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August 4th 2009 @ 1:17am
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Warriors sign bad boy Seymour
Troubled playmaker Brett Seymour has vowed to rebuild his life and NRL career in Auckland after signing with the Warriors as legend Stacey Jones’ successor.
The Warriors have taken a gamble on Seymour, who was sacked by Cronulla in July after several alcohol-related off-field incidents.
A recent NRL policy development stipulated that clubs which took on players [...]
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Dogs Of War said | August 4th 2009 @ 11:54am | Report comment
The warriors halves just get worse and worse. Hopefully they get lucky and find one coming through the ranks of the junior grades, as Seymour isn’t anything more than a stop gap halfback.
Mick from Giralang said | August 4th 2009 @ 1:35pm | Report comment
Memo Darren Lockyer…have a good hard look at Stacy Jones as an example of what happens you go one season too long.
Tom Alexander. said | August 4th 2009 @ 10:02pm | Report comment
The way the Warriors other new recruits have performed so far this year, it may be the Warriors who are in need of a bit of charity. I reckon it will be a another mistake signing. If Seymore hasn’t changed by now after umpteenth attempts at being offered help, then he obviously has some deep deep problems. If anything, he probably needs time away from football to sought out his issues. The warriors should start looking to their juniors a bit more. Locke, matalino and Lewis Brown have a quality look about them, plus a host of others (Packer, Johns, Taylor, O’Regan and Heremaia) etc.
Marty said | August 4th 2009 @ 11:45pm | Report comment
We’ll hope for the best for Brett, fingers crossed.