Originally Posted by Dai13371:
“Attitudes are very dependant on which region you support. The bottom line is unless you were an Ospreys supporter, Gavin Henson was an overrated show pony as you say. I would be very surprised Frood, if your Welsh colleagues are Ospreys fans. Sometimes regional rivalry blinds one from the real truth. As an Ospreys season ticket holder I have seen Gavin play rugby for his region many times and barely any of the venom directed towards his rugby prowess holds up to scrutiny.
Sadly now, he is an SEP or someone else's problem.”
Actually one is a London Welsh supporter. The other lives in Swansea but I don't think he follows a particular rugby team (more of a soccer man) but is clued in on the game.
Originally Posted by currykev:
“I know nothing of Rugby. But I know an overated sportsman when I see one.
GH has gone a bit Beckham.
Even his missus ditched him.
I reckon GH spends more time preening than training. A shame to the Welches.”
I seem to recall him commenting once that he wouldn't want to run out onto the field unless his hair was properly 'gelled'.
I thought back to the likes of Willie Duggan, Jason Leonard and J.P.R.Williams and tried to imagine their reaction to that

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I remember a telling comment when a panel of ex players were discussing the last Lions squad and the ideal XV.
Someone suggested Henson.
Lawrance Dallaglio (a man whose views, I'm sure all would agree, are worth respecting) said something like:
"The problem with Gavin Henson for me is - it's the last ten minutes of a tight game. Can you gaurantee that he will be 'there', rock solid, beside you, and dependable."
Dallaglio wasn't confident he would be - and none of the others disagreed with him.
I've seen show ponies in a number of sports - and that's one of the things that tends to be true about them.