Comments on: England player ‘gag’ a smart move by Lancaster

By: Prophet Enoch

Prophet Enoch — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 18:30:26 +0000

The buggie guy will never play for Wales again

As for kebab guy he should never play again for Wales either.

Whereas all the England internationals who misbehave in any way know they will get picked again and again because the RFU has a track record of allowing their players to do as they like.

In 1987 4 England players were given RFU lifetime bans that lasted 1 match!

In the 2000s we had a guy who claimed to be a drug dealer … lost the England captain’s armband but kept getting picked by England.

We have the RFU citing officer who struck a Scottish player off the ball in a Calcutta match and the RFU sought a court injunction to stop the BBC showing the footage of the England player’s actions in a programme about violence in sport.

Would this be the same England player who in 1995 ran over a teenage girl fracturing her skull when he was over the drink-drive limit?

Oh yeah the same guy who broke Phil Davies’ cheekbone in 3 places in the above mentioned 1987 5 Nations game.

Benjit know your facts before you throw bricks from the RFU glass house!

By: Banastre

Banastre — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:07:12 +0000

As usual I skip over ‘Don P’s’ comments and go straight to the others

By: Benjit

Benjit — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:02:56 +0000

Or even driving golf buggies down the motorway or fights outside kebab shops?

By: Prophet Enoch

Prophet Enoch — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:25:29 +0000

Next they will be banned from throwing smaller people around pubs, told not to abuse hotel staff and prevented from jumping from ferries in broad daylight..oh and being photographed with some women other than the wife.

By: Don P

Don P — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:08:56 +0000

Well so much for freedom of speech I guess. On the other hand Graham Henry would no doubt agree with Lanc’s policy following the utterances of Healy & Dawson all those yrs ago. However, is this restriction stuff because SL thinks he players are kids not to be trusted? And if he (as others seem to do) blames England’s last WC performance on off field hi jinks, then he’s somewhat deluded methinks. England got beaten on the day by France (it happens). If they (France), had ‘run up the white flag as the always do v England’ according to, ‘sealed lips gather no feet’, Guscott, then this whole blame thing would likely have been a non starter. I’ve said before that, post SCW, all of England’s mangers have fared only so, so & SL himself is not exempt from such scrutiny. His team has remained @ No 4 in the rankings under his tenure (SCW agrees) & he’s lost his last 4 on the bounce to NZ. Surely it’s mostly to do with the coaching of & execution of effective rugby that’s the important ingredient in a team’s on field success & not occasional extra curricular activities when players blow off steam to ease pressure in stressful environments.