An excellent article in today's Times.

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Great article, thnx.

one day...
he'll NEED to tick that box on his list of ambitions.

Fantastic article and insight into his approach to sport and life. And to think that London Broncos as they were then wouldn't give him an assistant coaches job.

True working class hero

He's certainly no Sean Long is he, thank God.

Longy coudn't lace Shaun Edwards's boots

Incredible.

I live in hope that one day, just one day, he might return to Wigan.

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Insulting to put the two in the same sentence.

I tend to agree with you, apoligies all round

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Best sports interview ive read in a long time - great insight on a great player

He must have had headache ages after doing that

I've just been chastised for making the comparison on the Saints site.

I reckon he will come back to coach in rugby league as Warrington's coach after Tony Smith is finished there.

Maybe, who knows, but I'd love him back in rugby League in some coaching position.

I didn't know his dad played for us I remember seeing Shaun Edwards outdside the ground before a match at the Zoo scared the crap out of me.

Long couldnt lace anyones boots......hes that stupid hes still on velcro











EDIT: Just seen the article Longs now done with the Beano..............Just when I think he cant make more of a Tw@@@t of himself or rugby league he surprises me!!! Sean Long is a waste of oxygen and to even compare him to a legend like Edwards is quite insulting IMHO.

I remember meeting Edwards outside Central Park the day after we beat Oldham 50-6 at Watersheddings to win the Stones Bitter Championship in 1994. I'd driven up to the club shop for something (a training top, I think) and as I got back to my car he came out of the Pavilion offices under the Whitbread/Billy Boston stand carrying the League Trophy, and stuck it in the boot of his car. I pulled my new top out of the plastic wrapping and asked if he would mind signing the cardboard insert. He was happy to do it and chatted for a few minutes before going back into the ground.

Would love him back at Wigan. You get the impression that with Edwards, failure is not an option.

a great read

Compared to Shaun's interview, Longy's is frankly embarrassing.

I don't know who's advising Sean Long, but has it occurred to him that this wild young yobbo thing is rapidly going to lose its charm once his playing days are over (which, given that he's 33, may be closer than he realises)?

Shaun Edwards once had a reputation for being a bit of a wild man - but that was when he was about 18. He's now known across the sporting world as an arch-professional, but also a family-oriented man, who's never let his fame and fortune go to his head. Long's going to be remembered as a vain prat, who thought the world wanted to know that he had a pendulum on his todger.

I once had a dispute with a Saints fan, when I argued that past Saints stars like Geoff Pimblett, John Mantle, etc - who were well known as being gentlemen off the field as well as on it - were better role models than someone like Long, who arguably has been a better player. The Saints lad said "no, it's all about how good at RL you are". I wonder if he still thinks that.

Edwards is family oriented? Not sure he even has a wife/gf, does he?

Superb article.

He lives in London to be close to his kids. Trust me, Shaun is a good dad. I'm not saying Longy isn't, but for a bloke of his age his reputation is a bit of a joke.

Stand those interviews side by side, and there's only one of them that registers as a huge bloody embarrassment.