Newcastle Knights sign Willie Mason for the remainder of 2012 NRL season

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http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/n...-1226331708232

How funny is that!!!!!!!!!!, I thought this guy was in jail by now....

Even the tigers who signed Anasta, weren't that stupid!!LMFAO

[Guest]

That's tops.

[chook 56]

That's tops.

[Guest]

It's not as funny as this..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...-accident.html

Burly rugby player has a stroke after freak gym accident… wakes up gay and becomes a hairdresser..

Chris Birch loses eight stone and transforms himself from skinhead to 'preened man'

Gives up job in bank and retrains as a hairdresser

By LUKE SALKELD

When 19-stone rugby player Chris Birch suffered a stroke during a freak training accident, his family feared it would be a life-changing injury.
Yet while his recovery certainly brought about a transformation, it seems to have been in a way no one could have expected.
For when he regained consciousness, the 26-year-old – who was engaged to his girlfriend – claimed he had become gay.


New life: Chris now works as a hairdresser and lives above the shop with his boyfriend

Mr Birch’s astonishing change saw him break up with his fiancée, ditch his job in a bank to retrain as a hairdresser and lose eight stone in weight.

He has now moved in with his 19-year-old boyfriend.

The now ex-rugby player, a flanker with his local amateur reserve side, had been attempting a back flip in front of friends on a field when he fell down a grass bank, breaking his neck and suffering the stroke.

He was taken to hospital where his fiancée and family spent days waiting anxiously at his bedside before he delivered the shocking news.

Mr Birch recalled: ‘I was gay when I woke up and I still am. It sounds strange but when I came round I immediately felt different.

‘I wasn’t interested in women any more. I was definitely gay. I had never been attracted to a man before – I’d never even had any gay friends.

‘But I didn’t care about who I was before, I had to be true to my feelings.’

Before the accident Mr Birch, of Ystrad Mynach, South Wales, had spent his weekends watching sport and drinking with his mates.

But he said: ‘Suddenly, I hated everything about my old life. I didn’t get on with my friends, I hated sport and found my job boring.

‘I started to take more pride in my appearance, bleached my hair and started working out. I went from a 19-stone skinhead to an 11-stone preened man.

‘People I used to know barely recognised me and with my new look I became even more confident.’

Before the stroke: Chris Birch weighed 19 stone, worked in a bank and played rugby

People I used to know barely recognised me and with my new look I became even more confident.’

Mr Birch sought advice from his neurologist and was told it could all be down to the stroke opening up a different part of his brain.

Two years ago it was reported that Alan Brown, from Malvern, Worcestershire, woke from a stroke to find he was able to paint and draw in incredible detail, despite no previous evidence of the skill.

The father of three said the experience must have ‘flicked a switch’ in the creative part of his brain.

And Mr Birch certainly has no regrets about his transformation. ‘I’m nothing like the old Chris now but I wouldn’t change a thing,’ he said.

Transformation: Chris Birch with his boyfriend Jack. He said: 'I think I'm happier than ever, so I don't regret the accident'

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http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/n...-1226331708232

How funny is that!!!!!!!!!!, I thought this guy was in jail by now....

Even the tigers who signed Anasta, weren't that stupid!!LMFAO

That's almost worthy of a poll - which club made the worst decision? I'll back the Tigers primarily on the basis it's 2 years to 1.

[007]

It's not as funny as this..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...-accident.html

First haircut should be to himself.

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Lol Bennett must be losing his marbles if he thinks Willie Wanka is a class frontrower


http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...-1226331589454

Newcastle Knights have signed Willie Mason for the remainder of 2012

Josh Massoud
The Daily Telegraph
April 18, 2012 1:59PM
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DT Mason return splash

The Knights have put their faith in Willie Mason to bolster their front-row. Source: The Daily Telegraph

WILLIE Mason could make his rugby league return this weekend after today agreeing to terms with Newcastle for the remainder of this season.

Mason will finalis the six-month deal at a meeting with Knights officials this afternoon, thetelegraph.com.au can confirm.

The NRL lifeline will see Mason return to the NRL for the first time since 2010 on match payments under supercoach Wayne Bennett, whose team has struggled up front so far this season.

After Wests Tigers baulked at signing Mason because of pressure from major sponsors, Bennett stepped-up negotiations in the resignation that his roster was short of class front rowers.

Discussions with NRL cap auditor Ian Schubert cleared the way for the deal to be approved this morning, giving Mason the green light to play for the Knights' NSW Cup feeder team this weekend.

Despite training strongly in exile, Mason needs match fitness before his top grade return and Bennett wants him back on the paddock ASAP.

That means Mason could turn out in reserve grade against the Illawarra Cutters at Toyota Stadium on Saturday.

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First haircut should be to himself.

Do you reckon the dog in this vid is his dog??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx10K3n5_Oc

[Guest]

Do you reckon the dog in this vid is his dog??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx10K3n5_Oc

lol that's almost a 69er.

Chook.

[Guest]

Good luck to him.

As long as he isn't here, I've got no issue.

[chook 56]

lol that's almost a 69er.

Chook.

Is that fred? The dog?

[Guest]

Bennett will get plenty out of him and, once again, the joke will be on us.

We are the new Irish Lepers.

[stsae]

lol that's almost a 69er.

Chook.

A Fred69er???

[stsae]

Bennett will get plenty out of him and, once again, the joke will be on us.

We are the new Irish Lepers.

I feel you JusT may be right PlumbBob.

[chook 56]

A Fred69er???

LOL
ur welcome
Tear em up champ.