I think Owen just came across as a nice kid who's passtimes are far more formative than 75% of other kids his age he's also a pretty decent Rugby League player. God knows I wish the rest of todays youth were doing things like Owen rather than the most of them are up to!

SKY are the ones who need a rocket, the feature on Owen is a poor one because it perpetuates the steraotypical image that the media has fought so hard to create. It also panders to knobs like Stephen Jones and his ilk who love nothing more than to portray League players as ape like creatures who keep whippets and pigeons, have ferrets down our trousers and live our parochial lives in Victorian terraced houses up North where tweathers always cold. We dine on black pudding & hotpots while our Casperesque kids scive off school because we don't need no education cos there aint no more jobs since pits shut darn!

I sometimes wonder about SKYs view on Rugby League they often do things that make me wary of their future intentions for the game.

Whats the problem with keeping whippets and pigeons?

Is it something to be ashamed of?

nothing

I wonder about Rugby League fans sometimes I really do. I watched it and thought it was a great insight into what an impressive young winger gets up to when he's not playing. What a nice lad he came across as aswell, totally down to earth, working class, not afraid to get his hands dirty, happy in his skin. And what do we get on here? Hand wringing because we're worried that it gives Rugby League a bad image. Pathetic. Rugby League should be proud of it's roots and proud of lads like this.

But surely you'd rather see Martin Offiah interviewed. He has a much more refined accent and is highly presentable in front of the camera. Admittedly he adds absolutely nothing to any discussion on Rugby League, but who needs that anyway?

Boots N All is amatuer hour. I cringe when I watch it. The only person worth watching on Sky's Rugby League coverage is Steveo.

Disagree, we get enough of unintentional comedy during the games.

I thought the piece was ok, it potrays him as a nice lad who enjoys the outdoors living.....

Or maybe people would prefer to watch Barry Mac and Terry running around in dresses and wigs......

Seriously some people are never happy!

Dont forget Paul Cullen yer no

I agree 100%. Don't we get enough propaganda and spin from our politicians. I think some on here would be a lot happier if they had searched around for a player who rides with the local hunt or is a showjumper. This is Rugby League FFS not Union.

The North of England is where the sport was born and, before anyone jumps in, I'm not saying it should stay there but all he is doing is taking part in traditional country pursuits. He also has a regional accent as, just guessing here, he probably didn't attend Eton.

Why are Castleford fansbeing so defensive?

The interview was awful.

Think you will find it is a mix of all fans.

HTH

As a southerner it never occurred to me watching last night that this was bad for the game. We had McCarthy- Scarsbrook and Clubb going to the dogs the week before. Get a life!

Exactly! Londoners are proud to be Londoners, the Welsh are proud to be Welsh (god knows why

) and Scots are proud to be Scottish so why are some people so ashamed to be portrayed as Northerners?

I am sure you are right, I distincly remember my flymow lawnmower calling them that!

Oh its the plank that even his own fans think is a tool, i'd forgotten about you, but i'm sure your used to that.

Well said.

I quite liked it - a refreshing breath of realism amidst all this stuff about how the game needs to expand at any cost, we must have London, Wales, France, Turkmenistan, Wollomolloo (if there even is such a place) posh towns like Oxford and cambridge, and bollox to the likes of halifax and Keighley where the game grew up!
Coom on, yer Northern boogers! Be proud o' thissens!

This thread makes me think of a Monty Python sketch.



Michael.

The interview with Richard was a bit cringeworthy but I thought he could have recovered the situation well if he'd finished off by singing "I dreamed a dream" from Les Miserables.

or [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13JK5kChbRw&feature=fvstthis one[/url

i didnt see Richard Owens piece, but did anyone catch Sean Penkywicz's man of the match interview last night.



... Ill just say im glad our lads aint superstars who have media training.

its a family thing

Who the frig's Les Miserable ? was he a winger in't 60s?

can you imagine it? a Yorkshire team with unecessary surnames...

Sullen takes a high kick-off..passes to Mardy..inside ball to Sulk,drives 10 yards, tackled...Cob-on at acting half..passes to the big forward Ted Grimmace..good run ..offloads to Glum..passes to Morose..tackled...Cob-on again..to Dull..passes to Tommy Dripping....seconds remaining in this game and one point between these sides!! .... Dripping to Willy Eckerslike (the ex-clog maker from Rochdale)....Eckerslike chips the ball through...theres 'a chase on...boot to ball by Fred Cheerless..Les Miserable chasing through...Miserable to the ball first..TRY...Les Miserable wins this game for the Yorkshire side !!! Man of the match, Miserable, he wins a gallon of mild and a coupon for the co-op.

I did think it was a bit daft that they showed a stereotypical piece when they're trying to move away from it. It's like showing an NBA basketballer sitting on their stoops in the ghetto or something like that as their past time. I bet people would be a bit more sensitive if it was something like that.