Re: Dirty macs jaw breaker : Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:59 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Enforcers: Paul Sculthorpe, Andy Farrell, Brian & Barrie McDermott, Jamie Peacock, Adrian Morley

Thugs: Michael McIllorum, Ryan Bailey, Terry Newton, Leon Pryce (Younger days with Bradford & Saints)

There's a big difference between those two sets of players.

Barrie Mac was a thug.

Re: Dirty macs jaw breaker : Fri Mar 14, 2014 2:06 pm  

St pete wrote:

Barrie Mac was a thug.

Very possibly, I was on the fence with him.

Re: Dirty macs jaw breaker : Fri Mar 14, 2014 2:22 pm  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Wasn't john stankovich career ended by a wiganer biting him?

No, he did his shoulder tackling Craig Smith.

Re: Dirty macs jaw breaker : Fri Mar 14, 2014 2:58 pm  

It maybe my ahe bit I don't recall Barrie mac being a thug.

Re: Dirty macs jaw breaker : Fri Mar 14, 2014 3:03 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

It maybe my ahe bit I don't recall Barrie mac being a thug.

Re: Dirty macs jaw breaker : Fri Mar 14, 2014 3:49 pm  

Ah on my phone. It maybe my age but I don't recall much thuggishness.

Re: Dirty macs jaw breaker : Fri Mar 14, 2014 3:49 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

Pongia played for three months after being found to have Hep B.

Didn't play again after it was revealed, Luke Rob allegedly got shifted on for disclosing the condition.

Bang on, the club did reveal it to the RFL "afterwards" they did take precautions with there own players but kept it quiet against the opposition players, just another instance of the goons stepping over the line.

This is one of the reasons we have blood bins today.

It was insider information with Luke Rob but we have to use the term allegedly in this instance.

Re: Dirty macs jaw breaker : Fri Mar 14, 2014 3:55 pm  

Dux wrote:

No, he did his shoulder tackling Craig Smith.

Craig Smith had a bad reputation in OZ of running into the tackler with the knees raised up impacting the shoulder area.

Correct if I am wrong but didn't Stankevitch take the player to court for damages but dropped the claim due to problems with finances.

Re: Dirty macs jaw breaker : Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:03 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

It maybe my ahe bit I don't recall Barrie mac being a thug.

Think he did a bit of thuggery on Peter Sheils, sat on his chest and did some GBH on his face. Think he played for Leeds at the time though.

Re: Dirty macs jaw breaker : Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:47 pm  

Hooper used to take kickers out was he a thug:) (loved Hoops)