wayne bennett : Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:39 am  

i used to hate this guy with a passion.

first for his role in Super LEague in australia. then in his attitude which seemed arrogant.

first time i tried to read Dont Die with the music in you, i thought he was a pompous, arrogant twit.

after reading it again i changed my mind.

am currently reading his book "the man in the mirror". have changed my views 100%.

that such a loyal aussie, whose uncle also played for the kangaroos, wanted to help NZ in the world cup says it all.

when people were saying international RL was dead a few years ago, he was the person that came up with the idea of the Tri Nations as a new start forward.

that got the international game back up there and then hes helped out NZ in the world cup.

and next year he takes on the challenge of getting a famous club like saints to relive their past glories.

: Sun Nov 23, 2008 3:24 pm  

For all his faults Bennett clearly loves the game, wants to see it flourish at International level and commands great respect from the players he coaches.

: Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:43 am  

fire up dragons ohh when the saints. go marching home

: Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:17 am  

fredie wrote:

fire up dragons ohh when the saints. go marching home

and kogarah is finished as well.

they have to finish top 4 next year.

Re: wayne bennett : Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:22 am  

dally messenger wrote:

i used to hate this guy with a passion.

first for his role in Super LEague in australia. then in his attitude which seemed arrogant.

first time i tried to read Dont Die with the music in you, i thought he was a pompous, arrogant twit.

after reading it again i changed my mind.

am currently reading his book "the man in the mirror". have changed my views 100%.

that such a loyal aussie, whose uncle also played for the kangaroos, wanted to help NZ in the world cup says it all.

when people were saying international RL was dead a few years ago, he was the person that came up with the idea of the Tri Nations as a new start forward.

that got the international game back up there and then hes helped out NZ in the world cup.

and next year he takes on the challenge of getting a famous club like saints to relive their past glories.

ive just read both books and like his passion, the way he lives his life and his opinions but by reading the super league chapter i dont really understand what happened there, as i dont with tallis.

: Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:32 am  

on tallis.

1. he was with an ARL team (saints). when he was talking to sign a contract with the ARL, their people (gus gould) said he wasnt much more than a bench player and didnt offer him a contract in accordance with being an origin player. Super Leauge did so he signed with them

that was in 1995 and the SL was supposed to start in 1996. the ARL took it to court and got an injunction so all the players that changed clubs were supposed to go back to their original clubs. tallis reckons the saints people promised him a release and when they didnt give it to him later he sat out the season in protest.

2. on bennett. another book ive read gives him more of a role in SL. remember he is bitter with news ltd now and is going to try to distance himself from what went on but at the time he was up to his neck in it.

his book makes it sound like the broncos werent always going to Super League. thats BS. it was their idea

: Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:27 am  

thats right . ive known from day 1 . broncos are the skum of the earth look what they did too south queensland crushers. gold coast seagulls,2 other teams superleague scum broncos. they are full of sh-t. all smoke an mirrors . go too hell droncos

: Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:14 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

on tallis.

1. he was with an ARL team (saints). when he was talking to sign a contract with the ARL, their people (gus gould) said he wasnt much more than a bench player and didnt offer him a contract in accordance with being an origin player. Super Leauge did so he signed with them

that was in 1995 and the SL was supposed to start in 1996. the ARL took it to court and got an injunction so all the players that changed clubs were supposed to go back to their original clubs. tallis reckons the saints people promised him a release and when they didnt give it to him later he sat out the season in protest.

2. on bennett. another book ive read gives him more of a role in SL. remember he is bitter with news ltd now and is going to try to distance himself from what went on but at the time he was up to his neck in it.

his book makes it sound like the broncos werent always going to Super League. thats BS. it was their idea

i dont mean to sound stupid but i really dont know know what happened with sl at all.

i cant even tell when it started, when they played in different leagues(if they did) when and why they got back together.

with tallis what i meant is in bennets book it would seem they fell out but it doesnt say why.

: Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:34 pm  

the ARL had set up a great competition.

they brought in the broncos in 1988. the broncos were never happy with a number of decisions the ARL was making, saying it was limiting their business.

after many arguments they approached news ltd to set up their own competition. news ltd wanted the Pay TV rights for RL which were with someone else.

1994 - rumours of a SL start
1995 - April 1st - SL erupts out, news ltd organizes raids on players and clubs signing many. ARL fights back signing clubs and players.
1996 - SL loses court case from starting their own competition
1997 - SL wins court case on appeal - 2 rival competitions
1998 - 2 competitions merged to form the nrl 1/2 owned by arl and 1/2 by news ltd


tallis vs bennett - its more bennett vs news ltd. tallis is an employee of news ltd so is doing what they want. bennett used to be one of their guys too, but when he was going to coach an ARL team in the roosters they turned on him. its all SL politics.

: Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:35 pm  

the only real reason murdoch paid so much money for SL in britain was to cut off the ARL and win the war in australia.

if not for the war in australia, murdoch probably wouldnt have thrown that large amount of money at the game