Sam the man
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:16 pm
All the booing and disgraceful abuse and now they're getting they're all turding themselves about his little 2 fingered gesture, bunch of hypocritical b ends.
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from one of the "greats" of the gameWally Lewis, the former Australia and Queensland captain, has urged Sam Tomkins to ignore the way in which he has been treated by English crowds in the last couple of weeks, and instead remind crowds of his quality as a player.
Lewis himself experienced the derision of ‘home’ fans when captaining the Kangaroos for the first time in 1984. With his first Test as skipper played while a feisty State of Origin was still fresh in the crowd’s memory, Lewis, a Queensland stalwart, was jeered by New South Wales fans in Sydney.
“Being named captain of Australia for the very first time was the greatest moment of my rugby league career,” Lewis told League Express.
“It became the most memorable 24 hours of my career. But it quickly changed a few days later. Queensland had just beaten New South Wales once again in the State of Origin series, and I had been named as Australian captain after Max Krilich’s retirement.
“We ran onto Sydney Cricket Ground to to play Great Britain in a three-Test series, and my pride was at an all-time high – that was until the national anthems were played before the kick-off.
“As I started to proudly sing Advance Australia Fair’, the Sydney public started to in a rendition of ‘Wally’s a W****r’! It left me bewildered.
“After the game, a journalist said to me that I shouldn’t let the chant damage the credibility of Sydney. My reply was my opinion of Sydeney was fine – it was a beautiful place – it’s just a shame that it’s full of so many a*******s.”
The former Maroons stand-off is also characteristically blunt when it comes to how Tomkins should react to the derision he has been subjected to in his last two outings.
“It’s quite understandable for Sam Tomkins to be a little upset too,” he said.
“He was out there doing his best and hoping to further the proud name that England has built on the rugby league field for more than a century.
“Usually the fans that abuse players like Sam have never done anything of any note themselves. They’re nobodies, whose greatest claim to fame is abusing someone who has, and these so-called ‘Eddie the Experts’ pretend to their mates that they have.
“So keep your chin up Sam! You’ve gone a lot further than the know-alls in the crowd who’d struggle to lace up a boot.”