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From
Melon. from League Unlimited Rugby League
Forum
Horrie Hastings....a champion and a gentleman.
The best halfback never to play for Australia after
QRL politics dictated to the ARL that a Queenslander
had to be inculded in the Kangaroo Tour. It should
have been Mortimer, Sterling and Hastings on merit...instead
Hastings missed out for Muppet Murray to shut the
whinging QLDers up.
Horrie...a greaqt clubman.
From
JJ. from League Unlimited Rugby League Forum
Roosters - Luke Ricketson
From
Quigs EOTB,
Horrie Hastings for mine, he was a "real"
club man..
From
Tommy Smith from League Unlimited Rugby
League Forum,
Ray Stehr, Kevin Hastings, Luke Ricketson
From
Southern Rooster. from League Unlimited Rugby
League Forum
Since I started supporting the Roosters in 1984
as a player there has been none more loayal to the
Red, White and Blue cause then Luke Ricketson
a guy who has followed the club since a kid and
whose father also had a good career at the club
with a GF in 1960. Luke started in 1991 at the Roosters
in the centres against Mal Meninga of all people
and scored a try in a win. He has given a lot to
the club and hopefully gets to play 20 games in
2005 to reach 330 first grade games for the club.
But for mine Arthur Beetson would be arguably
our greatest clubman. Sure he had time at Balmain
and Parra. But for the best part of the last 35
years he has been involved in our club at some level.
In the 70's as a great player and captain and then
during the 80's (The Transit lounge lean years)
he was a coach and whilst the team never made finals
they were competitive.
Recently and more importantly during the reformation
of our club Arthur was given the responsibility
of being recruitment officer and he (with Noel Cleal
perhaps) are the best in the business. He is always
around the club is approachable and will have a
chat over a beer about the game and the club. He
loves both very dearly and for mine he is the greatest
clubman and arguably greatest player we have ever
had. .
From
Tim Boehm, Ashfield NSW submitted to the Era 24/6/05
My
greatest clubman is: For a long time, my vote went
to Horrie Hastings because of his ability to keep
things moving and create something if it wasn't
happening.
However,
I have watched LUKE RICKETSON'S career from almost
day 1 and would have to say, that he is a TRUE CLUBMAN.
A rarity these days to find a one-club player.
It
doesn't stop there - his determination to stick
through the bad times early on right through to
the successful (twilight) years shows just how much
this guy has evolved.
A
lanky young player starting out in the centres has
bloomed into an aging fine second rower, who punishes
any player willing to get in the way. As well, will
run the lengths needed to keep the opposition away
from the tryline.
Watching
him gradually gain representative stripes has been
a true reward for not only him but for his supporters
who have enjoyed Luke's career.
I
would have to agree with television commentator
Ray Warren, that Luke Ricketson is the sort of player
you'd go to war with'.
Although
not an understatement, he also has been a fine example
to the young up and comers to the greatest game
of all
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