SBW article part 2:___very interesting

[Guest]

Simple answer. No Sbw.

[player 1]

Its just pure transit lounge if he is gonna come for one year. Pointless.

Not interested in 1 night stands eh Ox?

[Guest]

Simple answer. No Sbw.

Your not a fan of his?

[Guest]

The more it go's on the more I tend to think that the Roosters should pull the pin on the idea of signing him.

I might be old fashion but for me if the Roosters did sign him it would have to be on the Roosters terms. So that means No midget rugby & No boxing.

[ism22]

sbw if he returns to nrl he will likely get smashed up and injured early in his nrl comeback.
he was injury prone when he was at the scum.
playing rugby suits him as i believe it isnt as demanding as the physical contact of nrl and on that basis it is good reason reason he go to japan rugby, he will be playing against midgets and least likely to get hurt.the jap public will love him and especially those beautiful japanese women.

I lived in Japan for a bit...
1) NOBODY watches rugby there (it's like being in America with regard to sports... ALL baseball and gridiron.) Still, with 130+ million people and some MASSIVELY wealthy companies (which Australia lacks outside mining), they can pull together a LOT more money. IMO our economy is a big thing holding back sports. If Australia had companies like Sony, Toyota...etc shipping billions of value added goods overseas, so many things would benefit IMO.

2) Japanese women HAAAAAAATE men with tats and men with big muscles. I showed a picture of him to my wife (Japanese) and a large group of her friends... they all said "eeeeeeew!!! He's too big and has tats... I think he's disgusting!!!" (It's a really conservative country, and tats are banned from public baths...etc.) He wouldn't be popular at all (the majority of girls are ULTRA ULTRA conservative... no really!!!)

3) When Japanese people love stuff they go craaaaaaaazy about it even if they know SFA about it. My guess is he'd be MASSIVE amongst the fanatics because they all love the All Blacks, and although Nonu is their main man, SBW has sold himself much better. And just the "I played for the All Blacks!!!" will be enough to pull the fanatics.

4) I agree and disagree on the injury side.

As a kid he had a few minor injuries, but he's a BIG man now! He used to be a bit skinny IMO.

Union vs League... yeah. You can't tackle high or use your shoulders in Union. I remember he was soft in defence. When first playing in France he got quite a few bans for shoulder charges and high tackles.

My guess is his tackling style has changed. Might be a liability as the union/league defensive tactics are VERY different. 1-on-1 He might be better, butmy concerns would be defending against intentional shoulder charges (which will suddenly become legal... OUCH! As a kid I always hated the switch to League for that reason.)

Also will he be used to League players who intentionally fall forward because strips are illegal and the tackle count matters?

Mmm I'd be worried about his defence.

[Guest]

Your not a fan of his?

If it was a choice between Anasta and SBW then I'd have SBW but if the Roosters want to get Scott Minto, broken neck and all instead of him, I'd take Scott Minto.

[bondi paul]

I lived in Japan for a bit...
1) NOBODY watches rugby there (it's like being in America with regard to sports... ALL baseball and gridiron.) Still, with 130+ million people and some MASSIVELY wealthy companies (which Australia lacks outside mining), they can pull together a LOT more money. IMO our economy is a big thing holding back sports. If Australia had companies like Sony, Toyota...etc shipping billions of value added goods overseas, so many things would benefit IMO.



2) Japanese women HAAAAAAATE men with tats and men with big muscles. I showed a picture of him to my wife (Japanese) and a large group of her friends... they all said "eeeeeeew!!! He's too big and has tats... I think he's disgusting!!!" (It's a really conservative country, and tats are banned from public baths...etc.) He wouldn't be popular at all (the majority of girls are ULTRA ULTRA conservative... no really!!!)

3) When Japanese people love stuff they go craaaaaaaazy about it even if they know SFA about it. My guess is he'd be MASSIVE amongst the fanatics because they all love the All Blacks, and although Nonu is their main man, SBW has sold himself much better. And just the "I played for the All Blacks!!!" will be enough to pull the fanatics.

4) I agree and disagree on the injury side.

As a kid he had a few minor injuries, but he's a BIG man now! He used to be a bit skinny IMO.

Union vs League... yeah. You can't tackle high or use your shoulders in Union. I remember he was soft in defence. When first playing in France he got quite a few bans for shoulder charges and high tackles.

My guess is his tackling style has changed. Might be a liability as the union/league defensive tactics are VERY different. 1-on-1 He might be better, butmy concerns would be defending against intentional shoulder charges (which will suddenly become legal... OUCH! As a kid I always hated the switch to League for that reason.)

Also will he be used to League players who intentionally fall forward because strips are illegal and the tackle count matters?

Mmm I'd be worried about his defence.

nice post. you are fortunate you have a japanese lady as a wife.nice people!

[Guest]

Not interested in 1 night stands eh Ox?

No. I fall in love too easily. I'm afraid the same would happen with Sonny Bill.

[Guest]

2) Japanese women HAAAAAAATE men with tats and men with big muscles. I showed a picture of him to my wife (Japanese) and a large group of her friends... they all said "eeeeeeew!!! He's too big and has tats... I think he's disgusting!!!" (It's a really conservative country, and tats are banned from public baths...etc.) He wouldn't be popular at all (the majority of girls are ULTRA ULTRA conservative... no really!!!)

Dude most chicks will tell you that they hate muscly guys with tatts, its not just a Japanese thing. Its not true though. They're just saying that cos they don't have one. Secretly it makes them all moist.