said I wouldn't have any other halfback inside me, and I think that still holds true today.
"George is playing some of the best football of his career.
"All the players in the side are very happy with the way George is playing, and very happy with him to be captain because he certainly leads by example.
"He takes a lot of pressure off some of the younger players in the team because the experience he brings."
AAP
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
They must stuff tackle bags with something else than the ones I used....I never heard of anyone injuring themselves by hitting the corner of a bag.....now if there was an elbow loitering around the corner.......
Originally Posted by Bernie
...it's always the quiet ones isn't it.
Maybe a late call up for Henjak? Giteau doesnt want to play 9 or me.
Has Giteau ever met you, TLH? How do you know that he doesn't want to play you???!!!
Your spending far to much time with your Scottish bollocks mate Jedi.Im not going to lower my standards and give you a explanation.
trust you to take something beautiful and make it sound dirty, Sage ....
I thought maybe you had a secret that you wanted to share with us - that you had a new playmate to kick a ball around with!Your spending far to much time with your Scottish bollocks mate Jedi.Im not going to lower my standards and give you a explanation.
I thought it was quite witty... *looks down and kicks the ground*
There's a rumour that the bag was being held by Josh Holmes' Dad
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
Well, it was half way there Sage
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
Oh ha ha....
I see what you're up to, trying to make out I'm a half-wit... I'm not stupid you know.
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