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Re: Sinfield to Union : Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:59 pm  
My only issue is the spin for RU. But he'll be joining a second tier club when most players are long retired. I imagine they'll be wanting his influence in and around the team as much as anything. The only real downside would be if he ends up in the RU coaching world like Edwards, Ford and Farrell - that would not be good for RL at all.

As a player he's one of those whose highlights reel may be a bit lacking (especially compared to say Burrow and McGuire at the same club) but his overall impact for Leeds has been immense. Captaining his club to 6 GFs and CC, third highest point scorer of all time and captaining his country are a marvellous legacy.

Lets not forget GB/England haven't had a winning captain in terms of tournaments or anything involving Australia for 40 years so you can't say the likes of Hanley were particularly successful by that measure either.
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Re: Sinfield to Union : Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:34 am  
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Totally agree, he is one of those players that is special to our sport and its a shame he is gonna finish off his career in union. He could have retired now and had a massive send off from everyone in the RL community but now, when he retires in a couple of years at a tier 2 union side, it probably wont get too big a mention...


Or, you could have put, "he could retire now with the blessing of a small number of narrow minded people who probably have never met him"

Not sure what world you live in but I live in the one where most need to work for a living. That included RL players. I am not going to pretend to know what KS has earned in his working life so far, but I dear say it's not enough to completely stop working. The chance of earning a living through sport would be jumped at by most who contribute to this forum, I dear also say by those who are coming to the end of an RL career.
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Re: Sinfield to Union : Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:50 am  
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Or, you could have put, "he could retire now with the blessing of a small number of narrow minded people who probably have never met him"

Not sure what world you live in but I live in the one where most need to work for a living. That included RL players. I am not going to pretend to know what KS has earned in his working life so far, but I dear say it's not enough to completely stop working. The chance of earning a living through sport would be jumped at by most who contribute to this forum, I dear also say by those who are coming to the end of an RL career.


Agreed
However, the guy is unlikely to be a "star" in Union and it seems strange that he couldn't attract a better offer and remain in RL.
Maybe it was Leeds or nothing. However, as captain on club and country (retired), this still looks like a slap in the face for the code that he has served with distinction throughout his long career.
Again, he's an articulate guy that would have been great as an ambassador for the sport, on TV etc.

Perhaps Leeds Carnegie have lofty ambitions and want to gain promotion to the top flight of Union and a strong League and Union outfit at Headingly would certainly improve the "Leeds" brand and increase revenue into Headingley.
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Re: Sinfield to Union : Wed Apr 01, 2015 11:56 am  
aren't Leeds' has-beens supposed to go to Wakefield ?
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Re: Sinfield to Union : Wed Apr 01, 2015 12:03 pm  
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However, the guy is unlikely to be a "star" in Union and it seems strange that he couldn't attract a better offer and remain in RL.
Maybe it was Leeds or nothing.


He was quoted as saying he didn't ever want to play against Leeds.

As for him being a fluent communicator on the game, I wouldn't bet against his featuring in some future capacity. He made it known ages ago that he'd like to give union a crack and at this stage I wouldn't read any more into it.
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Re: Sinfield to Union : Wed Apr 01, 2015 12:11 pm  
As much as I have admired the bloke as a person & a player I don't think he comes across that well as a communicator. Whether that's him not letting his professionalism slip & he will relax more when retired I don't know.
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Re: Sinfield to Union : Wed Apr 01, 2015 12:57 pm  
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As much as I have admired the bloke as a person & a player I don't think he comes across that well as a communicator.


Yeah, my bad. I meant compared to the current crop of pundits.
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Re: Sinfield to Union : Wed Apr 01, 2015 12:58 pm  
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As much as I have admired the bloke as a person & a player I don't think he comes across that well as a communicator. Whether that's him not letting his professionalism slip & he will relax more when retired I don't know.

He's a bit stunted in an interview situation, but that's not his natural environment. On the pitch he's visibly expressive hen communicating. I would suggest he's probably the same in the changing rooms. I'm sre that if he settled into the TV studio environment he could imropve, but whether he'd be charismatic enough to get a TV gig long term, im not sure.
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Re: Sinfield to Union : Wed Apr 01, 2015 2:00 pm  
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He could have retired as a 100% Leeds Rhinos legend.instead he is tacking a couple of years of crap on the end. Very sad.


I'd say he is retiring from League as a whino's legend , if he wants to get himself a nice little retirement package playing Union whats the issue? Good on him.
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Re: Sinfield to Union : Wed Apr 01, 2015 2:18 pm  
Will he really be on that much at a Championship RU club?
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