Asotasi tells Willie: Bring it on

[S.B.W_Jnr]

RABBITOHS captain Roy Asotasi called on Roosters trash talker Willie Mason to back up his mouth when the pair clash in a round one blockbuster tomorrow night.
Mason lit the fuse for a fiery encounter early this week when the Roosters recruit declared his hate for the Asotasi-led Rabbitohs.

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph yesterday, Asotasi labelled Mason a human headline before calling on him to back up his talk.

"He usually does back it up," Asotasi said. "He has played for his country but he just has to make sure he does it on Friday night.

"He is always after a headline. He speaks his mind and that's Willie.

"But we won't be targeting him specifically."

When asked whether he wished Mason was a bit quieter when the pair were teammates at the Bulldogs, Asotasi replied:

"Sometimes," he said. "But at the end of the day he has an opinion and he is a good mate of mine. He just loves to speak his mind."

Asotasi said Mason's comments would put pressure on the Roosters heading into the ANZ Stadium clash.

"Yeah, it puts the pressure on them," he said. "Definitely not us.

"But they are probably the most experienced pack.

"They have Willie and Mark O'Meley so they will be tough. I think there is a rivalry between the clubs and there is plenty of history. It is a game we both look forward to."

Souths forward David Kidwell refused to bait Mason, with his two-year-old Tri-Nations hit still ringing in most fans' ears.

"It was a long time ago," Kidwell said. I am just going out there to do my job.

"I don't hate the Roosters, I love them. I used to play for them but come Friday night I will be doing everything I can to get over the top of them. We are just happy to go about his business. We will just put the hard work in."

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/sport/nrl/story/0,26799,23364633-5006066,00.html

 

[dog mad]

pls Roy pls smash the sh!t out the big cat!

 

[Such Is Life]

i hope mason gets his head kicked in ..

 

[BULLDOG GEORGE]

typical mason he always shoots his mouth off and his own team has to play harder because of it.

 

[80fic...]

He will be too scared to respond to roy. he will prefer to pick on wing that's more his style

 

[jimmy_the_greek]

to put it simple

Asotasi > Mason

 

[Your Mum]

mason is a big mouth, a.d.d, knob jockey.

 

[Malla]

Quite saddening that both used to be doggies playres

 

[MattyB]

It's Funny, we all hated Kidwell when he hammered Mason in that game, now we all want it to happen again.

 

[roc-a-fella]

i saw the actual interview. The article makes it sound worse than the way it was said. The person who wrote this article can SMD

 

[bLaQDoG..]

to put it simple

Asotasi > Mason

LOL thats exactly how i thought of the situation...

Whats the difference between Mason and Asotasi??

We still love Asotasi... we still would want Asotasi at our club...

We hate Mason... we don't want Mason ever again...

I hope Asotasi gives him a blinder of a hit-up and sends that oversized pr1ck into La-La land!

 

[Kingi]

Asotasi is a champion foward, who deserves all the success he gets. He still loves the dogs. Im sure all the dogs fans still respect Roy.

Mason on the other hand is just a prick, i hope he gets smashed by roy or kidwell.

GO ROY!

 

[P.M.]

Lol

:roflol::roflol::roflol: Another similar article, but with a bit of an unfortunate typo (or is it?)

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=390915&rss=yes

Souths co-captain Roy Asotasi says Willie Mason places more pressure on his own teammates than his opponents with his outlandish comments.

Asotasi labelled Mason a "walking human headline", setting the scene for an explosive NRL season opener between the Sydney Roosters and Souths on Friday night at ANZ Stadium.

Mason had stoked the fiery rivalry between the two foundation clubs with his "I hate Souths" comment at the Roosters season launch earlier this week and Asotasi added fuel to the debate by sledging his former Bulldogs teammate.

While Asotasi said Mason hadn't made himself a specific target for the Rabbitohs, the Kiwi prop admitted he sometimes wished the Australian Test star kept his opinions private.

"Willie is a walking human headline," said Asotasi.

"I've known him for years, we're still good mates and he likes to speak his mind.

"It probably puts some pressure on the Roosters, not us.

"I've played against him and he's spoken before and he's backed it up. We just have to make sure he doesn't on Friday."

Roosters prop Mark O'Meley, another Bulldogs 2004 premiership winner alongside Mason and Asotasi, said Mason will have plenty of support backing up his comments on Friday night when the NRL's two fiercest rivals kick off the centenary season.

"If Will says that, he can back it up. And his teammates are right behind him anyway," said O'Meley.

Another former Dog-cum-Rooster, five-eighth Braith Anasta, said the war of words between the two camps would not affect the intensity of the clash.

"To tell you the truth, regardless of what Willie said this week the game isn't going to change," he said.

"There is already a strong rivalry there. Willie can say whatever he likes, it's not going to change or affect the game in any way."

Roosters captain Craig Fitzgibbon agreed, adding that all Mason had achieved was to put the pressure on himself to have a blinder on Friday.

"If anything (Mason) has put himself into a position where he has to play well which is good for our team," said Fitzgibbon.

"Sometimes people use (comments) to fire themselves up. That's fine it's their way. Me personally, I think it just gives ammo to the other team.

"In my role as captain I can't be saying inflammatory comments about other teams and certainly not be the one talking it up.

"(But) all those comments seriously go out the window by the time you warm up for the game."

Mason was always going to be public enemy No.1 with Souths and their fans on Friday night.

He has always been one to shoot from the lip and then back it up on the paddock. But nobody will ever forget the 2006 Tri Nations series when Kiwi David Kidwell laid Mason flat out with a shuddering shoulder charge.

Mason claimed he was blindsided by a cheap shot, and fireworks have been expected between the pair ever since.

While Souths officials would love nothing more than to see Kidwell lay Mason flat on his back again on Friday night, Kidwell says the rivalry between he and Mason does not exist.

"I do (wish people would move on), it's a couple of years ago now," said Kidwell.

"I'm a totally different person off the field compared to what I am on the field. It happened and it's part of football.

"I have had a talk to him and bumped into him at a social environment, at a proper time, there's no ill feeling there.

"We both know it's business on the field and it's left on the field."

 

[Sull]

Our only real recruitment mistake in the last few years was signing Reni over Roy in 2006.

 

[Geohood]

PM I think that's how the saying goes lol

 

[Deception_2112]

Asotasi will knock this motherf*cker back in his cock pen

 

[Sull]

Imagine if we let Maitua go to souths instead of Aso.

08. Armit
10. Asotasi
11. Williams
12. Ryan
13. Koups

sounds better imo

 

[P.M.]

PM I think that's how the saying goes lol

supposed to be come not cum!

how old r u?

 

[MP4 - Eedz]

Roy would demolish Mason

Roy left the Dogs with all our respect

 

[Geohood]

supposed to be come not cum!

how old r u?

Mate im pretty sure its -cum- .. yes english is a funny language.