Henson to return... lets see how he gets on..

Noffles

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-1267316/Gavs-Relief-Wales-Gavin-Henson-plots-autumn-return-rugby.html

Can't be a bad thing if he can get fit and back to form..

PhatPiggins

Good luck to him, Wales miss him badly.

It'll take him at least 12 months to get back to match fitness.

sock puppet

I can't see him getting back into the Ospreys side unless he stays injury free for a long time. Hook is right now the best back Wales have imo.

castie

Yes but him 12 hook 13 would be quite good

toomevara

Its all temperament with the guy. You've got to hope that someone can get into his head and give him the mental/emotional skills required to cut it as a professional rugby player. No doubt he's got the rugby skillset, physical attributes required..the question is can he (a) not antagonise his team mates and coaches. (b) learn to work as a team member instead of a discrete individual. (c) leave the glitz, glamour and showbiz to dear old Charlotte and apply himself to the job and (d) stay away from the demon drink....

sock puppet

castie wrote: »

Yes but him 12 hook 13 would be quite good

I wasn't totally convinced by Hook at outside centre in the Six Nations. He was good alright but unless Henson is performing consistently well at 12 I don't see any reason to move him.

mcguinj

good article about this on the blood and mud blog, definitely worth a read

mcguinj

mcguinj wrote: »

good article about this on the blood and mud blog, definitely worth a read

that was fairly useless.

anonymous_joe

toomevara wrote: »

Its all temperament with the guy. You've got to hope that someone can get into his head and give him the mental/emotional skills required to cut it as a professional rugby player. No doubt he's got the rugby skillset, physical attributes required..the question is can he (a) not antagonise his team mates and coaches. (b) learn to work as a team member instead of a discrete individual. (c) leave the glitz, glamour and showbiz to dear old Charlotte and apply himself to the job and (d) stay away from the demon drink....

One problem is that coaches often have problems in taking care of those who aren't 100% there.

It's easy to motivate people who want it, but someone whose unhappy presents a completely different challenge, one most people give up on.

He's got the talent to be a very good 12 at an international level. I've no idea if it'll happen. He is to man what the Ospreys are to club rugby after all.

toomevara

anonymous_joe wrote: »

It's easy to motivate people who want it, but someone whose unhappy presents a completely different challenge, one most people give up on.

Yep, an exceptionally complex character by all accounts and a man who's interpersonal skills are so poor the Ospreys once sent him to work on the reception desk of a local hotel in order to try and improve. A difficult individual to incorporate into a team ethos and definitely a challenge for any coach. In a way I'd almost hoped he'd make the jump to league because I reckon Crusaders Brian Noble, a superb man manager, would have had a decent crack at him...