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He is probably trying to get more money out of the RFU or the Sun are printing a load of rubbish for a change.

Would be great for CC, but don't believe it. Just linking him to the CC is good for them, like Lomu showing up to the NZW dressing room.

well the sun will report that micheal jackson is dead so im assuming you wont believe that either. The sun is a turd paper but that doesnt automatically mean that everything they print is untrue. werent they first to report dwayne chambers trialling for castleford? who believed that then. the fact is that we dont know but we do know that he has caught quite a few crusaders games and seems to be a genuine fan of the sport. but then the players have always been more open minded and less childish then some hard core fans of both sports.

oh good grief. firstly what has the rfu got to do with it? i think you mean the wru. secondly try going to your boss demanding a wage rise or you'll go and wortk for macdonalds. see how far that goes. threatening france or the guiness premiership might be a tactic but going to league from a financial point of view would be a very bad one. henson is one of the few players whou i would suspect of genuinely not giving that much thought to earning a few grand more when he could off someone instead.
still overall i think this is a publicity stunt by someone, maybe with hensons permission, in order to garner publicity for rugby league in wales. i hope noone has got a problem with that.

IMO this potential signing may reflect the recruitment of David Beckham by Real Madrid

The purposes for his capture was predominantly off field with merchandise sales etc expected to more then make up for the initial transfer fee and salary. Any decent performances on field were a bonus.

If this is genuine and not just the agent doing his job then I see the potential Henson capture in a similar vein all be it on a smaller scale. It would make the CC known in pretty much all of Wales and also entice curious unionites down to the Brewery Field who may like what they see.

Must be years since I've bought a copy of the Sun flower.
Go and have a lie down before you pop a vein.

err what are you on about now? abuse instead discussion. great.

What is your post on about?

RFU WRU, tomate-o tomart-o

Your McDonalds camparison is poor, unless you are comparing playing for Celtic to flipping burgers

. The difference between skilled workers and unskilled workers is significant in this respect. Skilled workers can ask for money because they are in demand. NRL player agents, for example, link their clients with ESL team to scare their current clubs.

I doubt Celtic would want him for his playing skills. Like you said it is a publicity stunt. Celtic would be better of saying they don't want him and he is not good enough. Now that would be a good publicity stunt for Welsh Rugby League.

you are of course right what you say. my main point is that demanding a higher wage by threatening to go and get paid a lot less somewhere else (for a lot more work lets face it) doesnt make much sense.
to be honest im more a fan of his playing skills then most people seem to be but if he did it the media in wales will go ballistic. its wall to wall with the combo of henson and church. oh well fun and games.

doesnt seem that complicated. 'just because its in the sun doesnt make it untrue' seems simple enough.

This is the best thing that could happen to them, they need putting on the map alot more so people will know about them, this will also interest RU fans.

Correct. Wales need a decent front-rower though.

This has all come about after a [iSun[/i journo got wind that 3,000 litres of 'San Tropez Orange' self-tan was on it's way to Bridgend. He is from the town though...

Back in December 1984 there were press reports that we'd failed in an attempt to sign Oz RU star Mark Ella, then in their touring party. What really happened was that the late Bob Evans rang the team hotel, but Mr. Ella was out, however it was good publicity. I'm with those that think that this story is in the same category.

Is he any good? All i know is hes got a perma-tan and plays a boring sport, but he has profile, and thats what Celtic need. Hope its true to be honest, see if he can take getting tackled properly!!

in terms of persona he his the rugby equivalent of David Beckham.
He's been on the J. Ross show, he's married to C.Church and an international player so a lot of people are aware of him. At the very least it's great P.R. which lets be honest we [RL don't get enough of it.

If it's true it's a good move and it will help Celtics 3 year plan

it smells likebeckham to la galaxy on a smaller scale, which was a total disaster of course

Was just speaking to Will Carling on twitter.. he hopes he does move to League, which in itself, doesn't really say much.

its an absolute bloody disgrace

What bringing a union player over(a welsh one at that)- Widnes wouldnt do that would they-Let me think

Styler is a complete troll, who was once known as bluesoxforeva, i very much doubt he is a widnes fan, more likely he put that as his location as part of his troll persona.

quality

Mal Meninga`s signing for saints again this year you know , so he played 85, was signing again in 86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93, so this year he will get a testimonial, bet Mike Bennett isn`t happy.

Isn`t the press a load of bollox

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