Well the Cowboys management obviously didn't think that way as they made no real effort to retain him after yet another club Mason joined immediately ended up rock bottom.



And are you sure that all the fans loved him? That's a big call as it paints them as being as ignorant and blinkered as you are.

About 5 years ago Mason suffered a fairly serious leg injury, since then he hasn't been anywhere near as good on the field. Before that he was a truly fearsome player, huge and quick, and so good that his always poor off field behaviour could be tolerated. After that the off field damage he causes hasn't been able to be excused by credits earned on the pitch. The tearaway Willie Mason is gone forever and has been for a long while now.

Given that you don't know me but choose to make that statement I would suggest that you are the ignorant one.

With apologies for bringing the other code into your board. He's in the RU backs this weekend. www.sportinglife.com/rugbyunion/ ... ml&BID=504 The Toulon boss has either a massive bank account or effluent for brains. Probably both. He expects Mason to play in Gavin Hensons position, now that they've given henson the boot. Sunday's game could be very funny indeed.

With apologies for bringing the other code into your board. He's in the RU backs this weekend. www.sportinglife.com/rugbyunion/ ... ml&BID=504 The Toulon boss has either a massive bank account or effluent for brains. Probably both. He expects Mason to play in Gavin Hensons position, now that they've given henson the boot. Sunday's game could be very funny indeed.

Quote Anthony Jones="Anthony Jones"With apologies for bringing the other code into your board. He's in the RU backs this weekend. www.sportinglife.com/rugbyunion/ ... ml&BID=504 The Toulon boss has either a massive bank account or effluent for brains. Probably both. He expects Mason to play in Gavin Hensons position, now that they've given henson the boot. Sunday's game could be very funny indeed.'" I played a bit of union in my youth and the difference between the codes certainly takes a bit of picking up, to think Willie can just go into a team with no training or ever having played a game of RU seems very strange. At his time at KR he didn;t seem quick or fit enough to play in the backs, unless they play him on the wing and make sure the ball goes no where near him. First ruck / maul and he wont have a clue whether he can pick the ball up or not or when to let the ball go when tackled.

Quote Anthony Jones="Anthony Jones"With apologies for bringing the other code into your board. He's in the RU backs this weekend. www.sportinglife.com/rugbyunion/ ... ml&BID=504 The Toulon boss has either a massive bank account or effluent for brains. Probably both. He expects Mason to play in Gavin Hensons position, now that they've given henson the boot. Sunday's game could be very funny indeed.'" I played a bit of union in my youth and the difference between the codes certainly takes a bit of picking up, to think Willie can just go into a team with no training or ever having played a game of RU seems very strange. At his time at KR he didn;t seem quick or fit enough to play in the backs, unless they play him on the wing and make sure the ball goes no where near him. First ruck / maul and he wont have a clue whether he can pick the ball up or not or when to let the ball go when tackled.

That is ludicrous. They can't have included him for any other reason than publicity, ticket sales must be slow.

Been thinking about this. If we assume that Mason's first contact with Toulon was the week before he was de-registered, Rovers whole argument against him would depend on how informal this meeting was. If it was a friendly visit, a tour round the stadium and a visit to the Naval museum followed by a glass of pastis at one of the bars lining the waterfront then I doubt Rovers have much of a case. It certainly went very quiet after that and looked as if Toulon had moved on.



By the time proper negotiations were entered into and money and signatures were exchanged, Rovers had de-registered him and he was a free agent, able to speak with whom he pleased. So Rovers would have no case against him. Mason, on the other hand, may well have a case against them for breach of contract. De-registration would have severely compromised the terms and conditions offered by Rovers within his contract, not least the fact that he was restricted from playing.

Who is this Mason bloke never heard of him

He's the one that's coming back to haunt you

He'd better hurry up and come back then. Our form has improved since his departure.

He won't haunt me luv u ain't seen the size of my hubby and I have a Ganesh in my house

Sorry, I meant he may well manifest himself again on your (im)Balance Sheet.