Two sleeps to go... a time to reflect
Another season over and another date with destiny to keep. Our first flag was won in the summer season of 1997-1998, the inaugural season of Bankstown Oztag. Since then the Menace/Praedators unit has had many trials and tribulations. We have seen players come and go and come back again. Here's a trip through memory lane....
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Players no longer with us - lest we forget
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Rodney, by far the worse I have ever seen.
Bowman, service from dummy half was his specialty.
Kara. Did he officially play with us? Can't recall.
Simpson. A superman. Quiet off the field but an iron man on the field. He was tireless and a good hard runner. His shifts at Target really impacted on his availability for us.
Adam. As a kids Adam and I competed at all sorts of sports. He was light stepper and ran hard. Alas the smokes and netball seduced him away.
Jay, a fine player we were grooming for years. Alas I can't even remember when he left. He broke his collarbone for the team.
Brendan. One funny character. Always scheming... with a heart of gold. A jack in the box player who didn't mind some big hits. Premedies.... hahaha
Kev. Damn he had a lethal step. If only I had 2 more seasons with him, we would have made him Bankstown's most destructive force.
Alex. Ahhh, whatever season the three musketeers joined was a momentous season indeed. We never got to see the best of Alex. Tennis held sway over him and then he got fat.
Jeff. Missed immensely. He was a solid player to begin with but developed into one of the best players we've ever had. His defense was outstanding and he became one of our most potent weapons. Marriage and a move to Randwick saw curtains drawn on one of our finest.
Steve and that other guy. W-O-D. We did not renew the contract.
Hilton and Brad. A one season cameo saw them come in and walk away with Praedators 2nd premiership. Good on them. One of our best seasons. Hopefully Brad has recovered from the clean break to his ankle....
Nelson. When this man is on song he is unstoppable. Simply the fastest man on the field when he gets going, he regularly cracked the line with a trade mark hip swivel. We expect the big fella back in the coming seasons.
JC. The enigma. He has never really found a home in our backline, despite being one of our longest serving members. Capable of anything, one of the games finest hole runners (if you pass it at his head). We expect more cameo season's from him.
Dave. Foundation member. It will be a sad day indeed when this team plays for the last time. But he's off to the UK and we will miss his coverage on the wing, his scoots up the sidelines and his grubbers that always eluded everyone into touch. He will be best remembered for his Ben Tune gone wrong, his training mishap and doing the dak run with me at Canberra when neither of us managed to score a single try.
I'm sure I've missed plenty of players. Apologies! Feel free to remind me of other glorious or infamous Menace/Praedator team mates.
Death or Plunder Dog Brothers.
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Players no longer with us - lest we forget
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Rodney, by far the worse I have ever seen.
Bowman, service from dummy half was his specialty.
Kara. Did he officially play with us? Can't recall.
Simpson. A superman. Quiet off the field but an iron man on the field. He was tireless and a good hard runner. His shifts at Target really impacted on his availability for us.
Adam. As a kids Adam and I competed at all sorts of sports. He was light stepper and ran hard. Alas the smokes and netball seduced him away.
Jay, a fine player we were grooming for years. Alas I can't even remember when he left. He broke his collarbone for the team.
Brendan. One funny character. Always scheming... with a heart of gold. A jack in the box player who didn't mind some big hits. Premedies.... hahaha
Kev. Damn he had a lethal step. If only I had 2 more seasons with him, we would have made him Bankstown's most destructive force.
Alex. Ahhh, whatever season the three musketeers joined was a momentous season indeed. We never got to see the best of Alex. Tennis held sway over him and then he got fat.
Jeff. Missed immensely. He was a solid player to begin with but developed into one of the best players we've ever had. His defense was outstanding and he became one of our most potent weapons. Marriage and a move to Randwick saw curtains drawn on one of our finest.
Steve and that other guy. W-O-D. We did not renew the contract.
Hilton and Brad. A one season cameo saw them come in and walk away with Praedators 2nd premiership. Good on them. One of our best seasons. Hopefully Brad has recovered from the clean break to his ankle....
Nelson. When this man is on song he is unstoppable. Simply the fastest man on the field when he gets going, he regularly cracked the line with a trade mark hip swivel. We expect the big fella back in the coming seasons.
JC. The enigma. He has never really found a home in our backline, despite being one of our longest serving members. Capable of anything, one of the games finest hole runners (if you pass it at his head). We expect more cameo season's from him.
Dave. Foundation member. It will be a sad day indeed when this team plays for the last time. But he's off to the UK and we will miss his coverage on the wing, his scoots up the sidelines and his grubbers that always eluded everyone into touch. He will be best remembered for his Ben Tune gone wrong, his training mishap and doing the dak run with me at Canberra when neither of us managed to score a single try.
I'm sure I've missed plenty of players. Apologies! Feel free to remind me of other glorious or infamous Menace/Praedator team mates.
Death or Plunder Dog Brothers.
posted by lucky at 10:47 pm
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5-2 Predators is my prediction
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