formerflanker
Ken Catchpole (46)
Certainly Manly, he was a hard nut backrower. Hoops' brother has played wing for Manly too.
So yes, a rugby family.
Wallabies 2020
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So yes, a rugby family.
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
I remember the other Hooper. Whathisname. Richard???
formerflanker
Ken Catchpole (46)
That's right.
formerflanker
Ken Catchpole (46)
Perhaps not a Wallaby 2020 but certainly a famous Wallaby:
It was a chapter many people mistakenly thought had already been written, but David Pocock closed the door on his 13-year professional rugby career on Friday, announcing he would not be seeing out his contract with the Panasonic Wild Knights in Japan.In fact, while Pocock had announced last year he would retire from international football at the end of the World Cup, his intention always was to continue playing in the Japanese Top League. COVID, however, had the final say. Effectively his rugby career ended on February 22 against the Docomo Red Hurricanes in Osaka, though no one knew it at the time, least of all the former Wallabies captain. (The Australian)
Good luck for the future David. Your playing was always a delight to watch.
It was a chapter many people mistakenly thought had already been written, but David Pocock closed the door on his 13-year professional rugby career on Friday, announcing he would not be seeing out his contract with the Panasonic Wild Knights in Japan.In fact, while Pocock had announced last year he would retire from international football at the end of the World Cup, his intention always was to continue playing in the Japanese Top League. COVID, however, had the final say. Effectively his rugby career ended on February 22 against the Docomo Red Hurricanes in Osaka, though no one knew it at the time, least of all the former Wallabies captain. (The Australian)
Good luck for the future David. Your playing was always a delight to watch.
Joe Blow
John Hipwell (52)
Bullshit. NFJs is a nob and is an accurate representation of the problem. It’s fucking ridiculous to suggest that there is little race inequality in Australia. For a well educated person he sure is an imbecile.
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
Really? That's what the apologists used to say about playing an all white Springboks team. How do you "keep politics out"? As bad a name as politicians get, and sometimes deserve, our peaceful and prosperous way of life, such as it is, is underpinned by the rule of law - i.e. "politics".
NJF is, knowingly or not, using a far right dog whistle.
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
He is worse than an imbecile, he is a bigot.
rodha
Dave Cowper (27)
Farr-Jones is a conservative christian, so it shouldn't surprise you.
Derpus
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Maybe you could take a leaf out of his book and leave the political shit out of this thread?
Froggy
Nicholas Shehadie (39)
Sport and politics are a part of daily life. You can't take politics out of sport, never have been able to and never will. Nor can you take it out of religion, or business, or anything else. All the bits of life are inter-related, to think any part can exist in isolation is fantasy-land.
Derpus
Nathan Sharpe (72)
Perhaps. DR's approach was sensible. He asked the players and they opted not to take the more controversial approach but rather to support aboriginal people through the jersey.
KOB1987
John Eales (66)
Correct. Taking a knee is divisive, wearing the jersey is simply supportive.
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
Refusing to play, or watch, the Springboks when they were all white was divisive. Correct?
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Kenny Powers
Ron Walden (29)
Taking a knee is a symbolic gesture, makes the kneeler feel good would need to ask those for whom it is being done what it achieves for them.
In my opinion the ARU can do far more good in this space expanding on things they have done in the past like Lloyd McDermott teams, development in indigenous communities, try to match rugby up with education. Far far more benefit and actual positive outcome achieved by doing this. It will unite rather than divide.
In my opinion the ARU can do far more good in this space expanding on things they have done in the past like Lloyd McDermott teams, development in indigenous communities, try to match rugby up with education. Far far more benefit and actual positive outcome achieved by doing this. It will unite rather than divide.
sendit
Bob Loudon (25)
I saw an interesting post on FB the other day that got me thinking, does it actually matter that people of a certain minority aren’t prevelant in our game? There’s many sports where there are disproportionate participation numbers based on race
For example no one is up in arms that asians are underrepresented in our game, despite having a huge number of them in this country comparatively speaking, or other minorities such as people from the Middle East, Africa etc etc
At a basic level the same pathways are there for everyone, if you want to play the sport, the opportunities are there.
Someone else on this forum mentioned Geography being more of a problem in reaching participants, and I tend to think a more wholeistic approach to participation is far more inclusive and a more efficient use of money. If all that money that is pumped into Lloyd McDermott, First Nations 7’s etc etc were redirected to development officers, establishing clubs in areas without & country/rural engagement, not only would we still be engaging indigenous people (organically might I add) but a huge amount of other participants regardless of their ethnicity
For example no one is up in arms that asians are underrepresented in our game, despite having a huge number of them in this country comparatively speaking, or other minorities such as people from the Middle East, Africa etc etc
At a basic level the same pathways are there for everyone, if you want to play the sport, the opportunities are there.
Someone else on this forum mentioned Geography being more of a problem in reaching participants, and I tend to think a more wholeistic approach to participation is far more inclusive and a more efficient use of money. If all that money that is pumped into Lloyd McDermott, First Nations 7’s etc etc were redirected to development officers, establishing clubs in areas without & country/rural engagement, not only would we still be engaging indigenous people (organically might I add) but a huge amount of other participants regardless of their ethnicity
Derpus
Nathan Sharpe (72)
did you, by chance, attend a GPS school?
sendit
Bob Loudon (25)
Did I miss something where club rugby isn’t a thing anymore??
Joe Blow
John Hipwell (52)
This is not the place for it but Sendit has his head happily buried in the sand along with NFJ and a very big percentage of the rugby establishment in Australia. The pathways are and have always been very open for those coming through the private school system. We need to continue to take steps to open them further to those from all walks of life that may be interested in playing the game. The NRL and AFL have done a much better job in this regard. Rugby Australia can do more.