Shayne Philpott
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Rip ,
On the subject of ex players family members etc ,
It can get messy, I hang out sometimes on my afl club Richmond forum ,
And there used to be a dad of a player who used to get on there pissed almost every night , abusing anyone that was critical of his son, but the worst, critical of other players etc.
A dad of an ex storm player now at the roosters was very similar on social media
I think family members are best advised to stay clear of the internet if they are a bit sensitive to criticism , it can get brutal
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@Duluth said in Shayne Philpott:
@Donsteppa said in RIP 2024:
From memory he was briefly a TSF poster.
Yeah he was a good sport in the end. Signed up to have a crack at a couple of posters then relaxed
Think it was around 2012? So no posts will exist
I couldn't spot his log-in anymore either (if I recalled it correctly).
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@kiwiinmelb said in Shayne Philpott:
I think family members are best advised to stay clear of the internet if they are a bit sensitive to criticism , it can get brutal
got told on Sat night I was getting a smack next time we have a beer from a current AB parent who I know cause he disliked something he saw I put on a FB post...
wasn't even a criticism, just said his better position was wider out!
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@Duluth said in Shayne Philpott:
@Donsteppa said in RIP 2024:
From memory he was briefly a TSF poster.
Yeah he was a good sport in the end. Signed up to have a crack at a couple of posters then relaxed
Think it was around 2012? So no posts will exist
damn, i was just going to ask where he had posted
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@kiwiinmelb said in Shayne Philpott:
Rip ,
On the subject of ex players family members etc ,
It can get messy, I hang out sometimes on my afl club Richmond forum ,
And there used to be a dad of a player who used to get on there pissed almost every night , abusing anyone that was critical of his son, but the worst, critical of other players etc.
A dad of an ex storm player now at the roosters was very similar on social media
I think family members are best advised to stay clear of the internet if they are a bit sensitive to criticism , it can get brutal
Certainly liven things up. A little more work for the mods.
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Some idiot reckons he saw me playing golf in an All Blacks tracksuit.
I think this was his biggest issue here,
though there were doubtless some other negative posts in the conversation.As Duluth says, once he had his initial crack he stayed around for a little while and shared a few things.
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@Chris-B said in Shayne Philpott:
Some idiot reckons he saw me playing golf in an All Blacks tracksuit.
I think this was his biggest issue here,
though there were doubtless some other negative posts in the conversation.As Duluth says, once he had his initial crack he stayed around for a little while and shared a few things.
No, Hooroo repeated the Grizz and his mother rumour and got both barrells from him. It was pretty classy post actually from memory. (Sorry Hooroo!)
58 is way too young.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Shayne Philpott:
That means all the "Day in the Life" post are gone...? Bugger.
Unless @BartMan or the people that wrote them still have them
If they do turn up, we should repost some old classics on the website
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@Chris-B said in Shayne Philpott:
@Kirwan That's probably right.
The golf story is the part that sticks in my memory, because it was pretty funny - which I'm pretty sure was Hooroo as well?
Nope, that was me and it was a second hand story. The guy who told me ( on numerous occasions ) swears that it was true. Whether SP saw it on here or elsewhere ( the bloke put it online all over the place, on FB, other sites etc ) is unclear…..only those two know if it was true or not.
Pretty innocuous I would have thought, not the nastiest rumour to help spread but in retrospect not my finest hour. NZ is a small place and even if the players themselves don’t see it they all have families, friends etc.
I actually thought about messaging him direct to say sorry but the account was deactivated from memory.
It did make me think that a lot of shit gets said on here rightly or wrongly and some comments about players/coaches past or present are pretty shitty but I guess it’s up to each individual to judge whether or not they should post what they do.
Anyway, RIP Shayne. You achieved way more in rugby than any of us did ( except for maybe @Bones depending on how things pan out )
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@Duluth said in Shayne Philpott:
@MN5 said in Shayne Philpott:
Nope, that was me
That makes sense
One must always own one’s mistakes
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Was the crime playing in a tracksuit or the fact it was an AB one?
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@antipodean yeah, i was just going to confirm that
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Someone on here years ago reckons Byron kellagher used to get around his local town, at the shops etc , wearing allblack gear .
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@kiwiinmelb said in Shayne Philpott:
Someone on here years ago reckons Byron kellagher used to get around his local town, at the shops etc , wearing allblack gear .
can confirm, it was easier than having to keep asking people "do you know who i am?"
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One from Dunedin which I enjoyed (and I was the one who heard it, so can voucher for its accuracy - no second hand info here):
I was walking along the footpath in George St, Dunedin in the early 2000s and Pita Alatini and Megan Cassie (now Alatini, but she was "famous" because of True Bliss), were casually crossing the road, not at the lights or a pedestrian crossing or anything. Nothing wrong with that really, but they didn't seem to care for the cars travelling along George St, and because of their slow saunter, they were forced to break into a jog for the final part of their crossing manoeuver.
Megan turned to Pita and said "well, they didn't show much respect".
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Shayne's posts were great.
He was full of praise for lots of well-known coaches he'd played for. He was able to set the record straight about some false rumours that have emerged about the All Blacks 1991 World Cup campaign. He'd really enjoyed playing in and living in Japan. He came across well.
Sad that he's gone so soon.
