Bastareud
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 6:12 pm
When was the last time a Test player from a Tier 1 nation was allowed to get himself into that kind of state?
Inspiring fatties the world overDiego wrote:Andy Goode or Weepu?
And ROG wasn't much better in a different kind of way.
To be fair to Skelton, now he's at a professional club he's in pretty good shapeBrumby_in_Vic wrote:Rodney Blake, Uini Atonio, Will Skelton.
And that pic is effectively from his retirement from proper pro rugby, he got fat in the ABs, but not that fat.jimmy speights wrote:Tbf to Weepu it wasn’t until after the 2011 RWC that he let himself get into Bastard/Goode territory.
Matt Dunning wasn't any worse than the other two. Had one of those fat heads but was reasonably trim for a modern prop. Given the way he looks now, I imagine he was eating a ton just to maintain professional prop size ...Hawk97 wrote:Well, Mako has a gunt, as does Jamie George. Remember Fatt Dunning?
All that military trainingNieghorn wrote:Matt Dunning wasn't any worse than the other two. Had one of those fat heads but was reasonably trim for a modern prop. Given the way he looks now, I imagine he was eating a ton just to maintain professional prop size ...Hawk97 wrote:Well, Mako has a gunt, as does Jamie George. Remember Fatt Dunning?
Chris Budgen on the other hand ...
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Armchair_Superstar wrote:When was the last time a Test player from a Tier 1 nation was allowed to get himself into that kind of state?
Did he get his kit from a Marquee company ?Bradwall Boy wrote: Chris Budgen on the other hand ...
All that military training
But they didn't which would've been fairly obvious so he knew what he was doing.Jeff the Bear wrote:I don't know whether anyone should be thanking Wales, or cursing us, but I can't help but feel that is debut performance (against Wales) led France to believe that he was a good shout as an international, and maybe contributed on a wider level to their love of big unfit fatties.
The ultimate irony being that his defence was pretty shit if you analyse his gameplay on that day. He was lauded at the time for stopping Jamie Roberts several time (which he did), but he did it by flying up out of the line leaving huge doglegs. Had Wales had a bit more about them (this was 2009, so Gatland was still very much in bosh mode with his centres), then one or two tip passes to a man on Roberts' shoulder would have shredded France that day.
Looks like he swapped lower body with a smaller lad.fishfoodie wrote:Did he get his kit from a Marquee company ?Bradwall Boy wrote: Chris Budgen on the other hand ...
All that military training
He used to be 6ft tall; but weight+gravity ......Uncle Fester wrote:Looks like he swapped lower body with a smaller lad.fishfoodie wrote:Did he get his kit from a Marquee company ?Bradwall Boy wrote: Chris Budgen on the other hand ...
All that military training
I was going to say ... that bloke looks like he's about 48 ... and I looked him. 46 and still playing high level rugby. FFS fair go to the big man.fishfoodie wrote:Did he get his kit from a Marquee company ?Bradwall Boy wrote: Chris Budgen on the other hand ...
All that military training
You're right. Dunning really wasn't any fatter than your average International prop at the time, hejust has a big head and (when he was fat) had massive jowls and a chubby baby face that made him look fatter than he really was. If you substituted a normal looking head on this photo he would look just like a stocky, strong bloke, not a big fatso.Nieghorn wrote:Matt Dunning wasn't any worse than the other two. Had one of those fat heads but was reasonably trim for a modern prop. Given the way he looks now, I imagine he was eating a ton just to maintain professional prop size ...Hawk97 wrote:Well, Mako has a gunt, as does Jamie George. Remember Fatt Dunning?
You were correct the first time. I saw him playing for Bedwas in a televised game in the Welsh Principality Premiership a few weeks ago. Still going strong...Mog The Almighty wrote:I was going to say ... that bloke looks like he's about 48 ... and I looked him. 46 and still playing high level rugby. FFS fair go to the big man.fishfoodie wrote:Did he get his kit from a Marquee company ?Bradwall Boy wrote: Chris Budgen on the other hand ...
All that military training
Edit ... okay I see he's not playing anymore. Retired at about 40, which is still pretty good. But he looks older than that.
Are we looking at the same picture?Mog The Almighty wrote:You're right. Dunning really wasn't any fatter than your average International prop at the time, hejust has a big head and (when he was fat) had massive jowls and a chubby baby face that made him look fatter than he really was. If you substituted a normal looking head on this photo he would look just like a stocky, strong bloke, not a big fatso.Nieghorn wrote:Matt Dunning wasn't any worse than the other two. Had one of those fat heads but was reasonably trim for a modern prop. Given the way he looks now, I imagine he was eating a ton just to maintain professional prop size ...Hawk97 wrote:Well, Mako has a gunt, as does Jamie George. Remember Fatt Dunning?
Adam Jones, provided you mean Roman Gods who like piesgrubberkick wrote:Armchair_Superstar wrote:When was the last time a Test player from a Tier 1 nation was allowed to get himself into that kind of state?
Who was that Welsh prop with the hair of a Roman god?
Nolanator wrote:Someone post the clip of Ricky Janurie making a break for a lower League French team.
I would guess not.Brumby_in_Vic wrote:Did Dunning get his stomach stapled?
Dunno.happyhooker wrote:Didn't dunning have quite serious mental health issues?
It wasn't just Wales. He was a very effective young player with a massive amount of power and impact that just needed those rough edges - including defensively - smoothing out to be a top class international centre.Jeff the Bear wrote:I don't know whether anyone should be thanking Wales, or cursing us, but I can't help but feel that is debut performance (against Wales) led France to believe that he was a good shout as an international, and maybe contributed on a wider level to their love of big unfit fatties.
The ultimate irony being that his defence was pretty shit if you analyse his gameplay on that day. He was lauded at the time for stopping Jamie Roberts several time (which he did), but he did it by flying up out of the line leaving huge doglegs. Had Wales had a bit more about them (this was 2009, so Gatland was still very much in bosh mode with his centres), then one or two tip passes to a man on Roberts' shoulder would have shredded France that day.