Past Menace/Praedators Players - Part II

Wil. Thanks for those who reminded me. A blast from the past, Wil played with us during the formative years. I'm pretty sure he wore a wrist guard the whole time.

Muddy. Hahaha of course. When this man gets fired up his long arms and legs come to the for! In defense he could really shut an opposition team down from marker. In attack a reliable winger who loped along Kenny Nagas style. I'm pretty sure he has one more gear but its reserved for other purposes.

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.

DragonStar

Arrows whistled by as DragonStar ran around the enormous chamber. If it wasn't for the deadly armoured figure wreathed in flames chasing him, DragonStar could have spent days admiring the architecture of the awesome chamber. I would have to face myself the ghosts had said... fine, but how come my doppelganger gets an enormous Storm bow?!

"Remember DragonStar, the skills you prepare will be used against you"

In his meditations DragonStar had thought long and hard on these words. In the end he memorized many enchantments that could help others. Since it would be single combat, those could not aid his mirror and if cast would actually be a burden to it. The only spells he would use would be Banish and Healing Breeze. The great oracle Googlethenlaus had told him long ago that Healing Breeze was often overlooked as a healing spell and he had hoped that his doppelganger would also overlook it.

Ommph! He winced as an arrow bounced off his hardened leather robes. It was only due to his agility that an arrow had not scored a killing hit. The duel had been raging for several minutes now. From the outset DragonStar had run from his nemesis. His doppelganger had immediately pursued, loosing deadly arrows at him all the while. Through out the chase, DragonStar would quietly hit his mirror with the mental strike Banish. DragonStar had always been a devoted healer, so the damage he did was minimal, yet ever so slowly his opponent was weakening.
At last his inner ki felt recharged. DragonStar stopped running, pointed at his pursuer and whispered.

!

DWAYNA BE PRAISED

!

The surge of power that ran through DragonStar's body as his mirror died was like nothing he had ever experienced. It was as if he had lived his entire life without any of the five senses... and now they had been granted to him! He could see details that had escaped him previously, he could hear sounds that he knew mortal men should not hear, his thoughts were quicker and more clear. The change was such that DragonStar let out a cry of sheer joy.

At 14 years of age, DragonStar had ascended!