Rugby League Quotes
Rugby League Quote of the day
It's an exciting place to go, really. The rain, the drizzle, the cold, the depressing people, the smokes in the bath ... I don't know of anyone who has been to Blackpool and enjoyed it.
It's the first time I've been cold for seven years. I was never cold playing rugby league.
This morning I was standing in the shower and thought how I was sick of losing and how it was about time I had a big game.
League is much, much more physical than Union, and that's before anyone starts breaking the rules.
I'm 49, I've had a brain haemorrhage and a triple bypass and I could still go out and play a reasonable game of rugby union. But I wouldn't last 30 seconds in rugby league.
St George won 11 premierships with one Raper, imagine how Canterbury will go with 13.
This is a bit different to the Thursday breakfast I'm used to. It's usually just me and my dog.
As Joel said, there's a bit more licence to attack over here, whereas the NRL is a bit more grinding-type football.
Obviously a lot has gone on, and I feel I am different person, I haven't had a beer since New Year's, which is pretty big for me.
We saw a fair bit of video on them towards the back end of the week and we were licking our lips.
Not too many people know how hard I have worked since I broke my jaw. I have been flogging myself on the training paddock.
Is it just me, or did Tamou go to hug a Kiwi before realising he had just scored for Australia?
It's going to be tough but I think I was more nervous about playing NRL than I will be playing this match simply because I've got Billy Slater in front of me and there were a lot of expectations.
I was on the computer the other day and typed my name into Google. Everything on there was bad. I hope in a few years there might be something there about me playing football.
It doesn't mean anything when we go back to Sydney and its round one and we're starting from scratch in the NRL. That's the one we really want.
Crusaders have just f-ked me over what a bas-rd joke, excuse my language I'm absolutely furious.
I thought you could play ... You've got nothing. Where's the big hair? I brought my scissors today so I could cut the hair. You've got nothing.
It was dreadful, I had pain. It was like someone was trying to put pressure up there.
As an English player you are lifted when the crowd gets behind you. The atmosphere over here can be unsettling for the Australian players and I hope all our fans get behind us.
We had started the tour hoping to make about 200 pounds each as the All Blacks (All Golds) had done the previous year. We got nothing and were lucky to get home!
Bloody Jackson - he can land it on a 20 cent piece. Trouble is, it's usually in a bloke's pocket in the grandstand.
I don't know if it can happen, but apparently I might get divorced before I get married.
We play a tough game. If people want to whinge, they can go to a different sport. It's part of the game, it's what I love about it . . . and I'd hate to see it go.
He's the best centre in the game I think, definitely the best in the Super League by far.
Having played in both competitions over recent years I believe that although standards continue to rise in Super League, the NRL is a better competition.
