He arrived at Redfern overweight, riven with injury niggles, in a cloud of negative headlines. But he was a champion, a representative player at state and national level and a talisman in the Indigenous community. South Sydney knew this man could supercharge a golden era.
He’d debuted as a teenager, won premierships as a centre but his true destiny was as a fullback. That’s where you park the prestige vehicles in rugby league – and it’s why you pay top dollar. Sure enough, with No 1 on his back, the champion colt became a legendary thoroughbred.
