Eastern states bias

[Sagerian]

The following picture is from the SMH's 'Rugby Heaven' site with the caption "Beale and lumbering Force forward" (or something like that).



Question. Was this about a second before Beale got flattened by that same forward?

That's an awesome pic!

[Use The Force]

I thought it was Stanners who flattened Beale?

[travelling_gerry]

anyone got the time to go back over the video and see if he got nailed?

[Burgs]

Was definately Stanners that ironed him out but I don't think it was during this incident.
I have a hunch that the Force player is Boof but I'm not sure.

[AndyS]

Actually, we were talking somewhere about Beale being a bit small, but he looks fairly solid there with a lot of growing to do.

[Jess]

Well he got up after that massive hit stanners put on him...

Obviously a lot tougher than he looks.

[Burgs]

Must have taken the brunt of it on the head.....

[Use The Force]

He reminds me a bit of Preston Campbell in League

[WF2006]

I have a hunch that the Force player is Boof but I'm not sure.

Can't be sure of who it is but the number looks to have a few curves in it..............hence probably not boof? If I was to guess the number, at first glance it looks like 9, but the hair do is a bit normal for Henna's. Maybe Brown?

[Burgs]

You are right in the first bit WF2006.
I'm now thinking Doherty with a #5?

[blindsid3]

dragging us back on topic....

Today's only (current) Rugby story on www.thewest.com.au is

drum roll please, yep you guessed it

Tah dah...

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=13

"Waratahs boosted by Lyons Return"

can we have some stuff about our own team please?

[Sagerian]

Oh Lyons is returning? Sweet!

[frontrow]

Surely our guys do things during the week which warrent media attention, of the positive kind, not the eagles kind...Charity work, school programs, injury updates, team issues, coach comments,etc yet we hear about the Tahs getting Lyons back...I suppose you come to expect that over here though...

[Sagerian]

It was 5 or 6, they showed it for a split second on an ad for this week's games.

He did make a move very much like that on Cannon, but the pic doesn't really look like him.

[stejwill]

I agree Fozzy - it makes a change from the endless AFL stories.