During the meet the fans in the bar, vid on the HDM site, the guy with the mike asks Mason about Ogre, the answer was something like "we'll kill each other then have a beer"

at that point a "fan" shouted "smash that Yeaman"

Mason did come back with "who"

So said fan was busy sitting there getting his pants all stained over Yeaman while the biggest signing you made was in da house!

Gate crashed by Yeaman.......? Mason hadn't even heard of him

Are you for real??

Watch the vid

I explained in a previous post that i wouldnt expect Willie to know who Yeaman is

So how did he gatecrash it, obviously yeaman is well remembered by Mason when he played for great Britain er NOT

TBH i've better things to do.

I can't believe a grown up could actually make such a big issue out of something so small and meaningless........but hey whatever floats your boat

Wasnt Yeamo in the Four Nation squad that beat Australia in Sydney? Im sure big Willie played too.
The game when Longy got the drop goal and starting winding the aussies up

Yeah, had a good game and scored a cracking try iirc. Think it was about 2006.

I don't mind Yeaman, decent player for you guys and clearly enjoys playing the pantomime villain at CP, he must get motivation from half the East stand getting on his back because it never appears to put him off his game in the slightest.

TBF if judged as a Super League centre I think Yeaman is an excellent defensive centre but other than that he's a nothing player.

Good point Ducky, shame some of your lot have a beef with him

Not really, he flicked the V's up to the Rovers fans at the KC last year whilst there were kids present - the guy is an idiot.

As I said, other than being decent defensively the guy is a nothing player in SL terms and that's probably why he gets so upset that his career hasn't panned out like he wanted it because the harsh reality is that he's averagely average.

Yeah he was so what I'm saying is he can't be that well rembered can he not like fielden peacock ect oh and longey

As a loyal Queenslander I was shocked and disappointed when Big Willie came to the Cowboys last year. He had a terrible reputation and had done nothing for the Roosters in 2009.

I am happy to say I was proven wrong and wish he was still with us in 2011. He was very professional and gave his best every week in a losing team. He is really motivated and excitable and will give the team enthusiasm.

I reckon you have a great signing, and in a few weeks he will be playing good football for Hull.

When he came to Townsville he was booed on to the field for his first game. By the end of the season he was a crowd favourite and everyone loved Big Willie. He is about as bright as a five watt light bulb but very frank and honest in his media interviews so they are actually very funny.

I remember at an away game in Canberra one of the wags in the crowd had a sign that said. COWBOYS CAN KEEP THEIR BIG WILLIE BECAUSE WEVE GOT A BIG TONGUE. (Their hooker was and still is Allan Tongue).

He spent 2009 coming back from a ruptured acl in a out of form roosters side what did you expect?

Thanks for dropping by.

Nice to have some recent input into Willie's attributes, although it does tend to contradict the well-held view that he's past it and only here for the cash.

Yeah true, he clattered Longy a few times off the ball that day too...

Judging by Willie's first up performance, if he is only doing it for the cash and he is past it then you must be paying him a lot of cash. Clever move by your club I would say.

If all Aussies/Tongans/Kiwi's came over here and played like Willie did in his first outing I don't think there would be too many problems with pensions being payed!

Leeds have Lauitit, Wigan had and now Salford have Feka, Bradford for years had Vagana and other successful clubs have these big units that can offload in impossible situations. I am quite sure that with a fully fit squad Rovers can challenge.

As a side note, while he was playing I kept thinking he is like a fitter Michael Smith! Massive, difficult to tackle and a very accurate offload! For anyone that wants to have a go about Smiffy just remember he was being talked about for selection for NZ while playing in the National Leagues!!

Mason will only get better the more game time he gets, even when rovers took him off, he was pacing up and down the touch line like a lion stalking its prey, great to see him finally here, yeah he may have a bad reputation in some areas of the game, but on his first game here he did well, lets see how the next few weeks go, when we come up against better teams, we can use the next few weeks to bring him up to speed.

Tell you what there are not too many people who like a tipple that haven't had a pee in the street, just unlucky he got caught once by police and secondly by a snap happy RL supporter that was none too fond of Willie Mason!

Can't condone running from a taxi but he was young and again drunk. His spat with the Doggies too was well publicised but then how many other players have had spats and it's not recieved half as much attention?!

Everything is blown out of all proportion because Willie is a class player who is not only able to talk the talk but he can walk the walk. The most hated man in the NRL but soon to be the most loved man on East Hull!!!!

And Stu Fielden wants to fight Big Willie for charity !!

It gets better,2 hard guys doing a hard job that are prepared to raise some money for charity,well done guys.

I'm all for it depending on the timing of it. The last thing either guy or their respective clubs need is to get injured especially when there's such a high risk in their normal line of work. Wasn't it a bone of contention between Willie and his club when he was at the Bulldogs?

Evening all, thought you might enjoy this article from Australia.

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