H the black pearl born in my neck of the woods in Yorkshire England nearly won the Tigers a premiership in 1988 . He is actually now the England coach
Are you from England?
Born in Bradford, Yorkshire England came to Australia in 1969 as a £10 pom
Welcome to Australia! How did you come to support St George?
We arrived in October 1969 lived in south west Sydney had a choice of Rabbitohs or Dragons and basically St George were the colours of the red and white flag of my neck of the woods and St George os the patron saint of England
We are happy you chose the right side.
It's been very trying but I was privileged enough to watch us win in 77 and 79 then had to wait a little while for the next one in 2010.
Did you follow RL in Bradford?
77 GF was exciting thought we had that won at h/t we were winning 9 - 0 Lord Ted scored the try. Then Parra came back ended up 9 - 9. The SCG was packed I think about 66,000 people. Then came back the following week and flogged them 22 - 0
Do you support England or Australia in internationals?
Australia
Not really in my era it wasn't a great following it was the national sport of England that everyone was following the round ball football which we won our 1 and only world cup in the 60s. However I do follow the current Super League but because Bradford Bulls went bankrupt I watch the Leeds Rhinos.
Which forwards over there can you poach on behalf of St George?
The recruitment team already pulled off a coup in signing George Burgess.
They took a chance on him because he fitted the bill of what we really desperately needed a big forward capable at his best of making the advantage line consistently, unfortunately the type of surgery he undertook has apparently made this impossible. We still desperately need 2 like props to make us competitive in the future. If I was still coaching I would be extremely happy with our current backline and depth there wouldn't swap any of them. As I have said consistently forwards win games the backline dictates by how much.
Agree. Was worth the risk. But now, no more signing veterans no other club wants. Lesson learned.
Next lesson he has to learn is that he doesn't need to fit his old Broncos favourites into the 17 if their form doesn't warrant it.
Pity the Poms did not offer us a ten pound ticket in return for when I took the 'rite of passage' there and Europe in late 70s.
