Do u really when u read the Toulon site the owner is the equivalent of abromivich of Chelsea to be honest I personally think he has screwed the club over, if he didn't have any intentions of signing for the French club none of this wud even be discussed, he has been offered big bucks his mate walked out on his club in aus and Mason in affect has done the same, I agree that rovers messed up with the non quota, how u can say mason is innocent is beyond me cos until kr found out he was jumping ship he was still been paid,so what do you reckon ant other club would have done in this situation.

If your not his agent (which im starting to wonder) Why do you care?

Think we could be starting to go round in circles here, but anyway, from page 8:

Lets face it, even when he was here, all he showed was that we are better off when Matt Cook is on the pitch! With the re-birth of Cook, the imminent return of Newton and the emergence of Taylor & Cox, we look to be well stocked with back rowers for the next few years. I would like to get Galea on for another year, as he has been quality again this season.

As for big Willie, well bon voyage. Several of us commented during games, that he was playing like a man desparate not to get injured. Now we know why. I think Rovers messed up from the start on this one, and lets hope there are some lessons learned. Put his salary into securing the likes of Scott Taylor on a 3 year deal and invest in our youth. This approach will get the respect of Rovers fans and start to rebuild our tarnished reputation within the game.

Another up & down week in the life of a Rovers supporter! Its never dull in East Hull.

Agree stan he never went in full throttle did he now we know why

And what evidence have u to suggest otherwise

=#FF0000He said any other questions something this clearly isn't-RW

Never mind the bloody shirt I want two quid back for me flags

Do I really?
Or perhaps you are reading what you want to again.

Yes using the HDM the bastion of facts will see you straight







Erm no I don't.
At no point have I edited BS neither have I edited FFS to my knowledge.
Putting it simply I HAVE heard those words used pre 9pm on the Beeb.

No they are not, they are still subject EU and English law



He signed a contract, not articles of indenture. If a contract contains a clause forbidding contact with a future employer, that is a clear an unequivocal restraint of trade and therefore unlawful.

Greg Keenan, Mason's manager, is an international lawyer. I'm sure he'll be all over it.

Quote ="Mrs Barista"Greg Keenan, Mason's manager, is an international lawyer. I'm sure he'll be all over it.'" you mean this guy www.perthnow.com.au/sport/rugby- ... 1115321983

Quote ="Mrs Barista"Greg Keenan, Mason's manager, is an international lawyer. I'm sure he'll be all over it.'" you mean this guy www.perthnow.com.au/sport/rugby- ... 1115321983

Quote ="smartmart"you mean this guy www.perthnow.com.au/sport/rugby- ... 1115321983'" That's the fella. Works in Chelsea now. Chief Exec and everything. Not many ex RL players with a law degree. www.aspiremanagement.com/theteam.aspx

Quote ="smartmart"you mean this guy www.perthnow.com.au/sport/rugby- ... 1115321983'" That's the fella. Works in Chelsea now. Chief Exec and everything. Not many ex RL players with a law degree. www.aspiremanagement.com/theteam.aspx

Yeah course


I merely asked a question about what you posted.
Thats what people on forums do .

Very good post, you are now my favourite Rovers poster, saying that cabman is 2nd



I know a couple of clubs including Hull are sniffing around taylor, so Rovers need to get him tied up soon (which I expect they will).

Where has Jordan Cox come from? Am haering good things about him, some good young backrowers in the city at the moment.

I commented when he first got here he would be a targetted player,the likelyhood of it happenning must have been a high percentage.

Think your never dull comment should be
"Never dull in `Ull" and made into a banner.

I personally think Mason was treated badly by Rovers , i lay no blame on him whatsoever , Hudge got it wrong bigtime.
I find it a tad embarrassing tbh .

Thank the lord he has gone at the end of the day Rovers were warned not to touch him with a barge pole and all that was said about him has come true.In his defence if someone offered you the money he is supposedly going to get then he cant refuse it, but he should never have taken the pxxxs out of rovers and there supporters an ex player of rovers in australia once said it was a black day for HKR when they signed Big Willy and it has turned out true

Only concellation we have saved the biggest part of his contract, I am led to believe

How exactly did he do that?

That's like saying I'm your favourite GP, with Harold Shipman running a close 2nd!

Bit harsh, I agree it hasn't worked out and for a number of reasons and in the end he's gone to RU, but I think there was urine being extracted from all sides and we aren't exactly blameless.
In the long run I think this'll be for the best, I thought it was looking bleak when he was actually playing for us but still seemed to spend more time in the pub then Jimmy Bullard did when he was at City.
I got the feeling he destabilised us as a unit and if we can learn that big names very rarely live up to there billing then it may have been a lesson worth having.

If anybody had bothered about checking the news about him in Australia and the reputation he had earned then none of this would have been a surprise. It is exactly the same as what he had been doing there and is the reason he was no longer wanted in the NRL. But of course anyone who said that when he signed was a Hull FC fan jealous of the biggest Super League signing ever.





The problem for the dobbins has been that given what was known about Mason - he lived up to his billing 100%.

TBF if you get the rugby playing Mason he is a sensational player and maybe he is one of those that can go out on the lash and still perform on match day. I actually said I'd have liked to have seen him leather someone but just never seemed that up for it.
As for big name signings I still think Hull got stung this way with Berrigan, another one that seemed more interested in being on the lash than performing to the billing he came with.

To be fair we did get some good performances out of Berro,but I agree he didn`t hit the heights expected of him I.M.O.

On the contrary. Despite his previous antics he was being roundly praised by the Cowboys' support for his attitude and his performances.