Could have been, I vaguely remember BT being down the club on a couple of occasions, may have even pulled the boots on a training session or 2. I’m going back to 78/79.
Maurice Rioli Junior
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Heard an unconfirmed rumour that south freo are heavily into coaxing Cyril Rioli to play for them in 2019.....no chance imo, but would be good to see and could also assist freo with Maurice Jnr.
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A little bit of trivia here...
The guy that received the ball after TI's amazing solo effort in the centre near the end of that clip is Jamie Lockyer (also figures in the next clip - #34). Jamie has been married to my cousin since just after the 1980 premiership - Jan 1981 it was - and I was a wide-eyed 11-year-old, slack-jawed kid at their wedding as half the premiership heroes were there as guests, and I was in awe. My sisters and I all had super long blonde hair and were brown as berries (Southern European blood!) from a summer at the beach and all the WAGS were making the biggest fuss of us, and we were in friggen 7th heaven. Jamie retired after that GF (aged 23) to go pursue a teaching career, back in the days when graduates all went bush for their first posting.
Fast forward to 2007, and he's teaching at Aquinas College, and also coaching the First XVIII. He has this skinny kid, but a prodigious talent in year 11, playing in his team with mostly year 12s, who's kinda just turning up and relying on his leap, his ridiculously big hands, and his uncanny knack of finding the footy and putting it through the big sticks. He thinks, this kid could be something, but he needs a know he can't just rely on his natural talent, he needs to learn to work too.
He sent him back to the Second XVIII for a few weeks, to teach him that your natural-born gift alone won't get you far if you don't work hard to turn it into true talent that sets you apart. I think you know where I'm going... That kid?
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Nice Yarn IPA little bit of trivia here...
The guy that received the ball after TI's amazing solo effort in the centre near the end of that clip is Jamie Lockyer (also figures in the next clip - #34). Jamie has been married to my cousin since just after the 1980 premiership - Jan 1981 it was - and I was a wide-eyed 11-year-old, slack-jawed kid at their wedding as half the premiership heroes were there as guests, and I was in awe. My sisters and I all had super long blonde hair and were brown as berries (Southern European blood!) from a summer at the beach and all the WAGS were making the biggest fuss of us, and we were in friggen 7th heaven. Jamie retired after that GF (aged 23) to go pursue a teaching career, back in the days when graduates all went bush for their first posting.
Fast forward to 2007, and he's teaching at Aquinas College, and also coaching the First XVIII. He has this skinny kid, but a prodigious talent in year 11, playing in his team with mostly year 12s, who's kinda just turning up and relying on his leap, his ridiculously big hands, and his uncanny knack of finding the footy and putting it through the big sticks. He thinks, this kid could be something, but he needs a know he can't just rely on his natural talent, he needs to learn to work too.
He sent him back to the Second XVIII for a few weeks, to teach him that your natural-born gift alone won't get you far if you don't work hard to turn it into true talent that sets you apart. I think you know where I'm going... That kid?
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I loved Jamie Lockyer as a player, back in the day.A little bit of trivia here...
The guy that received the ball after TI's amazing solo effort in the centre near the end of that clip is Jamie Lockyer (also figures in the next clip - #34). Jamie has been married to my cousin since just after the 1980 premiership - Jan 1981 it was - and I was a wide-eyed 11-year-old, slack-jawed kid at their wedding as half the premiership heroes were there as guests, and I was in awe. My sisters and I all had super long blonde hair and were brown as berries (Southern European blood!) from a summer at the beach and all the WAGS were making the biggest fuss of us, and we were in friggen 7th heaven. Jamie retired after that GF (aged 23) to go pursue a teaching career, back in the days when graduates all went bush for their first posting.
Fast forward to 2007, and he's teaching at Aquinas College, and also coaching the First XVIII. He has this skinny kid, but a prodigious talent in year 11, playing in his team with mostly year 12s, who's kinda just turning up and relying on his leap, his ridiculously big hands, and his uncanny knack of finding the footy and putting it through the big sticks. He thinks, this kid could be something, but he needs a know he can't just rely on his natural talent, he needs to learn to work too.
He sent him back to the Second XVIII for a few weeks, to teach him that your natural-born gift alone won't get you far if you don't work hard to turn it into true talent that sets you apart. I think you know where I'm going... That kid?
Great post IP
Nice IP, stories like this are why I love the Freo board and put up with all you knuckleheads. Beaut.
Excuse me !!!!, I prefer to be referred to as a knuckledragger.
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MJ is tracking nicely, won the NTFL Rising Star nomination for last weekend's game.
