Like Terry Newton I refuse to name names.



However one of the top players in this country is/was a ‘waster’. ‘Waster’ as in drinking a lot of booze and loving it.



With talented players like Sean Long I don’t believe that booze comes into it. He’s just naturally talented and just needed to keep up with his ability of which is ok if you exercise that ability enough.



I think the point your trying to get at is if Sean Long was a tee-total goody we could of seen more upsets against Australia over the years. However that hasn’t been the case and Sean Long has achieved a heck of a lot in life. He’s very happy and that’s what truly matters doesn’t it?



Everything is half chance and I believe more often than not Sean Long has taken the right chances. His awards show you just that.

Barries is a really good read, but as a leeds fan i was a bit disapointed that it stops midway through 2004, when that season was the pinnacle of his leeds career. should definitely be worth a chapter or two.

As others have said: Barrie Mac's and Radlinski's are both worth a read. Apparently Wayne Bennett's "Don't die with the music in you" is a good one.



Oh, and





at all you Robinsons haters.

The Forbidden Game - Mike Rylance

Invictus - John Carlin (What a mess they made of the film!)

Up and Over: A Trek Through Rugby League Land - Dave Hadfield

Barrie's is an excellent read, mine goes past 2004, i think it is a later copy with a chapter or two added on.



Sean Long's is fantastic!!!

Indeed.



Cr@p record.



Nobody's saying that everyone has to [ilike[/i Long (least of all, Long himself). But a "wasted talent"? How many Lance Todds could he have won if he hadn't wasted it, eh?









Excellent recommendation. And far better than most biographies – for fairly obvious reasons.

seriously? what is yours called? mine finishes with him saying that he has high hopes for the team, they are looking good in 2004 and could achieve big things.

Totally agree, it is quite a humbling experience reading Stanley's book, very funny as well.

Looking for some new Rl books.



Has anyone read David hadfield's books "up and over" and "Down and under"



Also what Stevo's autobiography like?

Stevos is good,got it when he was in Waterstones in Hull...also read Mike Gregorys,superb read and what a set of to$$ers Whelan,Lindsay and the doctor where.....Barrie Macs also good...Schoeys not bad but Jason Robinsons is crap....ends up ramming his religion down your throat.

See above.

Cracking read and easy to get through.

I think you misunderstand.



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