Re: Gareth Thomas : Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:02 pm  

cardiffcrusaderrob wrote:

He's played in Bridgend v Cardiff and Ospreys v Cardiff Blues as well as Wales v England matches so he should be used to the dirty sh* t.

Bridgend v treorchy to... i shall never forget that... bridgend being escorted out the valley..nuts.!

Re: Gareth Thomas : Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:03 pm  

great performance from CRU tonight.... would alf be as bad as youngquest at FB.?
i doubt it.

if youngquest wasnt playing tonight the we would have won.

Re: Gareth Thomas : Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:28 pm  

Does anyone know if Gareth Thomas was at Saints tonight? I walked past a guy wearing your home shirt who looked the spitting image of him.

Re: Gareth Thomas : Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:59 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Does anyone know if Gareth Thomas was at Saints tonight? I walked past a guy wearing your home shirt who looked the spitting image of him.

One would expected him to be sat either in the dugouts with the subs and staff etc or in the stands with Noble and co. I can't imagine him signing for the club with the intention to play him next week but then for him to miss the opportunity to watch the game at close quarters.

Re: Gareth Thomas : Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:46 am  

leyther wrote:

waste of time and money and it just shows the ambition of the crusaders by signing over the hill union rejects

When was the last time Leyth made the national sports headlines?

Re: Gareth Thomas : Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:22 am  

Andy Greg wrote:

This is taken from the clubs website
Wales' newest professional side completed the triple loan deal of Ben Flower, Jordan James and Anthony Blackwood
Crusaders and Wales stars Lloyd White, Lewis Mills, Gil Dudson and Lee Williams are also set to play for the Scorpions under the dual registration

Looking at this i do not think Noble thinks James is good enough for SL. When Brian came to Wigan the first 2 props to leave were Jordan James and Oliver Wilks. So this is the second time he has moved Jordan on within a month or two of taking over.

And i think your right about a link between the clubs regarding players this could be down to Harris being the head coach for Wales and assistant coach for the Crusaders.

Cheers Andy Greg, I knew some of the guys were on dual reg.

Re: Gareth Thomas : Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:23 am  

Looking forward to seeing his debut this weekend , no doubt he will start on the bench.

A good signing to get the interest of the general Welsh public as a whole.

35 year old on a 3 year deal IIRC may be overdoing it a bit though.

Re: Gareth Thomas : Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:51 am  

Good job he's only on a 6 month contract with a year's option then isn't it.

Re: Gareth Thomas : Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:44 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

One would expected him to be sat either in the dugouts with the subs and staff etc or in the stands with Noble and co. I can't imagine him signing for the club with the intention to play him next week but then for him to miss the opportunity to watch the game at close quarters.

A pic on the Saints website confirmed he was there, sitting on those glorious wooden seats of ours, and having seen that pic I now know that earlier on he was in the away end, which is where I walked past him.

Re: Gareth Thomas : Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:40 pm  

garethtaylor15 wrote:

Bridgend v treorchy to... i shall never forget that... bridgend being escorted out the valley..nuts.!

Yeah i think leaguies sometimes dont understand the nature of welsh rugby union really. Im dividing my time between mountain ash and the brecon beacons at the mo, occasional visit to merthyr, aberdare and ponty. These places are the beating heart of welsh union and its basically ex-mining/steel town/village against each other and the players they produce wont struggle with any aspect of any kind of physicality. Anybody who thinks anything is deluding themselves. The great tragedy of sporting history is that we lost the queensland of british rugby league in wales. Its a total match between the history, background and sporting culture of league and this country. Hopefully one day we will turn that round.