St George Illawarra and NSW centre Mark Gasnier to retire at season's end

[Kaz]

MARK Gasnier will announce at noon his retirement from rugby league at the end of this season.
Having returned to the game and his beloved St George Illawarra Dragonsmidway through last year from French rugby club Stade Francais, the 29-year-old centre has decided this year will be his last.

Gasnier has been toying with the idea of retirement since the start of this season and even moreso since the Dragons’ secured their first premiership in 31 years last October.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...e-at-seasons-end/story-e6frexnr-1226094397696

 

[Ari Gold]

Gasnier has been toying with the idea of retirement since NSW lost State of Origin and even moreso since there is no prospect of them winning it again during his playing career.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...e-at-seasons-end/story-e6frexnr-1226094397696

29 seems a little young to be retiring. What's the bet he'll end up making a comeback in 1-2yrs time?

 

[Charmamba]

He doesn't wanna be selected for NSW next year and the best way is to just retire all together.

 

[dukey]

He's going back to France, I suspect.

 

[Charmamba]

He looks pretty in pink.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Who cares the bloke has an arse on his chin ffs.

 

[jarro65]

see ya gaz :wave:

 

[Kimlo]

wow

 

[Charmamba]

Yeah Damn BHQ, not liking a player who has never done anything worthwhile for the majority of our teams....(Broncos,QLD,Australia).

 

[Bucking Beads]

Wow, quality of BHQ has really gone down. No prizes for guessing who the usual culprits are.

Talking about yourself no doubt.

 

[Coxy]

He's run out of sauce.

 

[Bucking Beads]

He's run out of sauce.

Rofl

 

[Kaz]

The Rock

We are just following Gasnier's lead.

Remember his voice mail.

Where the f%ck are you? There's four toey humans in the cab with sauages ready to spurt sauce. It's 20 to four...and you're in bed, f%ck me. Fire up, you sad c%nt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_and_HG's_State_of_Origin_commentary

Such a charmer.

 

[mrslong]

He's a code traitor. Meh. See ya later Gaz.

 

[Fozz]

Well, it's confirmed.

Seems strange given his back ended contract but whatever.

 

[m1c]

I came into this thread to make the same point, Fozz. For the conspiracy theorists out there - does it seem odd that Gaz comes back on a massively reduced contract that's only accredited by the NRL once the Dragons back end it with big bucks?. All in time for their run home to the finals..

 

[mrslong]

I came into this thread to make the same point, Fozz. For the conspiracy theorists out there - does it seem odd that Gaz comes back on a massively reduced contract that's only accredited by the NRL once the Dragons back end it with big bucks?. All in time for their run home to the finals..

Yep. DODGY.

 

[Kaz]

I think we all knew it was dodgy & they would find some way to get out of it.