Felix Jones
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:58 pm
... retires on medical grounds. Only 28. A very underrated player plagued by injuries his whole career. Fair play to him.
Sad news, such a shame.
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Re: Felix Jones
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:26 pm
Re: Felix Jones
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:34 pm
Ireland's bench is fecked
Re: Felix Jones
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:39 pm
Now now JackieJackie Brown wrote:Ireland's bench is fecked
I liked Felix. He was a better 15 than Bobbo
Re: Felix Jones
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:57 pm
Absolute shame at 28 .Good luck in the future Felix. On a more positive note being 28 is quite a positive unlike the oil coffin dodgers (me included ) on this forum.
Re: Felix Jones
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:26 pm
sad news for anyone to have to retire early from sport... unless it was Matt Dawson
Re: Felix Jones
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:28 pm
ClassyJackie Brown wrote:Ireland's bench is fecked
Re: Felix Jones
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:32 pm
Too bad for the young fella.
When he first appeared at Leinster, I thought he was going to be a world class 15, but that first big knee injury did for him and he was never the same again.
When he first appeared at Leinster, I thought he was going to be a world class 15, but that first big knee injury did for him and he was never the same again.
Re: Felix Jones
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:53 pm
I first watched him in that churchill cup that ireland tore everyone apart in where he was cutting lines Ben Smith would be proud ofSnipe Watson wrote:Too bad for the young fella.
When he first appeared at Leinster, I thought he was going to be a world class 15, but that first big knee injury did for him and he was never the same again.
Re: Felix Jones
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:43 pm
I think he played in a great Ireland U20 backline that also included a centre pairing of Cave and Earls, and had Fionn Carr, the fastest thing on two legs, on the wing. Carr promised much at that stage but never quite delivered on his potential. If Felix had not been badly crocked early in his career you would never have heard of Rob Kearney (or Kearney would have remained a half decent wing - where he started.)Russ wrote:I first watched him in that churchill cup that ireland tore everyone apart in where he was cutting lines Ben Smith would be proud ofSnipe Watson wrote:Too bad for the young fella.
When he first appeared at Leinster, I thought he was going to be a world class 15, but that first big knee injury did for him and he was never the same again.
Re: Felix Jones
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:03 am
That's was a bit of a shocker today, he was in the 'nearly' group for the RWC too wasn't he?
Best of luck to the lad.
Best of luck to the lad.
Re: Felix Jones
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:32 pm
A pity but good to see him retire rather than end up crocked.
He was a player who had such fantastic potential but couldn't quite realise it due to injury after injury. Will be missed by Munster.
He was a player who had such fantastic potential but couldn't quite realise it due to injury after injury. Will be missed by Munster.
Re: Felix Jones
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:05 pm
As our mutual friend says: I never want to see a young man crippled for my entertainment. Or words to that effect.Shan wrote:A pity but good to see him retire rather than end up crocked.
He was a player who had such fantastic potential but couldn't quite realise it due to injury after injury. Will be missed by Munster.
Re: Felix Jones
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 12:10 am
George Osbourne?Snipe Watson wrote:As our mutual friend says: I never want to see a young man crippled for my entertainment. Or words to that effect.Shan wrote:A pity but good to see him retire rather than end up crocked.
He was a player who had such fantastic potential but couldn't quite realise it due to injury after injury. Will be missed by Munster.
