Sunday 7 October 2007

Stopping Stan the Man

Yesterday I shot some football and rugby for the local press. The rugby was Perthshire against Peebles which ended with the Borders side winning 14-8. Perthshire had a couple of new players in their line-up. One of these was a large Samoan forward who came from Brisbane in Australia. Although I only shot 20 mins or so of the match it was fascinating to see what an impact this guy is going to make. On a couple of the occasions that Perthshire threatened the Peebles line it was left to Stan the Man to charge the Peebles defence with at least four of the borderers required to stop him. He is certainly going to add some impact to the Perthshire pack.



Why Stan the Man? Well despite asking four people what his name was no one seemed to know him as anything other than this. I eventually found out his name was Stan Fau.




6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey I know "Stan the Man" ... lol ... Honest to who it takes 4 men to get him down ... Im friends with his sisters here in Brisbane Australia ... I was just looking for the club my cousin is play for in Europe and i come across this blog/article about Stan Fau ... Wow,good to know he's being recognized for his talent there in Scotland ... (Shot Niu) All the best for your footy career!!

Shaun Ward said...

Hopefully he does well this season. He might even make it onto the blog pages again lol

Anonymous said...

Hear Shaun, don't think there will be many more of Stan getting taken think you've scared him off! Impressed with your hi ISO shots from the weekend, guess thats another Tip I've got free from you!

I've bookmarked your blog so will pop in and pull your leg a bit till you're fed up with me! Keep up the good work Bob F.

P.S. You would have thought that bloke that was down on his luck would have stopped answering his phone!

Anonymous said...

hi mr photographer,

shaun is it?? well i was wondering if you could delete this blog about stan,he doesnt want it posted up anymore,he never did in the first place. lol at that other persons comment ... yeah yous all scared him away ... so please delete this blog about stan,coz the man said so,lol ...

Anonymous said...

Looks like Stan had a free holiday, best bet would be to get fit and come back and play. Record looks pretty poor not fit can't scrum got a yellow and went home in the huff!!!

Anonymous said...

Ouch!!! thats a bit harsh anonymous, be brave leave your names nothing to be scared "off" by here lol.

Anyway Shaun I'm impressed with your shots on this blog even Big Al thinks they are quality, How about some info on how they were shot, ISO,Shutter speed,Appiture etc? Ok I know it looks like I'm looking for free tips (again)but just intrested honest(never trust anyone that says honest)lol

Bob F.

P.S. I guess your kids get thier good looks from thier Mum, think it's only fair you put her picture on your blog.