why does he go in with the head

Gareth comes off, lasted half an hour
strong player but got his body in some shocking positions,
thought at first he was going to the hot tub but he wouldn't know what to do like his rugby league

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I know sorry yellow card,couldn't resist !

After the first min not a bad start to his Debut but I didnt realise anybody else was playing thanks to the sky coverage

=#8000FFBecause he's used to running like that to get down quick for a fast recycle of the ball in Union? he will have run like that for like 20 years+ because it's good form in Union, but not in League, as he learnt the hard way.

It'll get like football if were not carefull mate.

He’s good at spinning a ball on his finger end though.

Thought he was running like that because he was worried about getting his head knocked off.

Who's the oldest player in Super League at the minute? At 35 he can't be far off.

kids are taught as soon as they start to play not to run in leading with your head,

got to be Stanley Gene the oldest player,
Steve Menzies at 36 the oldest player in Super League player

He was a very good union player, a very tough player, 100 international caps, and captained the British lions twice.
I would think he's fairly used to having his head knocked off, and as anyone finding themselves on the wrong side of a union ruck will tell you, it ain't a soft game.
Weather or not it's a publicity stunt or not I don't know, but I would imagine if he doesn't make it won't be down to not getting stuck in.
I've seen a few so called RL hard men come off the field in a worse state than him, rambo ronnie gibbs, always brings a smile to my face.

Thank God its his finger end.

I wasn't having a go at the lad, it was an honest observation.

Other than possibly the oldest newcomer to Super League ever he also must hold the record for the player with the least amount of teeth!

Felt a bit sorry for the bloke after the 1st tackle,Couldn't have run into a nastier player than David Ferriol.

Watched the highlights today... had to have a bit of a chuckle over that first drive. He looked a bit hesitant going in at dummy half and unfortunately for him ran into a brick wall with completely the wrong technique. Well done to Les Cats though, looked like they could have been aiming to force the error from him and they got what they wanted.

I think he's learnt now though.

Hopefully Onion fans will take note. Our's is different game that requires different skills and techniques, and deserves respect because it is bloody hard!!

Indeed, it actually requires teams to score tries.

apparently when he signed he was told by Mr Noble "We will bring you off at half time" to which he replied "Thats good we only got a slice of orange at Cardiff.

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