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Correct, he's had a pretty good career but he's 41 and his last fight was Hopoate. He's looking for a pay day because fighting Gallen brings a pay day.
Got a good record and he's 6'5" so he's quite taller than Gallen. i think he's about 2cm taller than Barry Hall.
Gallen's fitness will be 10 times what Browne's will be.
CrazyMatt
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But are you enjoying the trash talk
Usual fake bull****. Turns me off the fight if I’m honest so I’m trying to avoid reading about it.
HaroldBishop
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Yeah I hear ya, gets tiring.
I ignore most news actually. It's mostly hype or the Murdoch agenda anyways.
Gards
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This got me thinking regarding doping (alleged &/or unintentional) and Gal. Was he boxing throughout 2013 / 2014 while all the ASADA **** was going on and his eventually back dated ban from playing NRL?
Was there any impact on his boxing in terms of sanctions or backlash? I cannot remember
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Gal will be at Canterbury Hurlstone Park (Inner West) RSL tonight 7PM for the All Star Boxing event and I think might be a bit of a meet and greet on with him, is listed as a special guest
It's a 2 minute walk up the road from me and was planning on popping in there this arvo for some cold ones anyway
It's a 2 minute walk up the road from me and was planning on popping in there this arvo for some cold ones anyway
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Give him a wet willy for me.
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was eating steak - 100% signing for us
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Time to sell some tickets - Lucky Gal never came across a fella called Dank
https://www.theroar.com.au/combat/v...ucas-brownes-physique-ahead-of-fight-1116271/
https://www.theroar.com.au/combat/v...ucas-brownes-physique-ahead-of-fight-1116271/
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I thought this came up cos he’d signed a $1.00 contract to play for a few rounds to get us through these injuries!
Not even sure something like that would be possible these days under current cap rules, not sure how they used to get it through, no minimum wage?
Don’t think Warriors have forgiven Toby enough to send us a loan player
Don’t think Warriors have forgiven Toby enough to send us a loan player
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Sharks legend Paul Gallen says the club's decision to part ways with John Morris with immediate effect is "harsh", adding that he has been torn by the coaching saga.
Morris' future was officially confirmed on Tuesday after the club agreed to a three-year deal with Roosters assistant Craig Fitzgibbon to be the coach from 2022 onward.
Gallen questioned the club's messy handling of the coaching turnover and said he was confused by why Morris had been let go in the middle of a season.
"I don't know why they didn't stick with him," he told 2GB's Wide World of Sports Radio.
"I can understand them looking at other options and them not thinking John can take them to a premiership, but I think it's pretty harsh that he's not able to see out the year.
"He's done a good job to date and I feel extremely sorry for him. I thought to see out the year would have been the right thing to do, but who knows what they were thinking.
"The other side of it is, had John Morris been telling (the players) what to do throughout the year and him not being there next year, maybe the club thought it wouldn't work."
While Gallen is optimistic about the Fitzgibbon hire, and particularly the prospect of a coaching dream team with Panthers assistant Cameron Ciraldo and Storm coach Craig Bellamy, he admitted that the saga had put him in a tough position personally.
"It's a hard one for me (because) I'm stuck right in the middle," he said.
"Obviously I've dedicated my whole career to the Cronulla Sharks and they are my employer, so to go against what they're doing would be a stupid thing to do.
"On the other hand, I played with John Morris, I've been coached by John Morris and I consider myself to be a personal friend of John Morris.
"I've got to be honest, the way that it's been handled hasn't been great."
Ciraldo is yet to agree to terms with Cronulla, but is widely expected to join the club as Fitzgibbon's assistant.
It is also unclear whether Bellamy has discussed terms with Cronulla, but Gallen believes that the veteran coach is intrigued by the Sharks' pitch.
"I was with Gus Gould last night on 100% Footy and he actually phoned someone from Penrith about Ciraldo, he phoned Nick Politis directly, he phoned Fitzy directly to talk about what was happening and Craig Bellamy's name kept coming up," he said.
"Craig Bellamy has apparently not yet said no. He's very busy with the Melbourne Storm at the moment, but I don't think Craig Bellamy is the type of guy to string anyone along.
"I don't think he's going to stuff the Cronulla Sharks around if he wasn't genuinely interested.
"If they're able to get all three, I think it's massive and it's a huge coup for the club, I think it's unreal."
The Sharks' decision on the coaching hire comes after players had pleaded with the club to make a definitive call. Gallen believes that the players will not be greatly impacted by Morris' mid-season departure.
"At least they've made a decision. This has been the whole issue with this situation, the Sharks haven't been prepared to go and make a tough decision," he said.
"Now they've ripped the band-aid off and they've done it all in one day, so now we can all just move on.
"That club and that playing group have faced a hell of a lot of things over the years and they are an extremely resilient club and a tough group of players.
"Once you get on the field and you cross that white line, you have no excuses. You've got to go out there and do your job to the best of your ability. I don't see this as a reason for destabilising the Sharks' season."
Sharks legend Paul Gallen says the club's decision to part ways with John Morris with immediate effect is "harsh", adding that he has been torn by the coaching saga.
Morris' future was officially confirmed on Tuesday after the club agreed to a three-year deal with Roosters assistant Craig Fitzgibbon to be the coach from 2022 onward.
Gallen questioned the club's messy handling of the coaching turnover and said he was confused by why Morris had been let go in the middle of a season.
"I don't know why they didn't stick with him," he told 2GB's Wide World of Sports Radio.
"I can understand them looking at other options and them not thinking John can take them to a premiership, but I think it's pretty harsh that he's not able to see out the year.
"He's done a good job to date and I feel extremely sorry for him. I thought to see out the year would have been the right thing to do, but who knows what they were thinking.
"The other side of it is, had John Morris been telling (the players) what to do throughout the year and him not being there next year, maybe the club thought it wouldn't work."
While Gallen is optimistic about the Fitzgibbon hire, and particularly the prospect of a coaching dream team with Panthers assistant Cameron Ciraldo and Storm coach Craig Bellamy, he admitted that the saga had put him in a tough position personally.
"It's a hard one for me (because) I'm stuck right in the middle," he said.
"Obviously I've dedicated my whole career to the Cronulla Sharks and they are my employer, so to go against what they're doing would be a stupid thing to do.
"On the other hand, I played with John Morris, I've been coached by John Morris and I consider myself to be a personal friend of John Morris.
"I've got to be honest, the way that it's been handled hasn't been great."
Ciraldo is yet to agree to terms with Cronulla, but is widely expected to join the club as Fitzgibbon's assistant.
It is also unclear whether Bellamy has discussed terms with Cronulla, but Gallen believes that the veteran coach is intrigued by the Sharks' pitch.
"I was with Gus Gould last night on 100% Footy and he actually phoned someone from Penrith about Ciraldo, he phoned Nick Politis directly, he phoned Fitzy directly to talk about what was happening and Craig Bellamy's name kept coming up," he said.
"Craig Bellamy has apparently not yet said no. He's very busy with the Melbourne Storm at the moment, but I don't think Craig Bellamy is the type of guy to string anyone along.
"I don't think he's going to stuff the Cronulla Sharks around if he wasn't genuinely interested.
"If they're able to get all three, I think it's massive and it's a huge coup for the club, I think it's unreal."
The Sharks' decision on the coaching hire comes after players had pleaded with the club to make a definitive call. Gallen believes that the players will not be greatly impacted by Morris' mid-season departure.
"At least they've made a decision. This has been the whole issue with this situation, the Sharks haven't been prepared to go and make a tough decision," he said.
"Now they've ripped the band-aid off and they've done it all in one day, so now we can all just move on.
"That club and that playing group have faced a hell of a lot of things over the years and they are an extremely resilient club and a tough group of players.
"Once you get on the field and you cross that white line, you have no excuses. You've got to go out there and do your job to the best of your ability. I don't see this as a reason for destabilising the Sharks' season."
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The Fitz / Ciraldo thing makes more sense if we still have a decent chance at getting Bellamy - hopefully it's a good sign of even better things to come staff wise and working with Bellamy would prob sweeten the deal for our coaches
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The Bellamy thing is going on in the background.. I just wish we would stop bringing his name up in the media
Sir Chadley
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The media bring it up mate, not the club I reckon. They are frothing at the mouth that they're not being consulted and it annoys me they feel like that.