Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He iti noa iho te mahi a te whetū o Hollywood a Russell Crowe ki te whakaiti i te whakaaro mo tana hiahia pea ki te hoko i te karapu Sky Bet Championship Leeds. Ko te kaiwhakaari toa Oscar 50-tau-tau me te kaitautoko o Leeds mo te wa roa i whakaoho i nga korero e hiahia ana ia ki te whakangao i te karapu i te marama kua hipa i tana patai ki tetahi kaiwhaiwhai i runga i tana papaanga Twitter mena he pai te whakaaro ki te hoko. Kaore a Crowe i whakakahore, i whakapumautia ranei te whakapae mo te haumi pea i roto i te uiui ki te whakaaturanga BBC Five Live a Simon Mayo i te Taite, engari i kii ia kaore he mea ke atu i te angitu mo Leeds, ana kei te 'kore te manawanui'. He iti noa iho te mahi a Russell Crowe ki te whakaiti i ngā kōrero mō tōna hiahia pea ki te hoko i a Leeds United. I kōrero te kaiwhaiwhai o Leeds i runga i te whakaaturanga BBC Five Live a Simon Mayo i te Rāhoroi. I a ia e korero ana i mua i te tukunga o tana kiriata hou, The Water Diviner, i kii ano a Crowe kua nui tana ako mo te rangatira o te karapu hakinakina nui i roto i ana tau e iwa hei rangatira o te roopu riiki riiki o Ahitereiria ki te Tonga o Sydney Rabbitohs. 'Kua whai ahau i a Leeds mai i te mea he tamaiti iti ahau,' ka mea a Crowe. 'I hoki mai ahau i te hākinakina i te ahiahi, ko au me taku tuakana, ka mātakitaki i te Whakataetae o te Ra. E aroha ana ahau ki te karapu. E hiahia ana ahau ki te angitu anake mō te karapu. Engari pērā ki ētahi atu kaiwhaiwhai o Leeds - ā, tērā pea ko te 99.9 ōrau - kei te pōraru au, e mōhio ana koe?' 'E kore pea ētahi o ōu hunga whakarongo e mōhio kei a au tētahi kapa hākinakina i Ahitereiria, koia anō, ko taku kapa o te tamarikitanga, ā, he kapa toa rātou i a au e tamariki ana. 'Kātahi ka taka rātou ki roto i te āhua o te raruraru, ā, ko rātau te hunga ngaro tonu. Nō reira, e iwa tau ki muri, ka hoatu e au taku pukapuka tīkiti ki te wāhi e noho ana toku mangai, a, ka hokona e au te karapu.' I riro i te Rabbitohs te NRL Championship mo te wa tuatahi i roto i te 43 tau i te Oketopa, a, i hinga i te taha o te Super League a St Helens hei toa o te ao. 'I te taahiraa, mā te huri i te ahurea, te huri i te taonga, te huri i te rārangi kaitākaro, te huri i te kaimahi whakangungu, te huri i te kaimahi whakahaere me te huri i to tatou hononga ki to tatou hapori - kua ara ake matou i te mea pinepine...
Tērā pea ka hiahia a Russell Crowe ki te tuku tono hoko i a Leeds United. Ko te whetū o Hollywood he kaiwhaiwhai mo te ao o te kapa Championship. Ko te rangatira o Leeds a Massimo Cellino kua whakakorea e te Rōpū Whutupaoro.