Thugs and pests in NZ footy

[Dan54]

Hell , I thought Loe was bit of thug, but there not that many. I know an old bugger, but some of the fellas being mentioned don't even get near a thug list. Funny thing is ones who have been a but that way, Loe (he was no doubt) and Bakkies Botha were both apparently great fellas as soon as whistle blew full time. I think a lot we think arebad just annoy us because they not on our side.

[Pepe]

Smiley Barrett always loved a bit of good old fashioned boot work. Occasionally it even involved a rugby ball...

[mohikamo]

@Dan54
Funny what Jean de Villiers (super nice guy) said about Bakkies.
They got on great . . . except when on the field in opposite teams. He was thinking, jeez, it's like he doesn't know me at all!. We're total strangers!

[Dan54]

@mohikamo said in Thugs and pests in NZ footy:

@Dan54
Funny what Jean de Villiers (super nice guy) said about Bakkies.
They got on great . . . except when on the field in opposite teams. He was thinking, jeez, it's like he doesn't know me at all!. We're total strangers!

Brad Thorn and a few other ABs said similar. Phil Kearns said same about Loe.

[MiketheSnow]

TKB was a fucking pest

[ACT Crusader]

@Bovidae said in Thugs and pests in NZ footy:

Thugs from yesteryear - Jamie Joseph.

And carried that rep from his days at CCNZ where he was known as a grub. A skilled player, but a grub.

[mohikamo]

@ACT-Crusader

Yeah
You dont usually see a player like that progress so prominently into coaching.
Probably just considers himself a "hard man," but definitely a thug.

[mohikamo]

@Virgil

Right Paul Carozza.
After a couple of weeks of media frenzy he met Carozza and famously remarked on his messed nose, "It doesn't look that bad."

[Victor Meldrew]

I've always liked the Meads definitions:

Hard Man: Someone who warns you before punching you in the face
Thug: Someone who kicks you or punches you in the back of the head.

[W32]

Not AB's, but back in the day this was very much a part of the game in SA.