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I really hate using this word, but he has been well and truly 'pwned'.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20683905-5001023,00.html

Whingeing Pom
By Dean Ritchie

November 02, 2006 12:00

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GREAT Britain winger Leon Pryce was last night told to shove off back to England after launching an unbelievable and provocative attack on Australia and its people.

Pryce claimed he would rather be in the grimy north of England, where the sun sets at 3pm, than sunny Sydney during daylight savings.

The St Helens player also said he would prefer to live in Bradford – best known for its textile mills – than our harbour city.

Pryce, 25, even rated bleak Blackpool Beach ahead of world famous Bondi Beach.

But former Australian centre Terry Hill hit back last night, saying: "On a scale of one to 10, if 10 is best, Blackpool Beach is a minus 10.

"And Bradford is a dump. It's the closest thing you'll find to Tempe Tip.

"If Leon doesn't like it here, I'll fly him back to England myself. It would be economy class though, not sure Leon would know much about first class."

Pryce, who will play in Saturday night's Test match against Australia at Aussie Stadium, wrote on a BBC website that Australia was "not all it's made out to be".

"All the Aussies come over and say how good it is, but I'd much rather be back in Bradford," he said. "I'd rather be on Blackpool Beach than Bondi Beach. They can keep the country to themselves.

"I'd be tempted to come and play here because it's the best competition, but I think we have seen a different side to the way people are.

"I'm happy with my life back home, I've nothing to prove down here."

Pryce said Australians generally dislike the English.

"I don't think they have much respect for us at all, as people as well as players. I don't think they really like the English," he wrote.

"They keep going on about Pommies this and Pommies that, but we just get on with it.

"We're not really bothered. We're not really fazed by what they say. If you get into that child's play, that's what they really enjoy.

"You see that with the Willie Mason-David Kidwell thing, they love it. But if you don't give them much to talk about, that frustrates them, so we'd rather not." (Whoops :o)

Tom Raudonikis, a tourist to England with Australia in 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1978, told Pryce: "The north of England is too cold, full of miserable people and the beer is warm. Oh, and Leon Pryce lives there."

Hill, who toured England with the 1994 Kangaroos and with Australia for 1995's World Cup, agreed.

"In Bradford during the '94 Roo tour they told us not to walk home after 9pm without a gun," said Hill.
Former Test captain Laurie Daley added: "The Poms are staying in Manly. Leon must have mixed up Manly Dam with Bondi Beach."

Chris Brown, a lobbyist for tourism, said: "There are probably less Poms on Blackpool Beach than Bondi. Redfern in the middle of a riot would look good to someone from the north of England."
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Blackford Beach to Bondi Beach?

Um ...

Yeh.

I think you do have something to prove, Leon. Try proving that you're a half-decent player.

I wish more of the British players were like Sean Long. That man is pure class. :thumbs:
 
It's alright for Australian to bag the English but not ok for the English to return the favour? Sour grapes Dean Ritchie (Who BTW writes nothing but negative crap about RL)...
 
philhawk said:
I wish more of the British players were like Sean Long. That man is pure class. :thumbs:
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Maybe a class bloke but his an ordinary player at best!
 
Useless Pom.

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Bwwwwwaaaahahahahahahahahahaha! :D :D
 

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It seems to be a running theme Aus are allowed to have a go at the English that is just fun but when it comes back there is all hell to play and you Australians get all upset .I dont understand why Aus like to give it out but cant take it back it makes them out to be very insecure .

Blackpool is the most visited seaside town in the country due to its attractions and nightlife .It is cold when not sunny and very windy
 
linda said:
It seems to be a running theme Aus are allowed to have a go at the English that is just fun but when it comes back there is all hell to play and you Australians get all upset .I dont understand why Aus like to give it out but cant take it back it makes them out to be very insecure .

Blackpool is the most visited seaside town in the country due to its attractions and nightlife .It is cold when not sunny and very windy
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Not true, linda. I love it when there's a bit of friendly ribbing going on, but I just dont understand why everyone doesn't take it as a joke - though saying Blackpool over Bondi is pretty funny. ;)
 
philhawk said:
Not true, linda. I love it when there's a bit of friendly ribbing going on, but I just dont understand why everyone doesn't take it as a joke - though saying Blackpool over Bondi is pretty funny. ;)
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To right everyone knows that Bondi beach is better than Blackpool mind you if they had said Skegness that would have been a competition .

I really do think Aus people have trouble taking it .Maybe its because they arent used to losing so much (unlike us ) but for some reason you do become exceedingly defensive .
 
linda said:
To right everyone knows that Bondi beach is better than Blackpool mind you if they had said Skegness that would have been a competition .

I really do think Aus people have trouble taking it .Maybe its because they arent used to losing so much (unlike us ) but for some reason you do become exceedingly defensive .
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Australia is a very insular nation, mainly due to isolation.
 
It's got nothing to do with the Aussie people, we love to joke and have a good time, look what people in History have wrote about us, we're always in trouble for doing something silly, from playing cricket at Gallipoli to Dawn Fraser knocking off the Olympic flag.

We love it, all this other BS is from the Media trying to get noticed in the UK.

Good on Price, not his fault the Sydney media is full of gossiping, corporate arse lickers who would climb over their own mother's to get the next exclusive :rolleyes:

The media is more interested in the gossip than the game, it's pathetic.

they had the perfect excuse to have a bit of fun, but some people took it too far.

I hope Leon has a great game and shuts a few people up.:thumbsu:
 
It's all just a bit of fun.

It's not like those of us in Melbourne haven't been known to take potshots at Sydney over the years and vice versa.
 

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