Quote Alexs Dad="Alexs Dad"You can't beat a good brawl. A 10-15 second straightner to clear the air, beltin. If you dont like it, watch netball.
Paying to watch genuinly tough forwards, the likes of Lee Crooks, Nicky Kiss, Kevin Ward, Kurt Sorensen, Brian Case, Kel Skerret, Tim Street, etc was often worth the entrance money alone if you knew they were up against a like minded player.
With the modern day 'who can fall on the ground and play the ball the quickest' routine, most of the biff has gone.'"
But I think you are missing the point of what these guys did.
Kurt Sorenen was a great player and I loved watching him. Part of that was that he was a big tough guy.....but he didn't go out to start a fight. He played rugby and anyone who got out of line better watch out. The back line in his later days would not have been nearly as good if they hadn't had a tough pack.
If it was a brawl every week then Offiah wouldn't have scored his tries. He scored them because they weren't worried about going for the pass because if anyone came in late Kurt would sort it!
I never saw him go out and hit someone for nothing. (and none of the others either, maybe Tim Street apart as his fuse was VERY short)
The cheap shots are done by the less hard more cowardly. Newton springs to mind.
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Can't think of one kick-off though since we've played them in SL, and put that down to the modern game and professionalism of the players.'"
