Gavin Henson

[Steadman_4_PM]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6099962.stm



Not annoyed at the fact a high profile sports personality was caught speeding, but the fact he got his fine / band reduced because.....

his charity work with children would suffer if he was unable to drive

What a load of rubbish! He'll be on a fair old salary with his WRU contract plus sponsorship from Nike etc. Then there's the fact that his Mrs is loaded, hardly likely that he couldn't get someone to drive him now is it.

[Wharf Wafter]

The Bloke is a complete tool. One of my best mates is from Swansea and he's disliked just as much in his hometown as he is everywhere else on the planet. I just hope he gets slammed by Jerry Collins in the up and coming All Blacks game.

[Steadman_4_PM]

Funny thing I found with him was he has had far more bad games than good, by a huge margin.

In the grand slam year for Wales he was awesome. Not only did he kick the winning penalty in the opening game v England, but he also put an abrupt stop to Matthew Tait's international career with a huge bone crunching tackle in the same game. Thankfully Tait once fit is back in the fold, but for an 18 year old on debut........well nuff said.

Anyways, take performances that year off Henson and he's never really shown that much promise and talent IMO. He went on the Lions tour and other than slagging most people off in his book and upsetting Lions and Wales team mates, he was frankly average in some very average performances. Nobody played well on that tour but he went with his big reputation was was pants.

Prior to then, he'd been discovered as this rare talent and thrown in for Wales at stand off and fullback, failing to impress every time.

Then once back from injury last season, he ended up being banned for the start of the 6 nations for a cheeky elbow against Leicester. Once he did get back into the Wales side, due to injuries ahead of him, he was pretty average.

Having watched him for the Ospreys 3 times of late, he does seem to be back on form, but he just comes across as one of these enigmas who's reputation is far bigger than their actual talent and capabilities suggest it should be.

I enjoy watching 'backs' play in RU as they run some great lines, something we in RL ought to learn from, however Henson really ought to ignore his own publicity as he's know where near the class of O'Driscoll.

[Normy Knight]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6099962.stm



Not annoyed at the fact a high profile sports personality was caught speeding, but the fact he got his fine / band reduced because.....

his charity work with children would suffer if he was unable to drive

What a load of rubbish! He'll be on a fair old salary with his WRU contract plus sponsorship from Nike etc. Then there's the fact that his Mrs is loaded, hardly likely that he couldn't get someone to drive him now is it.

The Jugde, Jury, Barristers and clerk of court all played Rugger did'nt they.

Old bouy network is'nt it, and how would poor old Charlotte get to all them award nights.

Rugby player, would'nt make it into a Conference team ( RL ) HE IS JUST A PRETTY face for the Welsh RFU, you can see it now Go on Gavin get your picture in the papers for us, you'll be picked for the next game.