Dan Parks retires

bleg

Quit Scotland with immediate effect.


http://planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_7494250,00.html

Fishooks12

Wow, smells of a Mgt bust bust up

buck65

Well he cost them the game. So good move. Any team with Parks at 10 are going nowhere, can't believe Cardiff signed this guy.
Yes he'll kick his points but woe to his backs. Good riddance. Stupid sideburns too.

Fishooks12

buck65 wrote: »

Well he cost them the game. So good move. Any team with Parks at 10 are going nowhere, can't believe Cardiff signed this guy.
Yes he'll kick his points but woe to his backs. Good riddance. Stupid sideburns too.

Very harsh. By no means a brilliant player but for a period he was the only Scottish ten capable of playing anywhere near international standard.

Best of luck to him I say

GerM

Couldn't spark a back line to save his life but was screwed by Scotland never having a centre that could create anything either. Could kick well and torment opposition on his day. People enjoy poking fun at him but he's screwed over Irish sides on more than one occasion in the past, most notably with an excellent display in 2010. Has been the hero for Scotland on a few days in some famous wins. Doesn't deserve the grief he gets and hope he enjoys his retirement.

ambid

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Very harsh. By no means a brilliant player but for a period he was the only Scottish ten capable of playing anywhere near international standard.

Best of luck to him I say

He's right about the sideburns though

thomond2006

GerM wrote: »

Couldn't spark a back line to save his life but was screwed by Scotland never having a centre that could create anything either. Could kick well and torment opposition on his day. People enjoy poking fun at him but he's screwed over Irish sides on more than one occasion in the past, most notably with an excellent display in 2010. Has been the hero for Scotland on a few days in some famous wins. Doesn't deserve the grief he gets and hope he enjoys his retirement.

Well said, he almost beat Wales in 2010 on his own. He screwed us over the same year too, with a great kick to win it.

irishbucsfan

Never rated him as anything more than a poor man's OGara.

Strangled many a backline in his time.

eire4

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Wow, smells of a Mgt bust bust up

I was thinking the same myself. Otherwise it really is a very strange time to be leaving.

Fishooks12

eire4 wrote: »

I was thinking the same myself. Otherwise it really is a very strange time to be leaving.

Having read the full story I'm less inclined to believe that

Seems he was thinking about doing it for a long time but wanted another shot at England first. Robinson probably knew it would be his last game before Kick off

durkadurka

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Having read the full story I'm less inclined to believe that

Seems he was thinking about doing it for a long time but wanted another shot at England first. Robinson probably knew it would be his last game before Kick off

he was in his bollix!

Quint2010

Never rated him. He played well once against us. He was known primarily as a kicking OH and last Saturday his kicking was atrocious

kevtwin

im gutted he wont be lining up against Wales on sunday.......he would be a godsend for our back three

Steffano2002

Always thought he was woeful... Scotland will be a better team without him.

profitius

Poor Dan Parks hasn't got much appreciation! He was what he was. A good kicker. He beat Ireland a few years back and I remember he was winning games for Glasgow on his own there for a while. You're not going to get exciting rugby with him about but if thats what a coach wants then don't pick him.

Podge_irl

Parks was never an excellent rugby player, but he was also the best Scotland had there for a long time. With Jackson coming through now he's going to be surplus to requirements but he fulfilled a role for a while. It's not his fault that not a single player on the team appeared capable of passing or catching the ball.

[Jackass]

Thought a bust up myself, but holding on for one more game, home against England, rather than retire after world cup sounds reasonable enough.

Not the greatest professional 10 you'll ever see, but good luck to him. He's an achillis heal in the Cardiff team still though.

He wont be first choice yet, but Duncan Weir is a very good prospect for Scotland, and this should help his development.

MungBean

Lewis Moody on Twitter.

"sad to hear the levels of abuse after scotland game were a reason for parks retiring. no player means to make a mistake! fantastic career! "

Thats a pity if thats the way he went.

Rattlehead_ie

agreed. No matter how poor he was for that particular game he was a decent (not the best) kicker in the world. Abuse of players by supporters or media is not the way of Rugby..... or should I say shouldn't be the way

Gracelessly Tom

I can't have the "one last crack at England" story.

There is no way Robinson would allow him the indulgence of a very winnable game to have a swan song. Robinson will have wanted Scotland to do as well as possible in the 6N and allowing Parks this game and the disruption caused by a retirement afterwards would in no way be tolerated.

This will not have galvanised the troops and is no way to prepare for the next match.

If the story is true about the abuse he got causing his retirement then shame on the Scotland "fans" who dished it out. How many of them were capable of playing international standard rugby and how many booed when Parks slotted over the winning kick in Dublin??

QDog10

Never rated Parks but to be fair to him he's managed to bag over 60 caps for Scotland. Will remember him for knocking over the last gasp penalty in Croker a couple of years ago which took balls.
I'd say its a combination of the stick, listening to that flute Andy Robinson and probably not happy with thier style of play or lack of it..

durkadurka

Bernard Hackman tweeted gossip that hell sign for connacht

ongarite

durkadurka wrote: »

Bernard Hackman tweeted gossip that hell sign for connacht

I heard that rumoured around here a few weeks ago.

Judgement Day

Remember the day in November 2010 when Scotland Dan Parks beat South Africa (21-17) - six penalties and a drop goal? More on him here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Parks - maybe Munster should sign him as a standby for ROG.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCFuZA0kBAE