Falcon of the Century

[SA_Hawker]

He's fat.
He gets hit in the face.

It works on so many levels.

I can only like this once

Deserves much much more

 

[JUBJUB]

Is there a team rule at the Falcons about not being allowed a decent haircut?

Might be

Luke Dalhaus

Look at the 2 guys to the end of Jon Brown [row 2]

Darcy Parish with his lesbian hairdo

 

[Power Raid]

we need a "where is the fat kid today" follow up story

 

[bewsta]

we need a "where is the fat kid today" follow up story

maccas probably

 

[who_let_the_dogs_out]

Nah Tom Boyd still wins purely for wtf was he actually doing.

getting a decent shove in the back from weitering

 

[grouse mate]

getting a decent shove in the back from weitering

Olympic dive more like it.

 

[BotsMaster]

This would be up there

 

[Maddo11]

This would be up there

wtf Laidler was thinking, he's just sauntering up, not going for the smother or a tackle or anything. "Oh heyy paddy, oh whats that? You're going to ki-"

whack

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

This would be up there

Given Dangerfield's proclivity for kicking the ball straight to his opponent this was really just a matter of time.

 

[Gydafud]

Where was Paddy even kicking that towards? Looks like the boundary line is above him, and the ball was going in that direction.

 

[TedDougChris]

Dogs have two good candidates, the previously nominated Tom Boyd and Roughead's sterling effort to avoid playing both GWS and Sydney by inserting his eye into the ball at close range and high speed...

 

[base615]

I do like the first line of that Prides article:

"MATTHEW Priddis is lucky to still have a face."

 

[PhatBoy]

End thread.

Watching this live just added to it.

Seeing the dragons concede something like 14 tries in a grand final replay, topped off by this,,was priceless.

 

[Randomizor]

This would be up there

Laidler squibbed that. In fact he probably should have just left it since it appears Paddy was going to kick it out on the full.

 

[The Swans Blog]

End thread.

Watching this live just added to it.

Seeing the dragons concede something like 14 tries in a grand final replay, topped off by this,,was priceless.

Yep, that's it.

 

[Rusty Brookes]

Can I ask a stupid question? Why is it called a falcon?

 

[SickQwon]

The Contest is over! give that man the $10,000

 

[PhatBoy]

Can I ask a stupid question? Why is it called a falcon?

Former Souths and Norths nrl player Mario Fenech was known as the Maltese Falcon (he's actually from Malta). Once in his last season when he was playing for the disgustingly bad South Queensland side, he was walking to the bench for a spell, and in an incident that summed up how bad they were, the dummy half sent a perfect left to right spiral pass into fenech's head which he didn't even see.

When he retired and took up a career as the whipping boy on the footy show, they smashed him deluxe. They'd play footage of it every week. It grew into a segment where he'd award a falcon of the week/year etc.

 

[who_let_the_dogs_out]

Can I ask a stupid question? Why is it called a falcon?

I've always thought it was due to the NRL footy show segment of the same name, showing clips of Mario Fenech getting passes bouncing off his head. His nickname was The Maltese Falcon.

From there it became known as a Falcon.

Happy to be corrected though.

 

[PhatBoy]

I've always thought it was due to the NRL footy show segment of the same name, showing clips of Mario Fenech getting passes bouncing off his head. His nickname was The Maltese Falcon.

From there it became known as a Falcon.

Happy to be corrected though.

Spot on.

 

[TedDougChris]

Former Souths and Norths nrl player Mario Fenech was known as the Maltese Falcon (he's actually from Malta). Once in his last season when he was playing for the disgustingly bad South Queensland side, he was walking to the bench for a spell, and in an incident that summed up how bad they were, the dummy half sent a perfect left to right spiral pass into fenech's head which he didn't even see.

When he retired and took up a career as the whipping boy on the footy show, they smashed him deluxe. They'd play footage of it every week. It grew into a segment where he'd award a falcon of the week/year etc.

Good to know.....

 

[legend166]

I can't believe that 'falcon' has entered into the national lexicon. I remember watching the NRL Footy Show as a kid when they first started doing it. For a country that is fiercely divided on sports, it's so weird that this particular terms has transcended all boundaries.

 

[Andrew Mc]

Can I ask a stupid question? Why is it called a falcon?

Others have explained it, but for completeness:

 

[nameless]

Others have explained it, but for completeness:

Haha, that really makes me laugh.