Gooonnnnee too soon
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I never thought of Stu Wilson as one who retired early. He was an AB from 76 to 83.
Looking up on wikipedia he was 29 when he played his last test rugby and 30 when he stopped playing for Wellington.
In fact I don't actually remember him retiring from test rugby, did he do it quietly or was Kirwan simply picked ahead of him in 84?
I agree with Bjorn Borg and Mark Ella being absolute wtf?! retirements. Can't think of any others. Actually, also David Kirk as mentioned, but that wasn't shocking. So well sign-posted I guess, or easily understood and didn't seem 'final'.
Glenn Turner, before my time, but he basically put the peak of his career into backwater cricket.
Imagine if Martin Crowe had taken up that Queensland Sheffield Shield offer ......
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@mariner4life said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@bones said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@stargazer said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@bones Regan King? Didn't he return from Europe only last year and play in the Heartland comp for Mid-Canterbury? Pretty long career, considering he's now 37 years old.
Oh sorry TSF off topic master! I thought King was 'that centre from Waikato'.
Absolute case in point. I'm astounded to know Regan King is even alive. To me he is that young kid from Waikato who looked awesome and then disappeared off the face of the earth. a career gone too soon
King ? Pfffft.
He wasn't even the best Maori centre from Waikato in the last 16 years with the initials RK.
My old man's tennis partner Chris Laidlaw gave Rugby away at 26. Pretty young.
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@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@mariner4life said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@bones said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@stargazer said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@bones Regan King? Didn't he return from Europe only last year and play in the Heartland comp for Mid-Canterbury? Pretty long career, considering he's now 37 years old.
Oh sorry TSF off topic master! I thought King was 'that centre from Waikato'.
Absolute case in point. I'm astounded to know Regan King is even alive. To me he is that young kid from Waikato who looked awesome and then disappeared off the face of the earth. a career gone too soon
King ? Pfffft.
He wasn't even the best Maori centre from Waikato in the last 16 years with the initials RK.
My old man's tennis partner Chris Laidlaw gave Rugby away at 26. Pretty young.
Laidlaw and Kirk, among others, were professional men in the amateur era. They could see rugby as the well paid career it is today
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@hooroo said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
Was James Ryan that carrot top? He's a doctor now right or maybe a lawyer?
Toeava left too soon prolly.
That tall Chinese basketball player was a superstar for a brief time, what happened to him?That tall chinese basketball player got inducted into the NBA hall of fame last year (maybe the year before) with Shaq. Ming was a beast.
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@stargazer said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@bones The article was about players ending their career early. That's how I read the subject. My bad.
I'm not sure that you really need to police thread topics anyway. The fern ebbs and flows, in and out, deep breaths when things go astray (and stay away from the "off topic" forum that will do your head in).
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@snowy said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@stargazer said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@bones The article was about players ending their career early. That's how I read the subject. My bad.
I'm not sure that you really need to police thread topics anyway. The fern ebbs and flows, in and out, deep breaths when things go astray (and stay away from the "off topic" forum that will do your head in).
Fucken @Bones always jumps in and gets triggered. I for one am sick of it.
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@majorrage said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
My old man's tennis partner Chris Laidlaw gave Rugby away at 26. Pretty young.
By tennis partner, do you mean saw him at breakfast once?
Nope. This is genuine family friendship, not one of @jegga s stories.
He was at my wedding. ( Chris Laidlaw, not jegga )
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@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@nepia said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@mn5 Actually Kahui is a good one for leaving too soon. Although, he had an impressive list of achievements for his short career.
Yep good call. Hard to break up that Nonu/Smith partnership though.
I thought he left more due to the fact he was basically broken (shoulders I think) so went to easy rugby in Japan?
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@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@snowy said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@stargazer said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@bones The article was about players ending their career early. That's how I read the subject. My bad.
I'm not sure that you really need to police thread topics anyway. The fern ebbs and flows, in and out, deep breaths when things go astray (and stay away from the "off topic" forum that will do your head in).
Fucken @Bones always jumps in and gets triggered. I for one am sick of it.
No, please, tell us more about your wedding guest list.
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@bones said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@snowy said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@stargazer said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@bones The article was about players ending their career early. That's how I read the subject. My bad.
I'm not sure that you really need to police thread topics anyway. The fern ebbs and flows, in and out, deep breaths when things go astray (and stay away from the "off topic" forum that will do your head in).
Fucken @Bones always jumps in and gets triggered. I for one am sick of it.
No, please, tell us more about your wedding guest list.
I almost had a second AB there but they got divorced.
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shittest thread derail in ages. Up your fucking game
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@mariner4life said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
shittest thread derail in ages. Up your fucking game
Any ABs at your wedding M4L?
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@mariner4life said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
shittest thread derail in ages. Up your fucking game
Absolutely.
No discussion of hot chicks or pictures of breasts. (Sorry- wrong TSF forum).@Bovidae Yeah Henin was 28ish for her second retirement (was due to injury).
Yao Ming was 30 maybe 31 (injury related as well)Not quite sure what the criteria is for too young? Before 30?
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@bones said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
Steven Luatua
primed to be the next Zinny/JK in one package. Now dead. RIP bro
