Player Monty Betham

[Jackal_old]

Good to hear, good luck to him

Betham takes Wakefield captaincy

Betham has extensive captaincy experience with the NZ Warriors

Wakefield have appointed former New Zealand international Monty Betham as their captain for the new season.

The 27-year-old, who joined the club from New Zealand Warriors in the close season, replaces Jason Demetriou.

"I've been really impressed with Monty's attitude since he arrived," said Wakefield coach Tony Smith.

"I knew his reputation of being a tough campaigner and a leader - and he's definitely lived up to that. It would be foolish to ignore those qualities."

Betham said he was fully committed to the club and hoped to end his career at the Atlantic Solutions Stadium.

"I'm privileged to be named captain," he said.

"I've been here a month, and my wife and I are really enjoying the place.

"David Solomona sold this place to me, and so far everything he said has come true. This town loves league: everywhere I go, I see Wakefield Wildcats jackets.

"I'm looking forward to contributing for this club and if I can do that I am sure I will finish off my career here.

"Wakefield are not a glamour club, and that suits me to a T - we're very similar."

Demetriou has been appointed as the Wildcats' new club captain.

BBC SPORT | Rugby League | Super League | Wakefield | Betham takes Wakefield captaincy

news.bbc.co.uk

 

[ozbash_old]

good luck to montz. hope the press keep off his back.

 

[Ronnie_7_old]

Good to see that the guys that have left here are making it elsewhere

 

[AliN_old]

Yeah he'll be an inspiration to the young Wakefield players.

 

[2big2strong_old]

don't think wakefield realise what they've got themselves into, they betta get used to playing with only 12 players on the field at a time, while montz hangs out in his sin bin.

 

[Swanley_old]

The BBC link..

https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/wakefield/4676418.stm


2black2strong.

I think you underestimate the presence Monty had for the Warriors. He would have been in my 13 everyweek.

 

[2big2strong_old]

i stand by my statement, and always got the firepower to back it up on this topic. I know I'm standing on toes because many of you are Monty fans, but as far as statistics go, he was somewhat of a thorn in the side. We had a higher success rate with Betham off the field between 2001 and 2005, including 2 matches in 2003 where we actually came back to win, scoring a double and a hat-trick, while he was spending time in the sin bin. you can't tell me, one of the highest penalty conceeding players in NZRL history, is a benefit to any team. his passion, enthusiism and leadership was second to none in the team. but sometimes it lost us more than it won.

 

[L N_old]

your on the money about monty b2b
it was well known you niggle monty
youre half way there towards winning the battle
and we all know monty played with all heart and guts
and sometimes let his emotions get the best of him
but congrats to monty for being selected there skipper

 

[Kav_old]

We will see the negative impact of Monty's departure at least in the early stage of this season.
(though many Monty slangers will attribute the shortcomings to the loss of Stacey). His inspirational presence will not easily be replaced.

Certainly, Wakefield have not taken long to appreciate his qualities; a pity many of the Warrior fans did not do likewise.

Kav

 

[Warrioraholic_old]

Refs hated him aswell, that was half our promblem. Now that we have price they pretty much tie his shoe laces for him if they come undone. Thats a captain we need and now have.

Heart and Passion dont allways win, you have to have a cool head. Monty doesnt but he does have a good right lol

 

[Kav_old]

Refs hated him aswell, that was half our promblem. Now that we have price they pretty much tie his shoe laces for him if they come undone. Thats a captain we need and now have.

Heart and Passion dont allways win, you have to have a cool head. Monty doesnt but he does have a good right lol

Who was the captain last year?
Monty had so much passion it rubbed off on the other guys.
I knew whenever he took the field late in a game that he would settle the guys down and bring them home. He not only had brawn but he had the nous and never say die attitude vital for the game of rugby league.

 

[2big2strong_old]

nah, good on him, always one of my favourite
personalities in the team, he used to piss me off a lot tho! lol, you're right on what he brought to the team kav, although i don't think he knew when to turn it on or turn it down, he used to do some silly things, i recall being at the warriors broncos game at suncorp and he was gettin all flustered and so he blatently tried to take civenoceva's head off with a forearm. cost him half the season recovering from surgery da silly guy. enough about tha past anyway, good luck to him and the wildcats, got a good coach and my man solomona!

 

[Jesbass_old]

Good on him. Thoroughly deserved.

 

[Mo_old]

I certainly hope Monty goes well. I think he had a tremendous work ethic and was always willing to put in the hard yards.

I had room in my team for him but not as captain though. I think he has tremendous leadership qualities and that the players respected him and that he could lead by example without being named captain.

The problem I had with him as captain was that the refs really didn't seem to like him. I think we have to accept that at the end of the day if a ref is faced with a 50/50 decision and they don't like one of the players the decision is more likely to go against that player and his team.

Hopefully he gets a fair crack of the whip in the UK and makes a difference for Wakefield.

 

[Big Joe_old]

https://tvnz.co.nz/cda/tvnz/archive...r=&amonth=&byear=&bmonth=&search=MONTY+BETHAM

Heres the link.

Click on Betham to reach ton

i found it. i think Stannaway asked a legit question and Betham cracked just like Scurrah last week.

 

[Wiki_old]

https://tvnz.co.nz/cda/tvnz/archive/?section=&style=tvnz&s=&b=&a=&ct=&ayear=&amonth=&byear=&bmonth=&search=MONTY+BETHAM

Heres the link.

Click on Betham to reach ton

i found it. i think Stannaway asked a legit question and Betham cracked just like Scurrah last week.

100% disagree with you there.

You don't make a whole story about how great is to reach your 100 and then just throw in a stupid thing to put you down like that.

He didn't crack one bit, he just didn't expect such a lame question. He was expecting it to be all positive.

You will never see this type of crap happen against the All Blacks.

 

[Skinny_Ravs82]

the audio stuff about Mckinnon should have been more positive in my opinion. and having a crack at the warriors ceo esp from a no name journalist is pretty disrespectful. the monty one also was a bit off, I mean the guy had reached a 100 games for the club you want to talk about your acheievements in it and not have to be asked a silly question. good journalism? from what I've studied. it's not.

 

[*~*Fa'AhVaN*~*_old]

thanks joe couldnt for the life of me find it, i think stannaway should of just let it go instead of hasling him, then betham probably would of gone on with the interview

 

[Big Joe_old]

the monty one also was a bit off, I mean the guy had reached a 100 games for the club you want to talk about your acheievements in it and not have to be asked a silly question. good journalism? from what I've studied. it's not.

i think you miss the point. if you remember he was getting booed and was asked what he thought about it. there was nothing offensive in the question and when Monty reacted he kept at it because he was hitting a nerve. isnt that what journalism is about. not just paying tribute to a bloke because hes played 100 games. im sure there are plenty of fans on this forum who booed Monty and were interested to hear his reply. and he cracked

 

[Skinny_Ravs82]

the monty one also was a bit off, I mean the guy had reached a 100 games for the club you want to talk about your acheievements in it and not have to be asked a silly question. good journalism? from what I've studied. it's not.

i think you miss the point. if you remember he was getting booed and was asked what he thought about it. there was nothing offensive in the question and when Monty reacted he kept at it because he was hitting a nerve. isnt that what journalism is about. not just paying tribute to a bloke because hes played 100 games. im sure there are plenty of fans on this forum who booed Monty and were interested to hear his reply. and he cracked

It wasn't offensive yes but what is such a big deal over fans booing a player? It happens, heat of the moment stuff. It's not something that needs to be asked. Besides you really think that bothers some one like Monty. He probably doesn't think much of it anyway. it's kinda rude being asked why people boo you. there is no right or wrong answer and is a waste of space