I will help you to get him over there

That'd be great !! Inject a bit of urgency and pazzazz into our lacklustre displays !! Sorry Tony, I just have to disagree with your sentiments. He would be a great addition.

Danny Jones could do the same if only he was given the chance.

OK OK OK OK!!!!!

Then it would give me great pleasure ... and delight ... that when the inevitable tears arise I will stride on t' Shay pitch after yet another nightmare on shay street and shout "I told you so!". Oh yes.

Half time entertainment ! Sorted !!!

You could have your own cheerleaders.

"Tony Fax, breaks our backs,
Tony Fax kicks us in the nacks.

Tony Fax rah rah rah
Tony Fax, you're a star "

Needs a bit of work, but it's a start on our current half time offerings.

I seem to recall that Ben Black has some UK connection.

He did mention to me last season something about having a visa that gave him right of abode, or something like that.

Bit vague I know, and may have got it wrong, but I think there is some scottish ancestry in the family somewhere.

If we buy him a yorkshire terrier, does that satisfy the criterea?

Or we could relocate to Wales. That should gain us clearence from the rfl.

Double post.

If you help to bring him over, I will bring a motion up in House of Parliment fetch transportation to Aussie back. as I see it we have enough LAZY players at the club why would we want another over payed one JMHO of course?

I wonder if Burleigh Bears would swap him for a Hoare?

NAH there are enough hoares in Aus alledgedy. I seem to recall that one of the Brisbane leauge teams were to be sponsored by a Brothel

Imagine that over here. Yob would be a bit twitchy on the Sponsors Annual Dinner

You may actually see him sooner than you think.


My understanding is that he is next in line at the Titans. So if Scott Prince is injured you may be watching him on the telly in the NRL.

Sadly only those who have Setanta will be able to watch him

Ben Black was on late night SBS last night - Burleigh Bears were playing Norths in the QLD cup. He scored a great try in the first time, skipping through from a dummy 40 metres out and stepping the fullback. Was guilty of a lot of 'snatch' tackles though, seemed to have a habit of grabbing at shirts rather than round the legs. Still a good player at this level though.
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Sounds like the same old Blacky then.
Great to watch at times but not a worker in defence.
I liked the lad though a real character, had that cockiness you need for his position.

Scott Prince took a big hit towards the end of the game against the Broncos last night and was taken to hospital. If the above is true and Ben Black is next in line, he may yet make his NRL debut in the near future. Watch this space.

Titans were unlucky to lose by all accounts.

It was a cracking game, where the Titans came back from 12-6 down to lead 18-12. Broncos were dead on their feet, with some of their Origin players absolutely knackered. However, in the last ten minutes they got a second wind and once the scored the equalising try with about seven minutes to go there was only going to be one winner. Extra time and that man Lockyer slotted a drop goal over from 35 yards. Never realised what a special player he was until I moved out here, now I rate him as one of the all time greats.

The Brisbane v Gold Coast game was class, titans were unlucky to lose but when you've got a certain Mr Lockyer on your team, a match winning play is always in sight.

Back to the original topic, TonyFax I completely agree with you. Ben Black played when he wanted to, ok he was good when he did play but we don't need a player like that. At least out half-backs give 100% all the time.

And whoever said that in 2005 we were 10 mins from a grand final, therefore a good season, DID YOU ATTEND ANY GAMES THAT YEAR???!!!
We were dreadful throughout the entrie season except for the Hull KR game and the Cas game.

So my opinion on Black is leave him in Aus and concentrate on the players we already have playing half-back, i would rather have players giving 100% then a bloke who only plays half of the time he is on the pitch.

I thought we'd put this one to bed but if people insist on raising it again and having a dig then deep breath.........what a load of old nonsense Claire. Scoring the number of tries he did in an injury plagued season is [inot[/i playing "when you want to". And yes, its not just about the number of tries you score, but watch the 2005 season dvd and then come on here and see if you can say that he didn't make a massive contribution everywhere else. And just to counter another myth, his defence was no better or worse that any half back we've had since. People bang on about him hiding in the centres when defending but this is [istandard tactics[/i for god's sake, so that your key creative player is not having to put the tackles in every set and tiring themselves out. Virtually every team do this.

And finally, agreeing with TF on this sensitive issue is backing a loser since his halfback favourite and contemporary of Mr Black (Mr Dean Lawford) is trundling around NL1, and mine (who we apparently "don't need"icon_wink.gif is on the verge of making his Aussie first grade debut. To say we "don't need" a player of Black's calibre is hubris in the extreme. He'd be a huge asset to any team at this level.

I'd rather be backing a loser than being delusional and thinking we were good in 2005! The two games at the end of the season causes people to put on the rose tinted specs.

I haven't said that Black isn't a good player, he evidently is, and when he was here, he was one of my faves. But IMO he didn't play to his full potential, even when he was injured. We are entitled to our own opinions on here last time i checked.

Also, if you want to start comparing careers, I suggest that any one out of Ian Watson, Graham Holroyd, and yes even Dean Lawford, have played considerably more top flight games than BB probably ever will.

In the meantime, I look forward to Ben Black's NRL debut with great interest. When is it?

Where do you get the impression I thought we were good in 2005? We were dire. Apart from Ben Black





And I'm entitled to challenge your opinions

Fight, fight, fight....!!





Keep it up, good debate.