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i thought that dirty grubby jaculqin was in the dressing room sounds like she needs to wipe her chin or we could always put her with the other story teller on youtube chek chek boom
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I wonder if the legal reasons for not answering questions last night by Barry was in relation to the false allegations made by Jacquilin
Well the sex toy guy said he was consulting his lawyers. I dont think Sharks could afford Lawyers right now. I say Sharks take it to Judge Judy. Dont they get paid for appearing on that show anyway? There's an idea to get some money in!
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My dream scenario
My dream scenarioGold Coast Mail, AustraliaIn case you missed it, Fittler said Sydney would not be able to support as many NRL teams as it does forever. "I think there's no doubt that at some stage we've got to smarten up," he said. "No one wants to see Cronulla fall out the way it's happening ...
Source: http://www.thedaily.com.au/blogs/paul-munnings/2009/may/25/dream-scenario/
My dream scenario
May 25
Paul Munnings
It was nice of Roosters coach Brad Fittler to include the Sunshine Coast as one of two options for a potential new NRL club base when he was talking to the ABC last Friday.
In case you missed it, Fittler said Sydney would not be able to support as many NRL teams as it does forever.
"I think there's no doubt that at some stage we've got to smarten up," he said.
"No one wants to see Cronulla fall out the way it's happening at the moment.
"But if clubs can make smart decisions and move to whether its the Central Coast or Sunshine Coast or whatever we see fit to the rugby league future then that's the preferable way."
Fittler is no goose and you can bet that his thoughts echo those in the minds of many members of the NRL hierarchy.
That's why the NRL still has a $9million relocation windfall on the table for any Sydney side that wants to move to Gosford. The Central Coast will end up with an NRL club at some time, whether it be a relocated Sharks, a reborn Bears or a completely new venture and you can just about count on Queensland having a fourth club sometime in the next five to eight years, thanks to the fantastic crowds the sport is achieving north of the border.
I have one scenario in mind that could see the Coast jump the queue but it's a long shot.
The debt-laden, controversy-laden Sharks go bust and the NRL decides a third south-east Queensland team is their No.1 priority given it is now the game's heartland.
Shunning Ipswich and Logan (do you really want another southern Brisbane team?), the Sunshine Coast Sharks are born, giving a region of about 300,000 – more if you include Caboolture and northern Wide Bay – its own team.
With no suitable stadium to play home matches at on the Coast, the new club initially plays out of Suncorp Stadium while still training on the Coast and developing an affinity with their new community and surroundings.
Alfie Langer is installed as coach and Billy Moore as chief executive officer.
The club does everything it can to transport its Coast supporters to Brisbane, putting on free trains and buses with the help of the Queensland government, which has done plenty to assist Brisbane and Gold Coast teams in the past.
With another NRL franchise secured, the state government then does what it did for the Titans and builds a boutique 20,000-seat stadium on the Stockland Park site at Kawana.
It seems easy enough to me.
In case you have been wondering where Gus, our Give Us a Stadium campaign mascot, has disappeared to we lost contact with him when the GPS on top of his shell malfunctioned.
He should be somewhere south of the NSW-Queensland border by now.
Let's hope he can swim.
My dream scenarioGold Coast Mail, AustraliaIn case you missed it, Fittler said Sydney would not be able to support as many NRL teams as it does forever. "I think there's no doubt that at some stage we've got to smarten up," he said. "No one wants to see Cronulla fall out the way it's happening ...
Source: http://www.thedaily.com.au/blogs/paul-munnings/2009/may/25/dream-scenario/
My dream scenario
May 25
Paul Munnings
It was nice of Roosters coach Brad Fittler to include the Sunshine Coast as one of two options for a potential new NRL club base when he was talking to the ABC last Friday.
In case you missed it, Fittler said Sydney would not be able to support as many NRL teams as it does forever.
"I think there's no doubt that at some stage we've got to smarten up," he said.
"No one wants to see Cronulla fall out the way it's happening at the moment.
"But if clubs can make smart decisions and move to whether its the Central Coast or Sunshine Coast or whatever we see fit to the rugby league future then that's the preferable way."
Fittler is no goose and you can bet that his thoughts echo those in the minds of many members of the NRL hierarchy.
That's why the NRL still has a $9million relocation windfall on the table for any Sydney side that wants to move to Gosford. The Central Coast will end up with an NRL club at some time, whether it be a relocated Sharks, a reborn Bears or a completely new venture and you can just about count on Queensland having a fourth club sometime in the next five to eight years, thanks to the fantastic crowds the sport is achieving north of the border.
I have one scenario in mind that could see the Coast jump the queue but it's a long shot.
The debt-laden, controversy-laden Sharks go bust and the NRL decides a third south-east Queensland team is their No.1 priority given it is now the game's heartland.
Shunning Ipswich and Logan (do you really want another southern Brisbane team?), the Sunshine Coast Sharks are born, giving a region of about 300,000 – more if you include Caboolture and northern Wide Bay – its own team.
With no suitable stadium to play home matches at on the Coast, the new club initially plays out of Suncorp Stadium while still training on the Coast and developing an affinity with their new community and surroundings.
Alfie Langer is installed as coach and Billy Moore as chief executive officer.
The club does everything it can to transport its Coast supporters to Brisbane, putting on free trains and buses with the help of the Queensland government, which has done plenty to assist Brisbane and Gold Coast teams in the past.
With another NRL franchise secured, the state government then does what it did for the Titans and builds a boutique 20,000-seat stadium on the Stockland Park site at Kawana.
It seems easy enough to me.
In case you have been wondering where Gus, our Give Us a Stadium campaign mascot, has disappeared to we lost contact with him when the GPS on top of his shell malfunctioned.
He should be somewhere south of the NSW-Queensland border by now.
Let's hope he can swim.
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Dave Hughes and Kyle Sandilands go for it on Twitter. And it ain't ...
Dave Hughes and Kyle Sandilands go for it on Twitter. And it ain't ...Australia.TO, AustraliaBecause Roy Masters is suggesting the Cronulla Sharks move to Cairns. I live in Cairns. And I want anyone considering introducing an NRL club here to stick a football up their jacksey. Masters' reasoning is that television ratings (and therefore ...
Source: http://www.australia.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10163:dave-hughes-and-kyle-sandilands-go-for-it-on-twitter-and-it-aint-pretty&catid=119:whats-the-point-&Itemid=188
What's the Point with Emma Mayall
Dave Hughes and Kyle Sandilands go for it on Twitter. And it ain’t pretty
26-May-2009
Written by Emma Mayall
Dave Hughes Dear oh dear. Dave Hughes and Kyle Sandlilands don’t like each other very much do they?
It’s not hard to see why. Hughes is a funny, endearing, down-to-earth kind of guy. Sandilands is repulsive in a way with which even hair stuck in your shower drain cannot compete.
Earlier this week they had a rumble via Twitter. I follow Hughes on the site so generally have some idea of what he’s up to. I do not follow Sandilands (see above for explanation). So their nasty exchange went unwitnessed by my screen until it made it into the news.
Apparently it was a lot of ‘I’m the best’; ‘No you ain’t’; ‘Me best. You peabrain’; ‘You not best. You dumb little boy’. Obviously these are not direct quotes. ‘Peabrain’ may have been mentioned but the insults were mainly of the adult-only variety.
I don’t know if there was a clear winner. Likely their wives yanked the power cords out of their computers and confiscated all other Twitter-enabled devices in exasperation and it was declared a draw.
I realise the situation is somewhat different for Dave Hughes, but I find it a marvellous help to simply pretend Sandilands does not exist. If only the same could apply to my shower drain.
Potential neighbours I won’t be giving a home-cooked casserole to: The Cronulla Sharks
As a rule I have no patience for people who get all up in arms when undesirable developments are suddenly planned for their neighbourhood. “Enough with all your community meetings, shouting at councillors and letter writing. Get over yourselves,” I want to tell them. “These kinds of things (detention centres, dumps etc) have to go somewhere.”
But now I’ve become one.
Because Roy Masters is suggesting the Cronulla Sharks move to Cairns.
I live in Cairns. And I want anyone considering introducing an NRL club here to stick a football up their jacksey.
Masters’ reasoning is that television ratings (and therefore dollars) would improve for the NRL by moving a flagging NSW club to Queensland because viewing numbers jump whenever a Queensland team is playing. You can read his entire piece here: http://business.smh.com.au/business/deep-north-saviour-for-the-sharks-20090524-bjhz.html
I’ve never been a league fan. Since there’s been little sign of its associated scandals abating and (warning: wide generalisation follows) its participants becoming people I could actually respect I’ve become a fervent non-fan. Fear not though, NRL, my neighbours are sufficiently obsessed to make up for an entire street of non-believers. If the footy is on, they’re glued to the TV like it’s their lifeblood.
Here’s a thought: ditch the Cronulla club altogether. That would still achieve a higher ratio of Queensland clubs for the viewers. And the rest of us can enjoy having one less team of idiots to worry about.
Dave Hughes and Kyle Sandilands go for it on Twitter. And it ain't ...Australia.TO, AustraliaBecause Roy Masters is suggesting the Cronulla Sharks move to Cairns. I live in Cairns. And I want anyone considering introducing an NRL club here to stick a football up their jacksey. Masters' reasoning is that television ratings (and therefore ...
Source: http://www.australia.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10163:dave-hughes-and-kyle-sandilands-go-for-it-on-twitter-and-it-aint-pretty&catid=119:whats-the-point-&Itemid=188
What's the Point with Emma Mayall
Dave Hughes and Kyle Sandilands go for it on Twitter. And it ain’t pretty
26-May-2009
Written by Emma Mayall
Dave Hughes Dear oh dear. Dave Hughes and Kyle Sandlilands don’t like each other very much do they?
It’s not hard to see why. Hughes is a funny, endearing, down-to-earth kind of guy. Sandilands is repulsive in a way with which even hair stuck in your shower drain cannot compete.
Earlier this week they had a rumble via Twitter. I follow Hughes on the site so generally have some idea of what he’s up to. I do not follow Sandilands (see above for explanation). So their nasty exchange went unwitnessed by my screen until it made it into the news.
Apparently it was a lot of ‘I’m the best’; ‘No you ain’t’; ‘Me best. You peabrain’; ‘You not best. You dumb little boy’. Obviously these are not direct quotes. ‘Peabrain’ may have been mentioned but the insults were mainly of the adult-only variety.
I don’t know if there was a clear winner. Likely their wives yanked the power cords out of their computers and confiscated all other Twitter-enabled devices in exasperation and it was declared a draw.
I realise the situation is somewhat different for Dave Hughes, but I find it a marvellous help to simply pretend Sandilands does not exist. If only the same could apply to my shower drain.
Potential neighbours I won’t be giving a home-cooked casserole to: The Cronulla Sharks
As a rule I have no patience for people who get all up in arms when undesirable developments are suddenly planned for their neighbourhood. “Enough with all your community meetings, shouting at councillors and letter writing. Get over yourselves,” I want to tell them. “These kinds of things (detention centres, dumps etc) have to go somewhere.”
But now I’ve become one.
Because Roy Masters is suggesting the Cronulla Sharks move to Cairns.
I live in Cairns. And I want anyone considering introducing an NRL club here to stick a football up their jacksey.
Masters’ reasoning is that television ratings (and therefore dollars) would improve for the NRL by moving a flagging NSW club to Queensland because viewing numbers jump whenever a Queensland team is playing. You can read his entire piece here: http://business.smh.com.au/business/deep-north-saviour-for-the-sharks-20090524-bjhz.html
I’ve never been a league fan. Since there’s been little sign of its associated scandals abating and (warning: wide generalisation follows) its participants becoming people I could actually respect I’ve become a fervent non-fan. Fear not though, NRL, my neighbours are sufficiently obsessed to make up for an entire street of non-believers. If the footy is on, they’re glued to the TV like it’s their lifeblood.
Here’s a thought: ditch the Cronulla club altogether. That would still achieve a higher ratio of Queensland clubs for the viewers. And the rest of us can enjoy having one less team of idiots to worry about.
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Mixed bag in front of cameras
Mixed bag in front of camerasHalifax Evening Courier, UKThis year, we've had a sex scandal involving Mr Media and former Sharks star Matthew Johns, allegations that prostitutes visited the Cronulla dressing room after one NRL match and a report that a female employee was paid $20000 in compensation after ...
Source: http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/james-roberts/Mixed-bag-in-front-of.5310380.jp
Mixed bag in front of cameras
Thursday, 28th May 2009
<EDITED> Full article can be found here
I SAW a photograph this week of the neon sign outside Cronulla's ground in Sydney.
"Let us entertain you," it trumpets, a slogan that is presumably meant to refer to the Sharks' on-field exploits.
If things carry on as they are doing in that particular corner of Australia, that sign won't be there much longer.
Last year, we had star playmaker Greg Bird glassing his girlfriend.
This year, we've had a sex scandal involving Mr Media and former Sharks star Matthew Johns, allegations that prostitutes visited the Cronulla dressing room after one NRL match and a report that a female employee was paid $20,000 in compensation after being punched in the face by the club's CEO.
Unsurprisingly, the club's main sponsor, the electronics firm LG, has pulled it's backing, leaving real question marks over Cronulla's future.
With all that kicking off, and Stuart's team struggling badly on the field, you would have thought everyone would be keeping their noses extra clean.
Then captain Paul Gallen goes and racially abuses a St George player during his side's latest loss.
Will they never learn?
Mixed bag in front of camerasHalifax Evening Courier, UKThis year, we've had a sex scandal involving Mr Media and former Sharks star Matthew Johns, allegations that prostitutes visited the Cronulla dressing room after one NRL match and a report that a female employee was paid $20000 in compensation after ...
Source: http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/james-roberts/Mixed-bag-in-front-of.5310380.jp
Mixed bag in front of cameras
Thursday, 28th May 2009
<EDITED> Full article can be found here
I SAW a photograph this week of the neon sign outside Cronulla's ground in Sydney.
"Let us entertain you," it trumpets, a slogan that is presumably meant to refer to the Sharks' on-field exploits.
If things carry on as they are doing in that particular corner of Australia, that sign won't be there much longer.
Last year, we had star playmaker Greg Bird glassing his girlfriend.
This year, we've had a sex scandal involving Mr Media and former Sharks star Matthew Johns, allegations that prostitutes visited the Cronulla dressing room after one NRL match and a report that a female employee was paid $20,000 in compensation after being punched in the face by the club's CEO.
Unsurprisingly, the club's main sponsor, the electronics firm LG, has pulled it's backing, leaving real question marks over Cronulla's future.
With all that kicking off, and Stuart's team struggling badly on the field, you would have thought everyone would be keeping their noses extra clean.
Then captain Paul Gallen goes and racially abuses a St George player during his side's latest loss.
Will they never learn?
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Poll dancing Rudd does his show-and-tell routine
Poll dancing Rudd does his show-and-tell routineBrisbane Times, AustraliaThere they were: five rows of goggle-eyes, marvelling at the display of adulthood below. Their teacher looked resigned; perhaps they were wondering if they should have picked a different excursion. Team-building with the Cronulla Sharks, for instance.
Source: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/poll-dancing-rudd-does-his-showandtell-routine-20090528-box9.html
Poll dancing Rudd does his show-and-tell routine
Annabel Crabb
May 29, 2009
THINGS went a little haywire in Parliament yesterday.
It's not enough that we've spent the week in a protracted and brain-fuddling dispute about whether the Government's projected debt figures for 2022 are accurate or not.
2022? Are you kidding?
Given that economic projections these days have an average shelf life of about 45 seconds, this is a debate we could safely have been spared.
But Kevin Rudd has further provoked matters by bringing along, to every question time this week, giant laminated photographs of the building works his Government is conducting around the nation.
Yesterday he brought photographs of the schools he is improving in Malcolm Turnbull's electorate.
There are 35,000 of these building projects nationwide, so this show-and-tell thing could take some time. As you can imagine, it drives Opposition MPs crazy.
At 2.05pm, as a group, they snapped. It was like a tedious slide night at the neighbours' after someone has spiked the punch with crack cocaine.
"Where are your Scores photos?" shrieked the Opposition health spokesman, Peter Dutton, in reference to Mr Rudd's famed night out in a New York strip club, the details of which the PM still maintains he was too drunk to remember.
Joe Hockey fought back by bringing his own props to the dispatch box: five giant laminated and carefully coloured charts depicting the next 15 years of projected national public debt.
Several colleagues helped him to unfold it; it looked long and humpy, like a brontosaurus.
The Speaker objected.
"Outrageous!" screamed the empurpled Hockey.
The Speaker signalled that posters on their own were
OK, but posters taped together were not.
A large pair of orange scissors was found and passed along to Hockey, who set about hacking up his handiwork, while muttering sulkily about fiscal incompetence and nasty old Speakers.
The house's attention was diverted briefly by Wilson Tuckey, who seems now to have flipped his lid completely, and had left the chamber entirely to climb up to the reporters' gallery and hand out some flyers on an unrelated topic.
The Prime Minister was asked why he apparently barred the appointment of one of his German-speaking senior diplomats, Hugh Borrowman, from the ambassadorship to Berlin on the grounds he did not speak German.
"You're a bottom-dweller!" shouted Andrew Laming, the Liberal member for Bowman.
Laming speaks English the way Borrowman speaks German; well, but not well enough to warrant higher office.
Did he mean bottom-feeder? Who knows?
Joe Hockey laughed so hard he almost dropped his craft project, but within minutes the crazy currents of question time had left Laming far behind.
Julia Gillard welcomed five separate school groups to question time.
There they were: five rows of goggle-eyes, marvelling at the display of adulthood below.
Their teacher looked resigned; perhaps they were wondering if they should have picked a different excursion.
Team-building with the Cronulla Sharks, for instance.
Poll dancing Rudd does his show-and-tell routineBrisbane Times, AustraliaThere they were: five rows of goggle-eyes, marvelling at the display of adulthood below. Their teacher looked resigned; perhaps they were wondering if they should have picked a different excursion. Team-building with the Cronulla Sharks, for instance.
Source: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/poll-dancing-rudd-does-his-showandtell-routine-20090528-box9.html
Poll dancing Rudd does his show-and-tell routine
Annabel Crabb
May 29, 2009
THINGS went a little haywire in Parliament yesterday.
It's not enough that we've spent the week in a protracted and brain-fuddling dispute about whether the Government's projected debt figures for 2022 are accurate or not.
2022? Are you kidding?
Given that economic projections these days have an average shelf life of about 45 seconds, this is a debate we could safely have been spared.
But Kevin Rudd has further provoked matters by bringing along, to every question time this week, giant laminated photographs of the building works his Government is conducting around the nation.
Yesterday he brought photographs of the schools he is improving in Malcolm Turnbull's electorate.
There are 35,000 of these building projects nationwide, so this show-and-tell thing could take some time. As you can imagine, it drives Opposition MPs crazy.
At 2.05pm, as a group, they snapped. It was like a tedious slide night at the neighbours' after someone has spiked the punch with crack cocaine.
"Where are your Scores photos?" shrieked the Opposition health spokesman, Peter Dutton, in reference to Mr Rudd's famed night out in a New York strip club, the details of which the PM still maintains he was too drunk to remember.
Joe Hockey fought back by bringing his own props to the dispatch box: five giant laminated and carefully coloured charts depicting the next 15 years of projected national public debt.
Several colleagues helped him to unfold it; it looked long and humpy, like a brontosaurus.
The Speaker objected.
"Outrageous!" screamed the empurpled Hockey.
The Speaker signalled that posters on their own were
OK, but posters taped together were not.
A large pair of orange scissors was found and passed along to Hockey, who set about hacking up his handiwork, while muttering sulkily about fiscal incompetence and nasty old Speakers.
The house's attention was diverted briefly by Wilson Tuckey, who seems now to have flipped his lid completely, and had left the chamber entirely to climb up to the reporters' gallery and hand out some flyers on an unrelated topic.
The Prime Minister was asked why he apparently barred the appointment of one of his German-speaking senior diplomats, Hugh Borrowman, from the ambassadorship to Berlin on the grounds he did not speak German.
"You're a bottom-dweller!" shouted Andrew Laming, the Liberal member for Bowman.
Laming speaks English the way Borrowman speaks German; well, but not well enough to warrant higher office.
Did he mean bottom-feeder? Who knows?
Joe Hockey laughed so hard he almost dropped his craft project, but within minutes the crazy currents of question time had left Laming far behind.
Julia Gillard welcomed five separate school groups to question time.
There they were: five rows of goggle-eyes, marvelling at the display of adulthood below.
Their teacher looked resigned; perhaps they were wondering if they should have picked a different excursion.
Team-building with the Cronulla Sharks, for instance.
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eric young: Gut and fillet the shocking Sharks
eric young: Gut and fillet the shocking SharksSunday Star Times, New ZealandAT WHICH point did you abandon the Cronulla rugby league club? Which particular line, of the many, had they crossed? What broke you? Was it when Matthew Johns admitted his role in that vulgar and tasteless night of group sex? ...
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/sport/2460096/eric-young-Gut-and-fillet-the-shocking-Sharks
Gut and fillet the shocking Sharks
Eric Young
Last updated 05:00 31/05/2009
AT WHICH point did you abandon the Cronulla rugby league club? Which particular line, of the many, had they crossed? What broke you?
Was it when Matthew Johns admitted his role in that vulgar and tasteless night of group sex? Or perhaps it was when none of the other players who were there that night, did not?
Did you stick with them beyond the chief executive's admission that he had, ahem, accidentally punched a female Sharks staff member so hard, she received a black eye and emotional trauma so severe she left the club? Indeed, she left New South Wales.
Or was it when star player Reni Maitua tested positive to Clenbuterol, a relatively common if unsophisticated performance-enhancing drug?
Do you think you'll last longer than the sponsors who, as we speak, are falling over each other in the rush for the doors? Or will it take something else? Something like a racist remark which rolled off the tongue a little too easily. Oh that's right. Another box ticked.
Sex scandal. Check.
Violence against women (Greg Bird glassing his girlfriend). Check.
Failed drugs test. Check.
Scattering sponsors. Check.
Racist remark. Check.
Let's say you are the most forgiving fan on the planet and, really, none of that matters. For you, the world is painted black, white and blue. It's all about the footy. OK, so let's leave it on a purely, um, professional level. In which case, wake up! Your team is the worst in the competition and your coach is in denial.
Cronulla has broken every rule. In the space of a few weeks. They don't have to just reconnect with the sponsors, their fans and their community. They have to reconnect with the planet and even then it will be too late.
The good news? It's unlikely to get any worse, although re-electing club chairman Barry Pierce unopposed last week was not a great start. Making Pierce, the most senior club official on that 2002 pre-season trip to Christchurch, a life member at the same meeting, tells us exactly where the Sharks stand on common decency.
Sharks fans should make the most of this season. Their debt-ridden club might somehow survive financially. But on a moral level, it has proven itself bankrupt.
eric young: Gut and fillet the shocking SharksSunday Star Times, New ZealandAT WHICH point did you abandon the Cronulla rugby league club? Which particular line, of the many, had they crossed? What broke you? Was it when Matthew Johns admitted his role in that vulgar and tasteless night of group sex? ...
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/sport/2460096/eric-young-Gut-and-fillet-the-shocking-Sharks
Gut and fillet the shocking Sharks
Eric Young
Last updated 05:00 31/05/2009
AT WHICH point did you abandon the Cronulla rugby league club? Which particular line, of the many, had they crossed? What broke you?
Was it when Matthew Johns admitted his role in that vulgar and tasteless night of group sex? Or perhaps it was when none of the other players who were there that night, did not?
Did you stick with them beyond the chief executive's admission that he had, ahem, accidentally punched a female Sharks staff member so hard, she received a black eye and emotional trauma so severe she left the club? Indeed, she left New South Wales.
Or was it when star player Reni Maitua tested positive to Clenbuterol, a relatively common if unsophisticated performance-enhancing drug?
Do you think you'll last longer than the sponsors who, as we speak, are falling over each other in the rush for the doors? Or will it take something else? Something like a racist remark which rolled off the tongue a little too easily. Oh that's right. Another box ticked.
Sex scandal. Check.
Violence against women (Greg Bird glassing his girlfriend). Check.
Failed drugs test. Check.
Scattering sponsors. Check.
Racist remark. Check.
Let's say you are the most forgiving fan on the planet and, really, none of that matters. For you, the world is painted black, white and blue. It's all about the footy. OK, so let's leave it on a purely, um, professional level. In which case, wake up! Your team is the worst in the competition and your coach is in denial.
Cronulla has broken every rule. In the space of a few weeks. They don't have to just reconnect with the sponsors, their fans and their community. They have to reconnect with the planet and even then it will be too late.
The good news? It's unlikely to get any worse, although re-electing club chairman Barry Pierce unopposed last week was not a great start. Making Pierce, the most senior club official on that 2002 pre-season trip to Christchurch, a life member at the same meeting, tells us exactly where the Sharks stand on common decency.
Sharks fans should make the most of this season. Their debt-ridden club might somehow survive financially. But on a moral level, it has proven itself bankrupt.
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Gallen's crimes of passionMelbourne Herald Sun, AustraliaTime is almost up for Gallen to answer a breach notice from the NRL, which wants to fine him $10000 for allegedly calling Dragons forward Mickey Paea a "black c. . ." during a match. In that time, his manager David Riolo and the Rugby League Players ...
Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/story/0,27074,25565947-5016527,00.html
Gallen's crimes of passion
By Andrew Webster
June 01, 2009 12:00am
WHEN did winning suddenly mean everything? When did fair play, sportsmanship and dignity become secondary to the result?
These are questions worth asking as Paul Gallen continues to dodge the issue about whether he delivered a racist slur on the field and the appalling scene last Friday at a windswept ground in Carlton when more than 300 school children from bushfire-ravaged communities in rural Victoria waited for NSW Origin players to arrive no less than 90 minutes later than scheduled.
Time is almost up for Gallen to answer a breach notice from the NRL, which wants to fine him $10,000 for allegedly calling Dragons forward Mickey Paea a "black c. . ." during a match.
In that time, his manager David Riolo and the Rugby League Players Association has bitched and moaned about the process. Meanwhile, Gallen has petulantly brushed members of the press - some of whom have tried to paint him in a positive light during his turbulent and controversial time in the game - like they are blowflies.
The process is reasonably straightforward. The NRL issues a breach notice and a club or player responds. What Gallen should have done is also quite simple. Confess to the odious remark, apologise publicly to those he offended - and that is thousands of people, black and white, not just Mickey Paea - and bury the issue.
If Gallen didn't say it or was misunderstood, if he is saying Paea is a liar, if he is saying he apologised to the player after the match for no reason, then say so. Let us have it. That there is no audio of the comment and Paea did not make an official complaint is of no consequence.
Instead, the same old line has been drip-fed behind the scenes about how Gallen really is a decent bloke off the field who merely suffers from brain snaps on it because of the competitive fires within.
Spare us. I'll echo the sentiments of columnist Peter FitzSimons here when he wrote in Saturday's Sydney Morning Herald that that excuse is wearing thin.
Tell me, which professional footballer isn't competitive? Which one isn't busting his arse? Yet which one gouges at the stitches of a player on the ground, grabs another on the testicles, makes a remark that sends the normally placid Mickey Paea into fits of rage and is about to lose the captaincy of his side as a consequence?
Typical of his mood this week, Gallen spent a large proportion of the Origin coaching clinic on Friday sitting on a sight-screen, talking into his mobile phone.
Instead, it was left to poor old Craig Wing and Ben Creagh to front the press and explain why the side had turned up so late.
It was not their mistake to explain. Instead, coach Craig Bellamy should have stood before the cameras and microphones and explained why he had kept his side on the training paddock so long in Werribee.
Bellamy can prepare his team as he sees fit. He can flog them for eight hours if he wants. Hell knows every blue-blooded New South Welshman and woman wants to taste victory in the series opener at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night and believe he is the right man to deliver it.
But at any cost? At the expense of the team and game's reputation?
The NSWRL fired off an apologetic media release and made a $10,000 donation to the eight schools in attendance, but the damage was irreparable.
The delay was dismissed as competitiveness and the desire to win. Bellamy is an intense, obsessive character who loves to win, we were told behind the scenes. Again, find me a coach who is not.
Anyone who is passionate about their life and career is intense and competitive. Sometimes, we cross the lines, blinded by the search for perfection. A bloody-minded desire to win.
In competitive sport, especially a gladiatorial code like rugby league, the lines are easily blurred. But those who play it could do worse than to remember a place still remains for decency and respect.
Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/story/0,27074,25565947-5016527,00.html
Gallen's crimes of passion
By Andrew Webster
June 01, 2009 12:00am
WHEN did winning suddenly mean everything? When did fair play, sportsmanship and dignity become secondary to the result?
These are questions worth asking as Paul Gallen continues to dodge the issue about whether he delivered a racist slur on the field and the appalling scene last Friday at a windswept ground in Carlton when more than 300 school children from bushfire-ravaged communities in rural Victoria waited for NSW Origin players to arrive no less than 90 minutes later than scheduled.
Time is almost up for Gallen to answer a breach notice from the NRL, which wants to fine him $10,000 for allegedly calling Dragons forward Mickey Paea a "black c. . ." during a match.
In that time, his manager David Riolo and the Rugby League Players Association has bitched and moaned about the process. Meanwhile, Gallen has petulantly brushed members of the press - some of whom have tried to paint him in a positive light during his turbulent and controversial time in the game - like they are blowflies.
The process is reasonably straightforward. The NRL issues a breach notice and a club or player responds. What Gallen should have done is also quite simple. Confess to the odious remark, apologise publicly to those he offended - and that is thousands of people, black and white, not just Mickey Paea - and bury the issue.
If Gallen didn't say it or was misunderstood, if he is saying Paea is a liar, if he is saying he apologised to the player after the match for no reason, then say so. Let us have it. That there is no audio of the comment and Paea did not make an official complaint is of no consequence.
Instead, the same old line has been drip-fed behind the scenes about how Gallen really is a decent bloke off the field who merely suffers from brain snaps on it because of the competitive fires within.
Spare us. I'll echo the sentiments of columnist Peter FitzSimons here when he wrote in Saturday's Sydney Morning Herald that that excuse is wearing thin.
Tell me, which professional footballer isn't competitive? Which one isn't busting his arse? Yet which one gouges at the stitches of a player on the ground, grabs another on the testicles, makes a remark that sends the normally placid Mickey Paea into fits of rage and is about to lose the captaincy of his side as a consequence?
Typical of his mood this week, Gallen spent a large proportion of the Origin coaching clinic on Friday sitting on a sight-screen, talking into his mobile phone.
Instead, it was left to poor old Craig Wing and Ben Creagh to front the press and explain why the side had turned up so late.
It was not their mistake to explain. Instead, coach Craig Bellamy should have stood before the cameras and microphones and explained why he had kept his side on the training paddock so long in Werribee.
Bellamy can prepare his team as he sees fit. He can flog them for eight hours if he wants. Hell knows every blue-blooded New South Welshman and woman wants to taste victory in the series opener at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night and believe he is the right man to deliver it.
But at any cost? At the expense of the team and game's reputation?
The NSWRL fired off an apologetic media release and made a $10,000 donation to the eight schools in attendance, but the damage was irreparable.
The delay was dismissed as competitiveness and the desire to win. Bellamy is an intense, obsessive character who loves to win, we were told behind the scenes. Again, find me a coach who is not.
Anyone who is passionate about their life and career is intense and competitive. Sometimes, we cross the lines, blinded by the search for perfection. A bloody-minded desire to win.
In competitive sport, especially a gladiatorial code like rugby league, the lines are easily blurred. But those who play it could do worse than to remember a place still remains for decency and respect.
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Once more with feeling for the SharksSydney Morning Herald, AustraliaLAURIE DALEY grabbed his Fox Sports microphone before the low-on-the-ladder-somebody-shoot-me clash between Cronulla and Parramatta and said, "Exciting times for these two clubs." Yes, exciting times! So is a hole in the head! ...
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/lhqnews/once-more-with-feeling-for-the-sharks/2009/05/31/1243708350773.html
Once more with feeling for the Sharks
Will Swanton
June 1, 2009
Happy daze … the Sharks leave the field on Saturday night after their drought-breaking victory. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
SATURDAY ANALYSIS
LAURIE DALEY grabbed his Fox Sports microphone before the low-on-the-ladder-somebody-shoot-me clash between Cronulla and Parramatta and said, "Exciting times for these two clubs." Yes, exciting times! So is a hole in the head! The only game of argy-bargy on Saturday night loomed as the lowlight of the season but Daley was trumpeting the appeal of watching a couple of battlers trying to jag a rare win.
Initially, given 80 minutes to live and the choice between: a) water torture, b) having your eyes gouged out with a red-hot poker, and, c) sitting through the Sharks and Eels on a wet Saturday night at Parramatta Stadium, the preferred options would have been a) or b). It was 13th versus 16th. Fourth-last against stone motherless. Two of the players who might have made it worthwhile, Paul Gallen and Jarryd Hayne, were both missing. It was going to be dog's work, whatever the result - but Daley ended up being 100 per cent right. Lock in c).
This was a victory for a true believer - Sharks coach Ricky Stuart. Spare a thought for the man. Here is a man familiar with every kind of success. Last year his team went deep into the finals before he had the honour of leading the Kangaroos at the World Cup. Now he's without the Test job, and the Sharks are without a hope in bleeding heck of reaching the play-offs. To top it off, his club has endured every conceivable scandal: domestic violence, sex, alcohol, a positive drugs test, racial vilification. Stuart had kept backing his players, praising their commitment, displaying his bravest face. Finally, a grin. Good on him.
The Eels arrived with just three wins from 11 rounds. At least they had the knowledge there's always somebody worse off. They were looking at them - the Sharks. Forget the top eight and premiership credentials, the only prize on offer was pride. It's a worthy enough goal.
The Sharks won because they played with the determination of the ugly, the most ferocious kind of determination. The Eels led at half-time, and doom and gloom threatened to descend on the Sharks all over again. But Stuart was yet to give up on these blokes. If only they could get a win. Just one.
Luke Covell scored! The Sharks led! The enthusiasm was palpable. And the nerves. Open doors can be a bit frightening. The Eels inched ahead. Boo. Go the underdogs. All square with 10 minutes to go. It was not the greatest game of rugby league but it had the most important ingredient of all - feeling. Five Sharks were involved in one tackle on Fui Fui Moi Moi, blood trickling from his mouth.
Trent Barrett's suitably unattractive field goal helped get the Sharks home. They celebrated as if they had won the grand final. Or found another major sponsor. It might have held no appeal to most of the 4.2 million people living in Sydney, and even a large number of league enthusiasts who would have chosen a) or b), but this game was of the utmost importance to the only people who matter - the players. That will always make c) the best option. The notion that you're only as good as your last game is garbage, but it makes the strugglers feel better when they finally get up. Right now the Sharks can tell themselves they're flying. Exciting times!
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/lhqnews/once-more-with-feeling-for-the-sharks/2009/05/31/1243708350773.html
Once more with feeling for the Sharks
Will Swanton
June 1, 2009
Happy daze … the Sharks leave the field on Saturday night after their drought-breaking victory. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
SATURDAY ANALYSIS
LAURIE DALEY grabbed his Fox Sports microphone before the low-on-the-ladder-somebody-shoot-me clash between Cronulla and Parramatta and said, "Exciting times for these two clubs." Yes, exciting times! So is a hole in the head! The only game of argy-bargy on Saturday night loomed as the lowlight of the season but Daley was trumpeting the appeal of watching a couple of battlers trying to jag a rare win.
Initially, given 80 minutes to live and the choice between: a) water torture, b) having your eyes gouged out with a red-hot poker, and, c) sitting through the Sharks and Eels on a wet Saturday night at Parramatta Stadium, the preferred options would have been a) or b). It was 13th versus 16th. Fourth-last against stone motherless. Two of the players who might have made it worthwhile, Paul Gallen and Jarryd Hayne, were both missing. It was going to be dog's work, whatever the result - but Daley ended up being 100 per cent right. Lock in c).
This was a victory for a true believer - Sharks coach Ricky Stuart. Spare a thought for the man. Here is a man familiar with every kind of success. Last year his team went deep into the finals before he had the honour of leading the Kangaroos at the World Cup. Now he's without the Test job, and the Sharks are without a hope in bleeding heck of reaching the play-offs. To top it off, his club has endured every conceivable scandal: domestic violence, sex, alcohol, a positive drugs test, racial vilification. Stuart had kept backing his players, praising their commitment, displaying his bravest face. Finally, a grin. Good on him.
The Eels arrived with just three wins from 11 rounds. At least they had the knowledge there's always somebody worse off. They were looking at them - the Sharks. Forget the top eight and premiership credentials, the only prize on offer was pride. It's a worthy enough goal.
The Sharks won because they played with the determination of the ugly, the most ferocious kind of determination. The Eels led at half-time, and doom and gloom threatened to descend on the Sharks all over again. But Stuart was yet to give up on these blokes. If only they could get a win. Just one.
Luke Covell scored! The Sharks led! The enthusiasm was palpable. And the nerves. Open doors can be a bit frightening. The Eels inched ahead. Boo. Go the underdogs. All square with 10 minutes to go. It was not the greatest game of rugby league but it had the most important ingredient of all - feeling. Five Sharks were involved in one tackle on Fui Fui Moi Moi, blood trickling from his mouth.
Trent Barrett's suitably unattractive field goal helped get the Sharks home. They celebrated as if they had won the grand final. Or found another major sponsor. It might have held no appeal to most of the 4.2 million people living in Sydney, and even a large number of league enthusiasts who would have chosen a) or b), but this game was of the utmost importance to the only people who matter - the players. That will always make c) the best option. The notion that you're only as good as your last game is garbage, but it makes the strugglers feel better when they finally get up. Right now the Sharks can tell themselves they're flying. Exciting times!
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Raud awakening as Tommy spells it out for NSWSydney Morning Herald, AustraliaThe Big Wrap was surprised to see Kaleen Morrow pop up in a Sunday newspaper photo with her two daughters donating the contents of their piggy banks to the embattled Cronulla club. CEO Tony Zappia said in the article that the gesture reflected the ...
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/raud-awakening-as-tommy-spells-it-out-for-nsw/2009/05/31/1243708350392.html
Raud awakening as Tommy spells it out for NSW
Greg Prichard
June 1, 2009
<EDITED> Full article can be found here
Stunt backfires
The Big Wrap was surprised to see Kaleen Morrow pop up in a Sunday newspaper photo with her two daughters donating the contents of their piggy banks to the embattled Cronulla club. CEO Tony Zappia said in the article that the gesture reflected the overwhelming response of concerned Sharks fans. Hmmm. Actually, it reflected the response of family members of employees. Nowhere in the article was it mentioned that Morrow is Zappia's personal assistant and on the Sharks payroll.
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Raud awakening as Tommy spells it out for NSW
Greg Prichard
June 1, 2009
<EDITED> Full article can be found here
Stunt backfires
The Big Wrap was surprised to see Kaleen Morrow pop up in a Sunday newspaper photo with her two daughters donating the contents of their piggy banks to the embattled Cronulla club. CEO Tony Zappia said in the article that the gesture reflected the overwhelming response of concerned Sharks fans. Hmmm. Actually, it reflected the response of family members of employees. Nowhere in the article was it mentioned that Morrow is Zappia's personal assistant and on the Sharks payroll.
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Some of this **** is getting absolutely ridiculous.
I’m sick of these “journalists” trying to justify their own existence by writing this rubbish. They have absolutely no integrity. The sensationalism is so overtop. Unfortunately this sensationalism is the only way to sell papers. They are all in competition, trying to out do each other in a race to the bottom for journalistic integrity.
Is it any wonder that Gallen refuses to talk to the media? If he was to say something it would be skewed the wrong way anyway. The media can’t bite the hand that feeds them and then expect cooperation.
I’m sick of these “journalists” trying to justify their own existence by writing this rubbish. They have absolutely no integrity. The sensationalism is so overtop. Unfortunately this sensationalism is the only way to sell papers. They are all in competition, trying to out do each other in a race to the bottom for journalistic integrity.
Is it any wonder that Gallen refuses to talk to the media? If he was to say something it would be skewed the wrong way anyway. The media can’t bite the hand that feeds them and then expect cooperation.
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Defiant Gallen drops the C-word
Defiant Gallen drops the C-wordThe Age, AustraliaAFTER resigning as captain of Cronulla and apologising for his racial slur of St George Illawarra's Mickey Paea, Paul Gallen yesterday took aim at the ABC's reporting of the Sharks 2002 group-sex scandal, claiming the Four Corners program was biased. ...
Source: http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/lhqnews/defiant-gallen-drops-the-cword/2009/06/01/1243708399393.html
Defiant Gallen drops the C-word
Jacquelin Magnay
June 2, 2009
Sharks captain Paul Gallen looks dejected. Photo: Getty Images
AFTER resigning as captain of Cronulla and apologising for his racial slur of St George Illawarra's Mickey Paea, Paul Gallen yesterday took aim at the ABC's reporting of the Sharks 2002 group-sex scandal, claiming the Four Corners program was biased.
Gallen - who was named in the Four Corners report as arriving in the hotel room in 2002 very late, and who told the program "it was pretty much all over by then, but nothing bad had happened anyway" - slammed the treatment of former teammate Matthew Johns as "totally disgraceful", telling Channel Nine the program had "destroyed a good man's life".
Earlier, Gallen had pre-empted any Cronulla board decision to stand him down by sending a letter of resignation after accepting a $10,000 fine and making a public apology in a press release for calling Paea a "black c---".
But he said on Channel Nine that even without the "c" against his name he was still the leader of the club. Gallen also spoke yesterday about working on his temperament, and said he was serious about making some on-field changes. He said he considered fighting the racial charge because he didn't want to be labelled a racist, but decided not to because he didn't want any more bad publicity for the club.
His decision comes as his teammate, Reni Maitua, back from a sojourn in Bali, will today find out if his B sample matches his earlier A sample which tested positive to the steroid clenbuterol.
Coach Ricky Stuart took Gallen into NRL headquarters for an hour-long meeting with NRL chief executive David Gallop yesterday morning, the final day he could have appealed against his breach notice. Gallen emerged from the meeting declaring the comment he made to Paea was "in the heat of the moment".
"I am sorry for the pain that it has caused Mickey Paea, his family and my family," Gallen said in his public apology.
"I sorted it out with Mickey straight after the game. I'm not a racist but anyone who knows me knows that. I have many friends from various racial backgrounds and a brother-in-law from Papua New Guinea. Needless to say, this has affected my family deeply.
"I need to work on my temperament at times, and this is something that rams that home. I've already talked with Ricky Stuart about doing that, and I want to show that I'm serious about making some changes."
Gallen will donate the $10,000 fine to a charity that has some connection to homelessness.
Gallop said Gallen had shown true leadership by facing up to a mistake, adding: "Anyone I've spoken to will tell you that Paul is not a racist but that can't excuse what was said. Despite a number of people, including Paul's own player association, trying to cloud the issue with an ill-informed attack on our process, Paul has today had the courage to stand up and show true leadership by facing up to a mistake."
Meanwhile, Maitua will witness the testing of his B sample at the Australian Government Analytical Laboratory in Pymble today. Maitua faces a two-year ban if the positive result is confirmed.
Defiant Gallen drops the C-wordThe Age, AustraliaAFTER resigning as captain of Cronulla and apologising for his racial slur of St George Illawarra's Mickey Paea, Paul Gallen yesterday took aim at the ABC's reporting of the Sharks 2002 group-sex scandal, claiming the Four Corners program was biased. ...
Source: http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/lhqnews/defiant-gallen-drops-the-cword/2009/06/01/1243708399393.html
Defiant Gallen drops the C-word
Jacquelin Magnay
June 2, 2009
Sharks captain Paul Gallen looks dejected. Photo: Getty Images
AFTER resigning as captain of Cronulla and apologising for his racial slur of St George Illawarra's Mickey Paea, Paul Gallen yesterday took aim at the ABC's reporting of the Sharks 2002 group-sex scandal, claiming the Four Corners program was biased.
Gallen - who was named in the Four Corners report as arriving in the hotel room in 2002 very late, and who told the program "it was pretty much all over by then, but nothing bad had happened anyway" - slammed the treatment of former teammate Matthew Johns as "totally disgraceful", telling Channel Nine the program had "destroyed a good man's life".
Earlier, Gallen had pre-empted any Cronulla board decision to stand him down by sending a letter of resignation after accepting a $10,000 fine and making a public apology in a press release for calling Paea a "black c---".
But he said on Channel Nine that even without the "c" against his name he was still the leader of the club. Gallen also spoke yesterday about working on his temperament, and said he was serious about making some on-field changes. He said he considered fighting the racial charge because he didn't want to be labelled a racist, but decided not to because he didn't want any more bad publicity for the club.
His decision comes as his teammate, Reni Maitua, back from a sojourn in Bali, will today find out if his B sample matches his earlier A sample which tested positive to the steroid clenbuterol.
Coach Ricky Stuart took Gallen into NRL headquarters for an hour-long meeting with NRL chief executive David Gallop yesterday morning, the final day he could have appealed against his breach notice. Gallen emerged from the meeting declaring the comment he made to Paea was "in the heat of the moment".
"I am sorry for the pain that it has caused Mickey Paea, his family and my family," Gallen said in his public apology.
"I sorted it out with Mickey straight after the game. I'm not a racist but anyone who knows me knows that. I have many friends from various racial backgrounds and a brother-in-law from Papua New Guinea. Needless to say, this has affected my family deeply.
"I need to work on my temperament at times, and this is something that rams that home. I've already talked with Ricky Stuart about doing that, and I want to show that I'm serious about making some changes."
Gallen will donate the $10,000 fine to a charity that has some connection to homelessness.
Gallop said Gallen had shown true leadership by facing up to a mistake, adding: "Anyone I've spoken to will tell you that Paul is not a racist but that can't excuse what was said. Despite a number of people, including Paul's own player association, trying to cloud the issue with an ill-informed attack on our process, Paul has today had the courage to stand up and show true leadership by facing up to a mistake."
Meanwhile, Maitua will witness the testing of his B sample at the Australian Government Analytical Laboratory in Pymble today. Maitua faces a two-year ban if the positive result is confirmed.
Channel 7
im discussed with this so called tv station, what trash they report,
they have to be the lowest form of media on the air,
2 women reporters were kidnapped and taken over the north Koren border
and jail for 12yrs, did that make channel 7 news, noop, their home and away star is caught of her face on coke and bickys,with a crime boss did that make their news noop.
but they filmed jenny hall out side sharks tonight saying to her. how are you feeling are you feeling scared,
they are blood sucking low life reporters,
they need to watch sbs news and realize what news is all about.
i wont be watching 7 for as long as can help it.
im discussed with this so called tv station, what trash they report,
they have to be the lowest form of media on the air,
2 women reporters were kidnapped and taken over the north Koren border
and jail for 12yrs, did that make channel 7 news, noop, their home and away star is caught of her face on coke and bickys,with a crime boss did that make their news noop.
but they filmed jenny hall out side sharks tonight saying to her. how are you feeling are you feeling scared,
they are blood sucking low life reporters,
they need to watch sbs news and realize what news is all about.
i wont be watching 7 for as long as can help it.
