Oracle of Delphi
Craig HillChris Latham: Australia's Best Fullback is now England's
January 18th 2008 22:30
I really don't understand what the ARUseless is doing. That's nothing new I suppose and who really does understand the way of mice pretending to be men?
The decisions they have made recently...what do they do? eeenie, meenie, miney, mo...let's get rid of Latho? He's only our best Fullback...
Chris Latham - the Wallabies 2nd highest try scorer (David "how does my hair look?" Campese still in the lead) and winner of the 2006 John Eales Medal- has signed a 2 year, multi million dollar contract with English Club, Worcester Warriors.
Latham will play the 2008 Super 14 season with his beloved Qld Reds and may still play the 9 match domestic and Tri-Nations Test season before heading off to Worcester in September.
Latham has played 110 games for Queensland and 78 Tests for Australia.
Despite having a horror of a year last year, undergoing knee reconstruction surgery (he ripped his anterior cruciate ligament in '07 pre-season training) and missing out on the Super 14 season, Latham made a remarkable recovery to be included in the Rugby World Cup squad. He more than proved his value to Australian Rugby.
So why then has the ARU allowed him to find greener pastures? Because of Gold...
Latham says he would never have "contemplated looking elsewhere" if his current contract with the Super 14 outfit and ARU had been matched.
Latham said;
It has been reported that Latham will collect more than $2million for his stint at Worcester but he has denied reports that he was on a multi-million dollar deal with the rich UK rugby club.
Latham also said that he is feeling fit and match ready;
This is really not boding well for The Wallabies new Coach, Robbie Deans. It is understood that he tried his best to convince Latham to stay. (post to follow)
Latham's Reds team mate (openside flanker #7) and good friend, David Croft said the Reds are determined to send out the Fullback out a winner in his final Super 14 season. Although saddened by Latham's decision, Croft said he (and the Reds) understood;
The Reds did it tough without Latham in 2007. They collected their first wooden spoon after Latham missed the Super 14 season due to his knee injury.
Croft also said;
Is anyone listening?
ARU - the deafinition of stupidity.
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info sourced from Worcester News and ABC Online.
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The decisions they have made recently...what do they do? eeenie, meenie, miney, mo...let's get rid of Latho? He's only our best Fullback...
Chris Latham: wins awards, wins matches but doesn't win ARU support
Chris Latham - the Wallabies 2nd highest try scorer (David "how does my hair look?" Campese still in the lead) and winner of the 2006 John Eales Medal- has signed a 2 year, multi million dollar contract with English Club, Worcester Warriors.
Latham will play the 2008 Super 14 season with his beloved Qld Reds and may still play the 9 match domestic and Tri-Nations Test season before heading off to Worcester in September.
Latham has played 110 games for Queensland and 78 Tests for Australia.
Despite having a horror of a year last year, undergoing knee reconstruction surgery (he ripped his anterior cruciate ligament in '07 pre-season training) and missing out on the Super 14 season, Latham made a remarkable recovery to be included in the Rugby World Cup squad. He more than proved his value to Australian Rugby.
So why then has the ARU allowed him to find greener pastures? Because of Gold...
Latham says he would never have "contemplated looking elsewhere" if his current contract with the Super 14 outfit and ARU had been matched.
Latham said;
Had I been offered the same amount of money I was on this year for the next few years I would definitely have stayed in Australia....So it has been pretty disappointing that we couldn't come to an agreement.
...but I believe in myself and I have a lot of good years left playing top- level rugby.
It's quite easy to label people at 32 and say they're getting old but I think in rugby years I'm very young. I know that I can improve.
Unfortunately, when people see dollars in the paper that's all they seem to read and forget about everything else which is disappointing because it has definitely never been about the money.
...but I believe in myself and I have a lot of good years left playing top- level rugby.
It's quite easy to label people at 32 and say they're getting old but I think in rugby years I'm very young. I know that I can improve.
Unfortunately, when people see dollars in the paper that's all they seem to read and forget about everything else which is disappointing because it has definitely never been about the money.
It has been reported that Latham will collect more than $2million for his stint at Worcester but he has denied reports that he was on a multi-million dollar deal with the rich UK rugby club.
I can confirm that I have signed but the financial side of things that have been reported that's way out.
Latham also said that he is feeling fit and match ready;
I've been able to work fairly hard on that since the World Cup and am obviously very confident now.
I did have last season out, but that's the only injury that's kept me out over a long period of time. I know my body can hold up.
Before I get to Worcester I want to put enough time into my fitness and make sure I get the skills right
I did have last season out, but that's the only injury that's kept me out over a long period of time. I know my body can hold up.
Before I get to Worcester I want to put enough time into my fitness and make sure I get the skills right
This is really not boding well for The Wallabies new Coach, Robbie Deans. It is understood that he tried his best to convince Latham to stay. (post to follow)
Latham's Reds team mate (openside flanker #7) and good friend, David Croft said the Reds are determined to send out the Fullback out a winner in his final Super 14 season. Although saddened by Latham's decision, Croft said he (and the Reds) understood;
He means so much to the team and the state..."We will be digging deep to find something to send him off on a high...
It's very sad, he's a guy that you just expect to be there year in, year out but people move on and we understand he's got to do what's best for his family and career.
It's very sad, he's a guy that you just expect to be there year in, year out but people move on and we understand he's got to do what's best for his family and career.
The Reds did it tough without Latham in 2007. They collected their first wooden spoon after Latham missed the Super 14 season due to his knee injury.
Croft also said;
It's going to feel fairly hollow for a while without him, he provides so much energy for our side...He might be one of the oldest blokes going around, but he is like a spring chicken every day at training for us!!
So many games we have played in which we were down and out he has got the ball, done something freakish and won us the game - you can't replace guys like that unfortunately
So many games we have played in which we were down and out he has got the ball, done something freakish and won us the game - you can't replace guys like that unfortunately
Is anyone listening?
ARU - the deafinition of stupidity.
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info sourced from Worcester News and ABC Online.
********************
Thank you for clicking on this link;
Please Note:
The Comments Section has been disabled as I am currently unable to respond to any comment/s left. My apologies for the inconvenience but if I wanted your opi...I'm kidding! I'm kidding.
According to Blog Ettiquette for Dummies (B.E.D)...not responding to comments left is 'What Not To Do' #1 (Chapter 3: How To Win Friends and Lose Time).
So I made my bed using hospitable corners...
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