SBW putting on a clinic - S15 GF

[Guest]

The Chiefs were last in the NZ conference in 2011.

Enter Sonny Bill and they win the farrken lot!

I don't think I'll be able to contain my chub when I see him in a chooks jersey for the first time.

[Guest]

I also struggle to comprehend why people dont want him at the club

Each to their own AW they'll all jump on board quick smart when he's carving teams up plus imagine all the new female fans we'll be attracting to our games win win I say lol

[Billy Gunn]

The Chiefs were last in the NZ conference in 2011.

Enter Sonny Bill and they win the farrken lot!

I don't think I'll be able to contain my chub when I see him in a chooks jersey for the first time.

Half a chubby just thinking about it

[Cockadoodledoo]

I'd say it has a lot to do with their last impression of him. The party boy who was getting a Leilua from Braith's ex in a toilet.

Not that him being a Mooselim helps much either.

Sonny was the party boy when he was a kid. He is as professional as you could possibly get.

[Guest]

Sonny was the party boy when he was a kid. He is as professional as you could possibly get.

We shall see that professionalism next year.

[Guest]

LOL at you all thinking one player is going to win you a comp LMAO! very wishful thinking.

You need a TEAM to win not just one player.

[Guest]

LOL at you all thinking one player is going to win you a comp LMAO! very wishful thinking.

You need a TEAM to win not just one player.

I'll bet you a thousand the chooks finish in front of lol@souffs next year?

[chook 56]

LOL at you all thinking one player is going to win you a comp LMAO! very wishful thinking.

You need a TEAM to win not just one player.

[Guest]

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has hit out at those questioning the commitment of Sonny Bill Williams following his decision to leave New Zealand for a lucrative stint in Japanese rugby union before having another heavyweight fight and joining the Sydney Roosters. ''He is a professional sportsperson,'' Hansen said. ''It's not his fault that he's pretty good at boxing and people want to watch him do that. It's not his fault he's good at league and … people want to put a contract in front of him.'' After helping to take the Chiefs from last place to first in this year's Super Rugby competition with Saturday night's defeat of the Sharks in the final, Williams has answered an SOS to play for the All Blacks in two Tests against Australia before heading to Japan, where he will earn about $100,000 per game. He also plans to box in November and is expected to join the Roosters in late February. ''You only get a very short [time] in your playing career to make money. He's entitled to do what he is doing,'' Hansen said. He is hoping Williams will return to the New Zealand Rugby Union.

[Guest]

LOL at you all thinking one player is going to win you a comp LMAO! very wishful thinking.

You need a TEAM to win not just one player.

I'll bet you a thousand the chooks finish in front of lol@souffs next year?

Come on pussy, put your 3 months worth of pension cheques where your toothless mouth is?

[Darkone]

The aura and professionalism SBW will bring to the team especially the young guns like RTS and Moga is priceless.
I can't believe some are dead set against it.

Absolutely!!!

SBW version 2012 brings the highest All Black standards of technique & discipline, this will rub off on the rest of the team...

A reality check from Hansen the Black coach....

" He's different when you see him as a sports person, he's done things that are different and sometimes in New Zealand we don't like people who are a little different.

"He loves challenges. He hasn't played against Australia, his form even last night [in the Super Rugby final] he was dangerous every time he carried the ball, defensively he was outstanding. He's a world-class player now," he said.

Hansen added the media would have been dealing out six lashes to the selectors if he hadn't been picked when available.

"The New Zealand public are pretty good at recognising someone who is going a job and he's done that.

"One or two of the people are a bit anti and think he might be chasing money but he's a professional sportsperson. You only get a very short term in your playing career to make money. Doctors are doctors from the time they graduate until the time they die," he said.

"He's entitled to do what he's doing. It's not his fault that he's pretty good at boxing and people want to watch him do that. It's not his fault he's good at league and it's not his fault that people want to put a contract in front of him. "

[Guest]

"He's entitled to do what he's doing. It's not his fault that he's pretty good at boxing and people want to watch him do that. It's not his fault he's good at league and it's not his fault that people want to put a contract in front of him. "

People said the same about Heidi Fleiss, being good at what she did I mean.

He's a mercenary but he's our mercenary for the next year. If he can get us a premiership then I don't care if we're the League version of the Yankees.

[chook 56]

People said the same about Heidi Fleiss, being good at what she did I mean.

He's a mercenary but he's our mercenary for the next year. If he can get us a premiership then I don't care if we're the League version of the Yankees.

That was boxing....sort of.

[Guest]

That was boxing....sort of.

I've heard Tom Sizemore liked to practice boxing on her.

Damn you Sergeant Horvath.

[Darkone]

Roosters roll out welcome mat for SBW

Monday, August 06, 2012 - 4:05 PM
Source: BigPond Sport


Sydney Roosters players are relishing the prospect of playing alongside New Zealand code-hopper Sonny Bill Williams next year.

There had been speculation Williams's rumoured deal to return to the NRL from rugby union has some Tricolours offside.

But that's news to outstanding young back-rower Boyd Cordner and New Zealand international centre three-quarter Shaun Kenny-Dowall.

'If he comes here, I think it would be great ... as a back-rower I could learn so much from him and I'd love him to be part of the club,' said 20-year-old Cordner.

'I grew up watching him and he was a massive role model to everyone, especially me and if he comes here I'll have the chance to learn from him and get some advice and I'm sure he'll have plenty.'

Williams celebrated a Super Rugby title with the Chiefs on Saturday night and will play for New Zealand in two games of the Rugby Championship.

He will then head to Japanese rugby for a lucrative 12-game stint before he is expected to join the Roosters on a one-year deal, ending his five-season exile from league after his controversial exit from Canterbury midway through 2008.

The deal is reportedly worth $850,000 a year and is also believed to allow Williams to continue his boxing career.

It is also expected he will miss the bulk of the Roosters' pre-season and arrive at the club a month before the 2013 season kicks off.

'It's all speculation at the moment but if he does come that would be great,' Kenny-Dowall said.

'He's one of the best players in the world, so you couldn't help but get excited by the thought of playing with somebody like that.

'Anywhere he goes, he's going to be a massive attribute and it would be no different here. I'd be really excited to play outside a player of his calibre.'

Meanwhile the Roosters are hopeful second-rower Aidan Guerra will play against Parramatta on Saturday.

Guerra suffered an ankle injury in Friday night's win over St George Illawarra and is awaiting the results of scans.