‘If you’re going to talk a big game...’: Pies star roasted as ‘clown’ antics backfire

the Giants ran over the top of CollingwoodCox’s unlikely rivalry with the western Sydney club made the Round Zero clash a spicy season-opener and it was GWS that had the last laugh.

TV cameras captured Cox coming in from behind during a ball-up drill and shoving Giants assistant coach Shane Mumford out of the way as he hunted the football.From that point on Cox was booed by the Orange Army when he touched the ball, with his comments about the home base of GWS being more suited for cows and sheep freshly in their minds.

With Cox having a night to forget, Twitter was flooded with messages bagging the premiership-winner, with most not fit for publishing, but Channel 10 sport commentator Stephen Quartermain summed it up.“If you’re going to talk a big game and act like a clown, we don’t mind it provided you play well,” Cornes told“He didn’t touch the footy in the first half. He was a liability tonight.

“The circus stuff around the edges doesn’t influence us. We’re here to entertain, but entertain by winning stoppages, connecting inside 50 and playing our style. But we didn’t do that.McRae paid tribute to the Giants after his team’s 18.6 to 11.16 defeat.The unlikely rivalry all kicked off when Cox took aim at the Giants after the ‘Opening Round’ fixture was announced, tweeting: “Round 1 NRL goes to Las Vegas. AFL premiers go to … A showground for livestock.

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