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Wales and Ospreys great Shane Williams to retire at end of season
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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 478597" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>Shane was pretty much left out of the Wales team for two years despite being the best option. Shane himself said that he felt he was playing better than those in posetion of the jersey, but Hansen just told him that he though Shane was too small, full stop. He went to the '03 WC as third choice scrum half, and didn't get a look-in during the first three pool games. Shane was saying on the show that during training he was just told to act like Tonga or Italy and kick the ball back, and when he refused and ran the ball back instead beating everyone in front of him, Hansen just had a go and told him to 'do what he f***ng says'. Shane told him to 'f**k off' and after Hansen had another go about speaking to him like that in front of other members. </p><p></p><p>People need to reealise that Shane's break though game against NZ only came about because Hansen picked his second choice team 'as lambs to the slaughter', as was said on the show. What a sh***y attitude! Shane simply played so well that Hansen couldn't leave him out of the England game.</p><p></p><p>Hansen really was poor with Wales. He may have done a decent job with NZ, but I remember hating the pr*ck when he was head coach of Wales.</p><p></p><p>Edit. Olyy, it's woth wartching it on iplayer quickly. It's only half an hour. If starts off a little boring about his younger days, which I'm not too interested in, but it all helps build the overall picture of how Shane got to where he did. Some good footage of his early Neath days aswell. Really took me back. I'd completely forgot about his first cap against France where he threw that intercept, but as soon as a saw it I remembered it like it was yesterday. I wish they would have extended it to an hour long and shown more footage of his Neath and Ospreys career, because it's difficult to find any of that online.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 478597, member: 13739"] Shane was pretty much left out of the Wales team for two years despite being the best option. Shane himself said that he felt he was playing better than those in posetion of the jersey, but Hansen just told him that he though Shane was too small, full stop. He went to the '03 WC as third choice scrum half, and didn't get a look-in during the first three pool games. Shane was saying on the show that during training he was just told to act like Tonga or Italy and kick the ball back, and when he refused and ran the ball back instead beating everyone in front of him, Hansen just had a go and told him to 'do what he f***ng says'. Shane told him to 'f**k off' and after Hansen had another go about speaking to him like that in front of other members. People need to reealise that Shane's break though game against NZ only came about because Hansen picked his second choice team 'as lambs to the slaughter', as was said on the show. What a sh***y attitude! Shane simply played so well that Hansen couldn't leave him out of the England game. Hansen really was poor with Wales. He may have done a decent job with NZ, but I remember hating the pr*ck when he was head coach of Wales. Edit. Olyy, it's woth wartching it on iplayer quickly. It's only half an hour. If starts off a little boring about his younger days, which I'm not too interested in, but it all helps build the overall picture of how Shane got to where he did. Some good footage of his early Neath days aswell. Really took me back. I'd completely forgot about his first cap against France where he threw that intercept, but as soon as a saw it I remembered it like it was yesterday. I wish they would have extended it to an hour long and shown more footage of his Neath and Ospreys career, because it's difficult to find any of that online. [/QUOTE]
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