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Re: Ben Flower : Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:15 pm  
Someone commented that he should not be judged too harshly as he is only a young man, one listener to Sports Talk on RH commented he is the same age as Guy Gibson was when he commanded the Dam Busters raids. How the events of the time change the youth of that era.
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Re: Ben Flower : Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:45 pm  
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Someone commented that he should not be judged too harshly as he is only a young man, one listener to Sports Talk on RH commented he is the same age as Guy Gibson was when he commanded the Dam Busters raids. How the events of the time change the youth of that era.

I think there were plenty of "idiot youths" in the wartime era too. Just like there are plenty of brave, courageous, decent youths now too.
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Re: Ben Flower : Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:15 pm  
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Re: Ben Flower : Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:16 pm  
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http://tvnz.co.nz/rugby-league-news/graham-lowe-ben-flower-s-attack-most-cowardly-thing-i-ve-ever-seen-6108134?


Talking out his arris
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Re: Ben Flower : Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:30 pm  
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Talking out his arris

Yep. In an article written by someone who doesn't know when SL started and doesn't know the meaning of the word "numerous".

Down under journalism at its finest.
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was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have


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Re: Ben Flower : Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:56 pm  
Kiwis are an odd bunch. They really do become myopic when it comes to their sport and the fact that one of their own was assaulted and the assaulter wasn't shot before being hung drawn and quartered, prior to being set on fire, buried alive and then fed to Lions is somewhat alien to them.
But ask them about the incident below featuring Brian O'Driscoll being lifted and speared by 2 All Blacks v the Lions and it was "part of the game", a nothing incident and not premeditated at all......
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Personally, I think the ban should have been for 20 games. The RFL have left themselves open to questioning given that of the 6 months of the ban, the first 5 weeks Flower will essentially be on Holiday then the next 2 months in training, meaning the ban is only really 3 months. Nigels bumper book of spin seems to have been used by the disciplinary now......he's certainly getting his money's worth out of it :D
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Re: Ben Flower : Wed Oct 15, 2014 10:25 pm  
Who even is Graham Lowe? Bet he has never even played the game, probably just another anti-league, anti-wigan unionite
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Re: Ben Flower : Wed Oct 15, 2014 10:32 pm  
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Who even is Graham Lowe? Bet he has never even played the game, probably just another anti-league, anti-wigan unionite

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was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have


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Re: Ben Flower : Wed Oct 15, 2014 10:57 pm  
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Who even is Graham Lowe? Bet he has never even played the game, probably just another anti-league, anti-wigan unionite

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Re: Ben Flower : Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:56 pm  
Flower's ban was news on CNN International Sports segment, with the assault video being replayed.
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