ON Sunday November 12 in 2000, my wife and I, both Newcastle Knights supporters, drove to Sydney to give support to the South Sydney Rabbitohs, who were once again returning and playing in the NRL. We walked into Sydney Town Hall and were lucky to join in with people like George Piggins, Frank Hyde, Andrew Denton, Jack Gibson and, of course, John Sattler ('Legend of the game', Newcastle Herald 21/3).
The speakers were all dyed in the wool Souths supporters and spoke well. After the speeches were over we decided to go to Chinatown for lunch, so off we went. Not being Sydney folk we walked around the town hall not really knowing just where to head off to, and who should we come upon but John Sattler sitting quietly by himself? I introduced my wife and I and we had a good 10-minute or more talk about the Knights, South Sydney and even his time at Kurri Kurri. We discussed just what we three wanted from the day's march.
