We don't need an article on British RL players mate; we get force fed enough of that ****e here in Hull.
Firstly Imperial, it's great to meet up with you again. It is about 4 years ago since we last had a chat on Hull City Mad. I did read a couple of years ago that you had visited John Firth in Louisiana. John appears to have also disappeared off the forum radar for a while now. Is he OK? The most widely accepted origin of the Rabbitoh nickname comes from their early rugby union days. During that period (turn of the 20th century) players wearing their red and green football junpers earned extra money on Sat mornings by hawking rabbits around the Redfern suburb in South Sydney with a cry of " Rabbitoh!". When they made a sale they would sling the bunny from their shoulder and skin it accumulating fur and blood on their jerseys. When they played in the afternoon,opponents did not always appreciate the aroma and would mockingly repeat the " Rabbitoh" cry. When the rugby league club was founded in 1908 the Rabbitoh nickname was adopted and variations included rabbits and bunnies. The Redfern suburb has a large Aboriginal community and many have started their rugby league careers playing for South Sydney.
Slightly controversial I know but to go back on topic, at this present moment in time I couldn't give a toss where England play, with Hodgson as the manager and Rooney as the captain, other than watching on TV, I wouldn't pay to watch the ****ers if they played in my back yard. Scotland on the other hand, whilst ever Robbo is part of their first team set up, I would pay to watch. Even though the Scots only scored the one goal yesterday, as opposed to England's six, I found the Scotland game hugely more entertaining. In truth that was probably because I was watching one of our own announcing himself to the footballing world, and I take great delight in contemplating what other teams are now thinking, with regard to how they managed to allow him to slip through the net and sign for little old Hull City. In Steve Bruce I trust, however thanks should also go to his old mate Gordon Strachan, as I'm pretty sure that he will have played a large part in bringing Robbo to our attention. As regards the current England set up, **** 'em!
I was referring to the last paragraph, telling us about Sam Burgess. I thought I'd highlighted it, but I see now that I didn't.
The FA own Wembley Stadium. They paid way too much for it and are still struggling to make the payments.
Not that it bothers me but, England is more than London and therefore the National game should be taken to the people all over the country, not played in Wembley all the time which suits the Londoners but not the rest of the country
The FA are trying to increase the number of events at Wembley rather than reduce them, there's still a £267m debt and it could still take another 8/9 years to pay if off.
