THEY WEREN'T MY FRIENDS ANYWAY. Ch 9: OK, let's talk about your teammates. Andrew Ryan, the day after you walked out, was very critical, said that you wouldn't be a friend of his any more. Other players have been too cranky to talk about it. You must know, walking out on your teammates must have upset them. SBW: I've spoken to my close mates at the Dogs, I've explained the whole situation, and at first a couple of them were a bit "Oh, the way you left, you didn't tell", but when I explained the situation, they were behind me 100 per cent. I'm just a bit hurt that some of the players have come out and bagged me straight away without knowing the facts, because I thought with them knowing the kind of bloke I was, there would have been a legitimate reason for me doing what I've done. At the end of the day, those players that have stood up and hammered me straight away probably weren't my friends in the first place. Ch 9: Can you understand the players' anger? The last couple of weeks they have been flogged and it's embarrassing for the team. Does that hurt you to hear they've been beaten very badly over the last couple of weeks? SBW: Yeah, of course, I never like seeing my close mates losing like that, This content is protected Because if some good comes out of what I've done, which I think it will, hopefully these players start getting treated a bit better, not just like cattle. I DON'T NEED TO APOLOGISE Ch 9: WHAT have you got to say to the fans? Because you left them without notice, and they're obviously upset. SBW: Fans, at the end of the day, fans are the only real people out there in the game. They're the ones that turn up to the games, they're the ones that buy the tickets, they're the ones that pay for the jerseys. They're the only real people in the game. And I guess what I've done to all the Bulldogs fans, I know that you probably won't understand what I've done. You probably never will, This content is protected It's about all the players. I just hope they just do realise that one day. And to the fans that have stuck by me, I just want to say thanks a lot for your support, I love youse all, and especially, I've got a lot of support out of the Samoan and the Aboriginal community so I just want to say thank you and I love youse all, too. Ch 9: Sonny Bill, do you want to say sorry to them that they won't have you to cheer on? SBW: Say sorry for what, man? Have I like murdered someone? Have I? Ch 9: No, but they like you. SBW: You don't understand what I'm saying. I'm not saying that I hate rugby league, I love playing rugby league . . . I can't play rugby league again you know, so I don't know what to say. I'm not sorry for sticking up for what I believe in, for standing up for myself, This content is protected COWARDS RUN AWAY I DIDN'T Ch 9: OK, you've been called a coward. It's been called a "dog act" what you did. What do you say to that? SBW: This content is protected Ch 9: What did you do? SBW: What did I do? I stood up, I stood up for myself, for what I believe in, I stood up for all those other players that are sitting at home. This content is protected This content is protected . So people that call me a coward, that are sitting behind their desk or sitting wherever, well come to my face and say it. Let's not be stupid, let's not be naive. Do you think before I left I didn't think my name was going to get slammed, that I wasn't going to get vilified, that my family weren't going to get harassed, that I wasn't going to be made up to be some ******, some killer, some murderer. Do you know what I mean? Let's not be stupid. This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected
So.....Where does that leave you then? You are both on a par as mental midgets.....and I'm guessing that you are still borrowing Mundine's used jockstraps....:deal
That was a pretty good interview. Tis good to see his goal is the All Blacks, whether he is good enough to get a spot is a question that will be answered in the near future.
He is so injury prone and mentally unstable that your chances of him not cracking up over in France while seperated from family and friends are pretty negligible..:roll:
He'd easily get a spot in the All chokes, but they wont, or cant (not sure) pick him while he's not playing in the Super 14.
It's about money that it and people like MUndine that's what it is all about to them and I think SBW went about this the wrong way, but you should never knock back money like that and he made the right call for him and his family.
what do you guys expect when he is managed by a guy who doesn't give a 5hit about the people he is meant to take care of. The dog didn't even show for Mundine fight.
Def would not walk into the all blacks side, if the new (Jonah Lomu) Victor Vito cant Sonny Bill wont. He will play super 14 if he desires to play for the mighty blacks
You know 90% of allthe Souths boys could walk straight into that All Blacks if they wanted to. Though they might only offer hegarty a trial offer. :hey