Sbw puts body on line for his faith

[milanja]

Ramadan began yesterday, and sonny cant have water or food during daylight hours for the next month.

Game against panthers on july will test him as it starts at 3pm, and he can't even have a sip of water!

Good luck.

[Danish]

He did this last year without a problem. I don't see it being a problem now either.

[bondi-boy]

No use me converting to Islam...no way I could observe all that Ramadan fasting etc.

A footballer not drinking fluids?
Recipe for disaster if you ask me.

[milanja]

He did this last year without a problem. I don't see it being a problem now either.

Having a bye during this time will help out too.

[Guest]

I admire the man for his life choices, Sonny's a great example to all.

[Johnny.]

If Sonny Bill was Catholic and giving up chocolate for lent, this wouldn't be a story.

Really, who gives a tinker's cuss that he's following his religion's doctrine?

[Guest]

If Sonny Bill was Catholic and giving up chocolate for lent, this wouldn't be a story.

Really, who gives a tinker's cuss that he's following his religion's doctrine?

What if Sonny was putting his body on the line for the Mardigras ? I guarantee you would be excited?

[Kingsgrove-Loiner]

Is blake getting involved in this Ramadan business? Or has he decided to turn his back on islam since he got acquitted......

[stsae]

What if Sonny was putting his body on the line for the Mardigras ? I guarantee you would be excited?

His gherkin would be swollen???

[Johnny.]

Is blake getting involved in this Ramadan business? Or has he decided to turn his back on islam since he got acquitted......

Then he would be like Michelle Leslie.

[milanja]

If Sonny Bill was Catholic and giving up chocolate for lent, this wouldn't be a story.

Really, who gives a tinker's cuss that he's following his religion's doctrine?

Main reason I find it intriguing is that an elite athlete can't take any fluids before, during or after playing a physical match, giving up chocolate wouldn't hinder anybodies performance, and catholics pick and choose what they give up every year, one year it's chocolate, the next year it is certain type of chocolate, because they found out the year before that giving up all chocolate was to hard. Plus with lent, it is allowable to eat the thing you have given up on Sundays.

Nowhere near the level of sacrifice that Ramadan brings.

[Johnny.]

Nowhere near the level of sacrifice that Ramadan brings.

My point was that its because he follows Islam not the act itself. If he was a snake handler, it wouldn't be news.

[Danish]

My point was that its because he follows Islam not the act itself. If he was a snake handler, it wouldn't be news.

That's Carney's religion isn't it?

[Hollus]

Main reason I find it intriguing is that an elite athlete can't take any fluids before, during or after playing a physical match, giving up chocolate wouldn't hinder anybodies performance, and catholics pick and choose what they give up every year, one year it's chocolate, the next year it is certain type of chocolate, because they found out the year before that giving up all chocolate was to hard. Plus with lent, it is allowable to eat the thing you have given up on Sundays.

Nowhere near the level of sacrifice that Ramadan brings.

When you give it up for lent you give it up for 40 days, you don't get to dabble on Sundays.

[redwhiteblue]

When you give it up for lent you give it up for 40 days, you don't get to dabble on Sundays.

And Lent is not about 'giving up chocolate' either unless you are under the age of 8...