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bbc article : Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:42 pm  
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 004174.stm

Good positive piece on Huddersfield under Nathan Brown on the BBC website, if you've not seen it.

I did wonder at this bit though....

Michael de Vere was probably the best example. Now retired, his signing in 2004 was a massive coup for Huddersfield, but injuries prevented him ever justifying his mega-bucks move.

He was the first Aussie to sign for the club since the Second World War, but, although others have followed, the Giants clearly now regard their youth policy as the way to safeguard their future.


Was De Vere really the first Aussie to sign for Huddersfield since the Second World War???
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 004174.stm

Good positive piece on Huddersfield under Nathan Brown on the BBC website, if you've not seen it.

I did wonder at this bit though....

Michael de Vere was probably the best example. Now retired, his signing in 2004 was a massive coup for Huddersfield, but injuries prevented him ever justifying his mega-bucks move.

He was the first Aussie to sign for the club since the Second World War, but, although others have followed, the Giants clearly now regard their youth policy as the way to safeguard their future.


Was De Vere really the first Aussie to sign for Huddersfield since the Second World War???
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: Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:46 pm  
It will mean Aussie with International rep honours.
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: Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:18 pm  
TBH I find this the most funniest part of the article. :lol: :lol:

Fellow new recruit Liam Fulton also moved in with Jamahl "Jammer the Hammer" Lolesi on arrival in the country.I knew next to nothing about Huddersfield before I came over

In turns out Lolesi is not too easy to live with, however. His obsessive cleaning, guitar playing and singing antics accelerated Fulton's desire to find his own place. I understand that Jammer serenading Fulton on his guitar before bedtime proved to be the final straw.

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: Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:13 pm  
City of Huddersfield? :?

Not so sure that MDV didn't justify his signing. I think he failed to live up to some fans expectations in that he wasn't the type of player they had envisaged.
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: Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:30 pm  
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City of Huddersfield? :?

Not so sure that MDV didn't justify his signing. I think he failed to live up to some fans expectations in that he wasn't the type of player they had envisaged.

Bang on LF13.

Once he came back from injury, he earned his corn. I'll admit I may have been influenced by wanting to kick back against the amount of unjustified stick he used to get from the stands, but I remember a consumate professional. He wasn't flash, he was an utterly reliable defence oriented centre. I quite liked the try he scored in the cup semi, mind you!
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: Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:32 pm  
De Vere wasn't on 'mega bucks'.
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: Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:39 pm  
didnt rate de vere, excellant in defence but how many tries did he score during his time with us?? very poor for a centre... and would of thought he was the top earner
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: Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:53 pm  
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I quite liked the try he scored in the cup semi, mind you!

I still don't know how he managed to get to that. :shock:

I think he was the only person there that knew he'd scored, until he managed to convince Silverwood to go to the VR.
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: Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:22 pm  
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didnt rate de vere, excellant in defence but how many tries did he score during his time with us?? very poor for a centre... and would of thought he was the top earner

Poor for a strike centre, yes. But then De Vere never was a strike centre.
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: Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:29 pm  
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didnt rate de vere, excellant in defence but how many tries did he score during his time with us?? very poor for a centre... and would of thought he was the top earner


He scored a great try for us against Leeds in 2006 at Odsal.
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