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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
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:
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
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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."
By Dean Ritchie
November 02, 2006 12:00
Article from: Font size: + -
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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
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."
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:

