Chabal VS Cav

frenchfighter

On the podium yesterday

k2rider

podium girl looks a bit rough!

RichN95.

Cav's new lead-out man perhaps? Julian Dean would think twice about getting involved with him. Nothing Chabal likes more than roughing up a few Kiwis.

Homer J

Who is chabal? Bit ofa big dude, ex sprinter?

Pross

French back row / second row forward. Takes some stopping when he gets moving!!

camerone

RichN95 wrote:

Cav's new lead-out man perhaps? Julian Dean would think twice about getting involved with him. Nothing Chabal likes more than roughing up a few Kiwis.

seemingly takes less than Chabal to rough up all mouth and no trouser start a fight then run Julian Dean.

Kléber

Chabal's good at roughing up Kiwis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=358mTh1_PNc

grantus

Remember hearing that Chabal likes to drive around in one of those little two seat smart cars :shock:

takethehighroad

I remember when I lived in France he modelled something like Armani, and there were 30 ft billboards of him everywhere!

Edit: Here it is, for Caron aftershave...

Kléber

I think he's the most popular sportsman in France, along with rally driver Sebastien Loab.

zammmmo

I did wonder what all the fuss was about with him...I thought maybe he was just VERY tall/heavy for a pro rugby player...but there are plenty of other players who are taller/heavier.

jamlala

One of those 'talismanic' players, who generally aren't quite as good as their reputation. We had one of them at Bath......Mike Catt, on his day superb, off his day utter shoite.

RichN95.

zammmmo wrote:

I did wonder what all the fuss was about with him...I thought maybe he was just VERY tall/heavy for a pro rugby player...but there are plenty of other players who are taller/heavier.

I think it's lot because he looks like some medieval barbarian. When he was younger and had short hair and no beard, no-one paid too much attention to him.

mroli

JamLala wrote:

One of those 'talismanic' players, who generally aren't quite as good as their reputation. We had one of them at Bath......Mike Catt, on his day superb, off his day utter shoite.

Nah - he was as good as his reputation - especially at club level. Sale became a competitive team through his work in the forwards and Hodgson in the backs.

Kléber

He's a good player in his own right but working on his image has clearly helped him cash in.

Limburger

Chabal is built like an iron-clad out-house though and he hits like a freight train.

Quite what he is doing shadowing pygmy boy Cav is another entirely different question however.

jamlala

mroli wrote:

JamLala wrote:

One of those 'talismanic' players, who generally aren't quite as good as their reputation. We had one of them at Bath......Mike Catt, on his day superb, off his day utter shoite.

Nah - he was as good as his reputation - especially at club level. Sale became a competitive team through his work in the forwards and Hodgson in the backs.

The wheels fell off last year though after he'd gone.......Hodgson flatters to deceive in my view also. Good club player but very wobbly at International level.

afx237vi

He's a bit like Andy Powell for Wales. Made a big splash when he first appeared on the scene, but fairly one-dimensional (both good at running with ball in hand, but not much else). Once opposition teams had them both figured out, they didn't have much else to offer.

Dunno if Chabal ever drove a stolen golf buggy down the M4 though.

sampurnell

JamLala wrote:

mroli wrote:

JamLala wrote:

Good club player but very wobbly at International level.

Isnt that the requirement of an English girly soccerball player :P

apart from that i think chabal was awesome,
agree about Catty at Bath (and england first time round) we used to blame everything on him - but his rise to form at london irish has to be one of the best ressurections since JC

frenchfighter

Reuters

Mettan

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

I remember when I lived in France he modelled something like Armani, and there were 30 ft billboards of him everywhere!

Edit: Here it is, for Caron aftershave...

Looks like General Zod's right hand man.

wicked

Mettan wrote:

TakeTheHighRoad wrote:

I remember when I lived in France he modelled something like Armani, and there were 30 ft billboards of him everywhere!

Edit: Here it is, for Caron aftershave...

Looks like General Zod's right hand man.

AidanR

frenchfighter wrote:

Reuters

Just after this was taken Andy knocked him out with a single punch.

brookter

Chabal was wonderful to watch at Sale last year, as was McAllister. I bought season tickets for this year, they left and we were nearly relegated. I think it's my fault.

Sorry.

David

jamlala

AidanR wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Reuters

Just after this was taken Andy knocked him out with a single punch.