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Wednesday, 18 July, 2001, 15:57 GMT 16:57 UK
Should Healey be disciplined?
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Austin Healey will face a Lions disciplinary comittee after remarks made in a national newspaper.
How severe should his punishment be? In his column in The Guardian, Austin Healey described Australian second row Justin Harrison as a "plod" and a "plank." He will now face a disciplinary comittee consisting of Lions coach Graham Henry, tour manager Donal Lenihan and captain Martin Johnson. Earlier in the tour Matt Dawson was also caught in controversy when he criticised Henry's training methods. In cricket the ECB impose restrictions on players with central contracts, preventing them from criticising the management. Should future Lions tours be subject to the same rules? And what do you think of Healey's comments? How severe should his punishment be? Healey was wrong to say what he did and ought to be reprimanded. But for people (Ken Rogers !) to say he should never play for England again is absurd. He is a a talented and committed player, just keep him away from the press and on the park !
From an Australian perspective, Austin Healey should not be disciplined. He served Australia well. He did a better job inspiring our team than any motivational speaker. Spurring a Test rookie to put in a man of the match performance is surely unmatched in the modern game. Despite his English heritage I regard him as a true Aussie hero.
Austin Healey has shown the world what a complete little arrogant, ignorant, insulting, disrespectful person he is. I think he needs some cultural lessons to learn that other countries have different lifestyles to his own. That is part of the joy of travelling, to experience something different.
Also, I would like to point out that Campese made comments after he retired, but never did he insult the country that he was touring at the time.
Mark , UK If Healey gets fined, so what.
However, if this gets blown out of
all proportions and it leads to him
being suspended by England, then
it's crazy, political correctness
gone mad. It wasn't as if he lied!
Harrisson effectively, and illegally,
finished Healey's tour at the end of
the Brumbies game, remember!
Harrisson should have not even
been playing in the third Test.
It was evidently a badly managed tour. Surely our energies would be best focused on that issue, rather than a witch-hunt of one player or another.
Healey is a small man with a small mind who cannot cope
with rejection. The sooner he can come to terms with it he
may become a better
human being.
Simon Dickson, USA
As Clive Woodward has said, he needs people he can trust in his team. I think Healey should never again play for England - he has proved that he is not interested in the team situation, only himself. No-one should be able to write columns while they are on tour - what goes on tour, stays on tour!
We are now beginning to see some of the negative aspects of professionalism. With more exposure to the media, the public realise that these stars that we hold in great esteem are as idiotic as the next person. An article such as this would have been very divisive to the lions camp.
The Wallabies are a cohesive unit and share a strong belief in the team (this seems to be an inherent characteristic in all Australian sporting teams). I think the Wallabies won the series because they had the mental edge. Thanks must go to Mr Healey and friends for giving us Aussies a good reason to send you guys home with your tails between your legs. Great tour guys - it was a pleasure.
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