p24 - told
to me by Brian Lockwood. In the 60's they had the John Player
competition and the man of the match got an award.
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Kevin Blackwell, England
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Hull Kingston Rovers
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28/03/2007
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Going back to stories about the Biff era. A good one was told
to me by Brian Lockwood. In the 60's they had the John Player
competition and the man of the match got an award. Brian was
about 20 and at Castleford; playing in the same pack as Malcom
Reilly and Dennis
Hartley. Rocky
Turner was the coach. Brian said that in training
one night, Turner
was laying down the law and was lecturing Malcom
and Brian. Brian could see what was going to happen next and
started running just as Turner
copped Malcolm with a shot. Not long after, at Bramley, Brian
got a man of the match award. Feeling full of himself he went
up the steps as it was in those to the dressing rooms at Bramley.
Waiting for him at the top and glaring was Turner,
who said to him "you think you're good, but I've shit better
than you." With that he hit Brian with a haymaker that sent
him all the way down the steps. All the players were scared
shitless of him; and Malcom
always says that his aggression was part of the way he was brought
up as a young player under Turner.
Mind you I don't think Malcom
needed much encouragement when it came to the biff.
Appears in the following pages ....P24_Derek TURNER, P51_Malcolm REILLY
Date of posting ... 28-Jul-2007
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