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Gavin Miller: punching above his weight
Gavin Miller: punching above his weightYass Tribune, AustraliaRugby league hard man Gavin Miller played 214 first grade games for Western Suburbs, Easts and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, on top of representing NSW in five Origins and Australia on three occasions. At the height of his powers he was regarded as ...
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Gavin Miller: punching above his weight
13/03/2009 10:24:00 AM
Sharks' Immortal Gavin Miller.
Rugby league hard man Gavin Miller played 214 first grade games for Western Suburbs, Easts and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, on top of representing NSW in five Origins and Australia on three occasions.
At the height of his powers he was regarded as one of the game’s most potent second-rowers. A fly-weight by first grade standards, the 87kg Miller would tackle himself to a stand still. He was admired for his uncanny ability to pop the ball out the back and suck in two and three defenders close to the line.
By his retirement in 1992, he was a two time Dally M medal winner, a Rothman’s Medal recipient, English Super League’s 1985/86 Man of Steel and a Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks’ Immortal.
A Goulburn lad and a country boy by heart, Gavin recently took over as manager of the Club House Hotel. He has since moved to Yass, a place he’s thrilled to call home.
Gavin kindly took some time out to sit down and have a chat with the Tribune’s Lloyd Scroope about his lengthy career, the blood shed on the football field and life away from the game…
***
As a young boy Gavin John Miller and his father would board the train in Goulburn each weekend and trek to Sydney. There was only one thing on their minds - rugby league.
They would be regulars among the crowd at the SCG on a Saturday afternoon for the match of the round.
A young Gavin loved rugby league. Like many children in this sport-loving country, he dreamed of playing at the highest level; of donning the green and gold.
“I think every young kid out there has dreamed of playing for their country,” Gavin said.
“But when I was a kid I could have never envisaged the way it would pan out. Sometimes you make your own luck. The people who make it to the highest level don’t get there by fluke, but I do guess you need your fair share of luck and I certainly got that.”
At just 17-years-of-age, Gavin – a speedy centre three-quarter for Goulburn United - was contracted with Western Suburbs, a proud club boasting the names of Tommy Raudonikis, Les Boyd and John Dorahy. It was a steep learning curve for a player earmarked as a future test star.
“I suppose ’77 was a great education in life for me,” Gavin recalled. “Or not… I’m still trying to work out whether that year was a good thing for me or not. I don’t think anyone’s ready for first grade football at that age.”
While he may not have been allowed to set foot in a bar, he was more than capable with a leather ball in his clasp. As it was, he played out the entire season in 1977 and began a 16 year first grade career.
Toward the end of 1979, Gavin was hand picked by the late Steve Rogers and lured to the Shire. In 1980 he played the first of his eleven seasons with the Sharks. Little did he know he would go on to become one of the club’s most celebrated figures.
Perhaps the biggest moment of his rugby league career came in 1981. Under the guidance of coach and now fellow Sharks’ Immortal Greg Pierce, Miller was shifted from the centres to the second-row. It was a masterstroke. For ten years he would terrorise opponents with his hard-hitting defence, uncompromising running and crafty play making.
“I was always a fairly confrontational player, so I really didn’t mind getting in the thick of it. If anything I relished it,” he explained.
Less than two years after his move into the forward pack, Miller was hand picked to represent New South Wales in a sudden death clash as they set about dethroning a Queensland outfit sporting names like Wally Lewis, Mal Meninga, Gene Miles and Chris Close.
In his first Origin, Miller flourished. NSW, through sheer determination, held off a fast finishing Queensland outfit 10-6 to send the 1983 series into a decider. It was Miller’s sole taste of victory at Origin level. He would play another four matches, each time he and his team mates in sky blue would find themselves on the wrong end of the score.
According to Miller, State of Origin truly is as tough as it’s made out to be. “It’s as hard as they say and more,” he explained. “The huge variance between Origin and club football is the speed. To get back in the line, you need a second effort. When you’ve got the ball, your decision making needs to be twice as quick. It’s the hardest rugby league there is.”
Miller was a prominent figure in a time when Australian Rugby League was changing. In the 1970s, 80s and 90s, playing footy for your club was a mere part-time job. By the turn of the century, some of the game’s leading players were reeling in $400,000 a year.
Many regard Miller’s era as the most talented to have graced the field. Pinpointing just who the greatest player was during those decades would be a near impossible task, even for one Gavin Miller.
“There’s a long list of great players when you think I played in the 70s, 80s and 90s,” he explained. “Steve Rogers – perhaps the game's best all-round player – Arthur Beetson and Andrew Ettinghausen are some of the best players I’ve ever seen, just to name a few.
“And then of course there are guys like Tommy Raudonikis, Les Boyd, Ron Coote and Bob Fulton… I’ve been really lucky to play with and against so many talented players.”
In a career that spanned 16 years and 214 games, Miller never once played in a grand final. In fact his beloved Sharks are one of just three clubs in the NRL today who’ve never tasted premiership success [the other two clubs being St George/Illawarra – who merged in 1999 – and the Titans – who came into the competition in 2007].
“I guess my biggest regret is not having played in a grand final. But having said that I was very fortunate in so many ways, so I guess that’s life,” Miller reflected.
During an expansive career, Gavin Miller was a tireless leader on the field; a man well-respected by all for his ability to make that second effort and refuse to give in.
Today, he is the man charged with running the Club House Hotel. He has relocated to Yass, a place he feels welcome.
“I’d like to think I’m here for the long haul,” he said. “Goulburn, my home, is just a stones throw away, so I couldn’t be happier. I’m enjoying Yass.”
Gavin Miller: punching above his weightYass Tribune, AustraliaRugby league hard man Gavin Miller played 214 first grade games for Western Suburbs, Easts and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, on top of representing NSW in five Origins and Australia on three occasions. At the height of his powers he was regarded as ...
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Gavin Miller: punching above his weight
13/03/2009 10:24:00 AM
Sharks' Immortal Gavin Miller.
Rugby league hard man Gavin Miller played 214 first grade games for Western Suburbs, Easts and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, on top of representing NSW in five Origins and Australia on three occasions.
At the height of his powers he was regarded as one of the game’s most potent second-rowers. A fly-weight by first grade standards, the 87kg Miller would tackle himself to a stand still. He was admired for his uncanny ability to pop the ball out the back and suck in two and three defenders close to the line.
By his retirement in 1992, he was a two time Dally M medal winner, a Rothman’s Medal recipient, English Super League’s 1985/86 Man of Steel and a Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks’ Immortal.
A Goulburn lad and a country boy by heart, Gavin recently took over as manager of the Club House Hotel. He has since moved to Yass, a place he’s thrilled to call home.
Gavin kindly took some time out to sit down and have a chat with the Tribune’s Lloyd Scroope about his lengthy career, the blood shed on the football field and life away from the game…
***
As a young boy Gavin John Miller and his father would board the train in Goulburn each weekend and trek to Sydney. There was only one thing on their minds - rugby league.
They would be regulars among the crowd at the SCG on a Saturday afternoon for the match of the round.
A young Gavin loved rugby league. Like many children in this sport-loving country, he dreamed of playing at the highest level; of donning the green and gold.
“I think every young kid out there has dreamed of playing for their country,” Gavin said.
“But when I was a kid I could have never envisaged the way it would pan out. Sometimes you make your own luck. The people who make it to the highest level don’t get there by fluke, but I do guess you need your fair share of luck and I certainly got that.”
At just 17-years-of-age, Gavin – a speedy centre three-quarter for Goulburn United - was contracted with Western Suburbs, a proud club boasting the names of Tommy Raudonikis, Les Boyd and John Dorahy. It was a steep learning curve for a player earmarked as a future test star.
“I suppose ’77 was a great education in life for me,” Gavin recalled. “Or not… I’m still trying to work out whether that year was a good thing for me or not. I don’t think anyone’s ready for first grade football at that age.”
While he may not have been allowed to set foot in a bar, he was more than capable with a leather ball in his clasp. As it was, he played out the entire season in 1977 and began a 16 year first grade career.
Toward the end of 1979, Gavin was hand picked by the late Steve Rogers and lured to the Shire. In 1980 he played the first of his eleven seasons with the Sharks. Little did he know he would go on to become one of the club’s most celebrated figures.
Perhaps the biggest moment of his rugby league career came in 1981. Under the guidance of coach and now fellow Sharks’ Immortal Greg Pierce, Miller was shifted from the centres to the second-row. It was a masterstroke. For ten years he would terrorise opponents with his hard-hitting defence, uncompromising running and crafty play making.
“I was always a fairly confrontational player, so I really didn’t mind getting in the thick of it. If anything I relished it,” he explained.
Less than two years after his move into the forward pack, Miller was hand picked to represent New South Wales in a sudden death clash as they set about dethroning a Queensland outfit sporting names like Wally Lewis, Mal Meninga, Gene Miles and Chris Close.
In his first Origin, Miller flourished. NSW, through sheer determination, held off a fast finishing Queensland outfit 10-6 to send the 1983 series into a decider. It was Miller’s sole taste of victory at Origin level. He would play another four matches, each time he and his team mates in sky blue would find themselves on the wrong end of the score.
According to Miller, State of Origin truly is as tough as it’s made out to be. “It’s as hard as they say and more,” he explained. “The huge variance between Origin and club football is the speed. To get back in the line, you need a second effort. When you’ve got the ball, your decision making needs to be twice as quick. It’s the hardest rugby league there is.”
Miller was a prominent figure in a time when Australian Rugby League was changing. In the 1970s, 80s and 90s, playing footy for your club was a mere part-time job. By the turn of the century, some of the game’s leading players were reeling in $400,000 a year.
Many regard Miller’s era as the most talented to have graced the field. Pinpointing just who the greatest player was during those decades would be a near impossible task, even for one Gavin Miller.
“There’s a long list of great players when you think I played in the 70s, 80s and 90s,” he explained. “Steve Rogers – perhaps the game's best all-round player – Arthur Beetson and Andrew Ettinghausen are some of the best players I’ve ever seen, just to name a few.
“And then of course there are guys like Tommy Raudonikis, Les Boyd, Ron Coote and Bob Fulton… I’ve been really lucky to play with and against so many talented players.”
In a career that spanned 16 years and 214 games, Miller never once played in a grand final. In fact his beloved Sharks are one of just three clubs in the NRL today who’ve never tasted premiership success [the other two clubs being St George/Illawarra – who merged in 1999 – and the Titans – who came into the competition in 2007].
“I guess my biggest regret is not having played in a grand final. But having said that I was very fortunate in so many ways, so I guess that’s life,” Miller reflected.
During an expansive career, Gavin Miller was a tireless leader on the field; a man well-respected by all for his ability to make that second effort and refuse to give in.
Today, he is the man charged with running the Club House Hotel. He has relocated to Yass, a place he feels welcome.
“I’d like to think I’m here for the long haul,” he said. “Goulburn, my home, is just a stones throw away, so I couldn’t be happier. I’m enjoying Yass.”
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A place to keep it reelCairns Post, AustraliaMr Ettingshausen, a former Australian, Origin and Cronulla Sharks rugby league champion, fell for the Hinchinbrook region during a flight over the area and immediately bought six blocks in 2003. "Originally, I'd never heard of Port Hinchinbrook," he ...
Source: http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2009/03/19/33941_commercial-property.html
A place to keep it reel
Damon Guppy
Thursday, March 19, 2009
ET sell home: Andrew Ettingshausen, fishing guru and former rugby league star.
DESPITE looking to offload four waterfront havens, rugby league great Andrew Ettingshausen is unlikely to make a complete break from Port Hinchinbrook.
The footy star-turned-expert angler is selling four properties at the seasideestate, just south of Cardwell, but will keep three blocks for future development.
"We're not leaving Port Hinchinbrook, it's just too beautiful up here," Mr Ettingshausen told Bizweek.
He said the sale of the properties would help finance further development at Port Hinchinbrook and Escape Sportfishing and Wilderness Lodge, which he runs on Groote Eylandt.
Mr Ettingshausen, who hosts television show Escape with ET, is selling a duplex of luxury four-bedroom, four-bathroom homes with waterfront pools and pontoons large enough to moor an 11m boat on either side.
Two vacant 900sqm blocks with development approvals for duplexes or stand-alone houses also are on the market.
Mr Ettingshausen said the duplex was a fishing fanatic's haven that he visited with his wife, six children and friends whenever possible.
"It's my escape," he said. "It's a place I can go with my family.
"It's the perfect boating and fishing destination. Whenever we go up there, the first thing we do is throw the mudcrab pot in.
"Normally, when I go up there, I take a group of about 10 mates. They're big places that are made for entertainment."
Each side of the duplex has been rented out for up to $500 a night.
The cast and crew of Nim's Island, which starred Jodie Foster, stayed at the duplex during filming on nearby Hinchinbrook Island.
Mr Ettingshausen, a former Australian, Origin and Cronulla Sharks rugby league champion, fell for the Hinchinbrook region during a flight over the area and immediately bought six blocks in 2003.
"Originally, I'd never heard of Port Hinchinbrook," he said.
"It's just so natural and beautiful you could get lost in the environment."
Port Hinchinbrook, a development by prominent businessman Keith Williams, will include a 220-berth marina, a 450-home estate, a resort and an 18-hole golf course.
Mr Ettingshausen's properties are being sold by Lyn Griffiths and Rohan Banning of ReMax Excellence in Townsville.
Ettingshausen house: Andrew Ettingshausen is selling four waterfront havens at Port Hinchinbrook.
Source: http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2009/03/19/33941_commercial-property.html
A place to keep it reel
Damon Guppy
Thursday, March 19, 2009
ET sell home: Andrew Ettingshausen, fishing guru and former rugby league star.
DESPITE looking to offload four waterfront havens, rugby league great Andrew Ettingshausen is unlikely to make a complete break from Port Hinchinbrook.
The footy star-turned-expert angler is selling four properties at the seasideestate, just south of Cardwell, but will keep three blocks for future development.
"We're not leaving Port Hinchinbrook, it's just too beautiful up here," Mr Ettingshausen told Bizweek.
He said the sale of the properties would help finance further development at Port Hinchinbrook and Escape Sportfishing and Wilderness Lodge, which he runs on Groote Eylandt.
Mr Ettingshausen, who hosts television show Escape with ET, is selling a duplex of luxury four-bedroom, four-bathroom homes with waterfront pools and pontoons large enough to moor an 11m boat on either side.
Two vacant 900sqm blocks with development approvals for duplexes or stand-alone houses also are on the market.
Mr Ettingshausen said the duplex was a fishing fanatic's haven that he visited with his wife, six children and friends whenever possible.
"It's my escape," he said. "It's a place I can go with my family.
"It's the perfect boating and fishing destination. Whenever we go up there, the first thing we do is throw the mudcrab pot in.
"Normally, when I go up there, I take a group of about 10 mates. They're big places that are made for entertainment."
Each side of the duplex has been rented out for up to $500 a night.
The cast and crew of Nim's Island, which starred Jodie Foster, stayed at the duplex during filming on nearby Hinchinbrook Island.
Mr Ettingshausen, a former Australian, Origin and Cronulla Sharks rugby league champion, fell for the Hinchinbrook region during a flight over the area and immediately bought six blocks in 2003.
"Originally, I'd never heard of Port Hinchinbrook," he said.
"It's just so natural and beautiful you could get lost in the environment."
Port Hinchinbrook, a development by prominent businessman Keith Williams, will include a 220-berth marina, a 450-home estate, a resort and an 18-hole golf course.
Mr Ettingshausen's properties are being sold by Lyn Griffiths and Rohan Banning of ReMax Excellence in Townsville.
Ettingshausen house: Andrew Ettingshausen is selling four waterfront havens at Port Hinchinbrook.
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Australia's treadmill tots
Australia's treadmill totsSydney Morning Herald, AustraliaStudio owner, former Cronulla Sharks player Ben Sammut, said children worked out for an hour on brightly coloured state-of-the-art equipment while their parents exercised with a trainer in the next room. He said his Oxy-Kid classes, which began last ...
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/lifematters/australias-treadmill-tots-20090407-9yqo.html
Australia's treadmill tots
Louise Hall Health Reporter
May 4, 2008
Children as young as three have personal trainers and mini-exercise machines to help fight childhood obesity but health experts say they need to go out and play, not hit the treadmill.
At Sydney's Oxygen fitness studio, child-sized steppers, rowers and spin bikes are used under the guidance of a qualified personal trainer.
Studio owner, former Cronulla Sharks player Ben Sammut, said children worked out for an hour on brightly coloured state-of-the-art equipment while their parents exercised with a trainer in the next room.
He said his Oxy-Kid classes, which began last month at Miranda, in the city's south, were full.
"Kids these days are not as active as they once were, so our classes are about having fun and being active," he said. "We don't talk explicitly about being obese but we talk about healthy food options, such as eating five [pieces of] fruit and vegetables a day."
About 15.2 per cent of Australian preschoolers are overweight and 5.5 per cent are obese, the Growing Up In Australia study found last year.
Evidence shows these children will probably be obese adults and at a higher risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Louise Baur, from Sydney's Children's Hospital, said structured exercise for youngsters risked creating "battery-farmed children", who were not encouraged to use their imagination. "It is an inappropriate way of encouraging physical activity in kids," she said.
Professor Baur said fears about "stranger danger" led to more children being kept indoors when they should be out playing. "I feel angry that we live in a world where we make it harder for kids to do what they've done for millennia - play."
Child-care centres and preschools are also doing more to tackle obesity.
Headstart Early Learning has five Sydney centres, which general manager Kat Wieczorek said were designed to get even nursery-aged infants physically active.
Ms Wieczorek, a former lecturer in childhood studies at the University of Western Sydney, installed bikes, cycle tracks, beams, climbing frames and obstacle courses to develop children's motor skills and lift activity levels.
Jack Rule, 4, of Lilli Pilli, takes part in Oxy-Kids twice a week.
Mum Robyn said the classes had imbued a sense of the importance of healthy eating and exercise.
"Before going to the gym he'll ask for a piece of fruit because his trainer has told him it's healthy, so it makes my job easier," she said.
Australia's treadmill totsSydney Morning Herald, AustraliaStudio owner, former Cronulla Sharks player Ben Sammut, said children worked out for an hour on brightly coloured state-of-the-art equipment while their parents exercised with a trainer in the next room. He said his Oxy-Kid classes, which began last ...
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/lifematters/australias-treadmill-tots-20090407-9yqo.html
Australia's treadmill tots
Louise Hall Health Reporter
May 4, 2008
Children as young as three have personal trainers and mini-exercise machines to help fight childhood obesity but health experts say they need to go out and play, not hit the treadmill.
At Sydney's Oxygen fitness studio, child-sized steppers, rowers and spin bikes are used under the guidance of a qualified personal trainer.
Studio owner, former Cronulla Sharks player Ben Sammut, said children worked out for an hour on brightly coloured state-of-the-art equipment while their parents exercised with a trainer in the next room.
He said his Oxy-Kid classes, which began last month at Miranda, in the city's south, were full.
"Kids these days are not as active as they once were, so our classes are about having fun and being active," he said. "We don't talk explicitly about being obese but we talk about healthy food options, such as eating five [pieces of] fruit and vegetables a day."
About 15.2 per cent of Australian preschoolers are overweight and 5.5 per cent are obese, the Growing Up In Australia study found last year.
Evidence shows these children will probably be obese adults and at a higher risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Louise Baur, from Sydney's Children's Hospital, said structured exercise for youngsters risked creating "battery-farmed children", who were not encouraged to use their imagination. "It is an inappropriate way of encouraging physical activity in kids," she said.
Professor Baur said fears about "stranger danger" led to more children being kept indoors when they should be out playing. "I feel angry that we live in a world where we make it harder for kids to do what they've done for millennia - play."
Child-care centres and preschools are also doing more to tackle obesity.
Headstart Early Learning has five Sydney centres, which general manager Kat Wieczorek said were designed to get even nursery-aged infants physically active.
Ms Wieczorek, a former lecturer in childhood studies at the University of Western Sydney, installed bikes, cycle tracks, beams, climbing frames and obstacle courses to develop children's motor skills and lift activity levels.
Jack Rule, 4, of Lilli Pilli, takes part in Oxy-Kids twice a week.
Mum Robyn said the classes had imbued a sense of the importance of healthy eating and exercise.
"Before going to the gym he'll ask for a piece of fruit because his trainer has told him it's healthy, so it makes my job easier," she said.
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What a great player he was. I can remember (like yesterday), the 5th place playoff with Brisbane (I think it was 89'). I remember him running across the filed, holding the ball out with one hand as if he was going to pass and then running straight through the defence without being touched. His combinatons with ET, McGaw and Dock where unforgetable.....
Intersting how footy has changed. Back then players stayed with one club (Miller, Russel, Dock, ET, McGaw, Sorenson Bros, Lee, Speachly etc). NRL today has no more loyalty. It is certainly more professional as a game (and administration)....not sure if the game is better off?!?!
...nonetheless, these memories make this season all the more painful!!!!! the club is currently in the nevernever, and after so many years of supporting the club I do not remember such tough times (both on and off the filed)
Intersting how footy has changed. Back then players stayed with one club (Miller, Russel, Dock, ET, McGaw, Sorenson Bros, Lee, Speachly etc). NRL today has no more loyalty. It is certainly more professional as a game (and administration)....not sure if the game is better off?!?!
...nonetheless, these memories make this season all the more painful!!!!! the club is currently in the nevernever, and after so many years of supporting the club I do not remember such tough times (both on and off the filed)
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Sorry to nit pick but Miller, McGaw, Speachley and Kurt Sorenson all played for other clubs... but you're right, there was a much bigger sense of us vs them amongst the players back in the day.
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Get yourselves into this....one of our greatest!!
and yes, many played for other clubs (Miller played for Wests and then sharks for 12 years!!!)....but the boys I mentioned, they were ours!!
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Not 100% correct with that:
Miller - Started at Wests, pent time at the Roosters (1978, 1979 and 1984)
McGaw - Panthers (1993) Souths (1994,1995)
Dane & Kurt Sorenson - Roosters (1984)
Speechly - Newtown (1983) Souths (1984, 1985) Eels (1994,1995)
However a great read !!!!!
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One of my favourite Sharks, and sportspeople, of all time.
That's our current problem now.
sounds about right, he's not a giant. Used to play 5/8 too. A good ball player. Top tackler. Great Captain on and off the field. Saved our club from collapse.
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He is a champion and a club LEGEND. :cheers
He had a nose that looked like a sack of potatoes. Should be more of it I say.
He had a nose that looked like a sack of potatoes. Should be more of it I say.
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He's a hell of a lot shorter than I remembered and is still very fit.
Definitely only about 87kg and can't imagine him being much more than that when he played.
The nose hasn't got any better but the passion (and frustration) for the Sharks is still there.
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Harlen lucks out again
Harlen lucks out againCairns Post, AustraliaA week off was unlikely to improve things for the former Wests Tigers and Cronulla forward, and Dunemann was unsure how much relief the arthroscope could provide given his lack of cartilage. "He's going to be out a minimum of six weeks, I'd imagine," ...
Source: http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2009/04/29/40295_local-sport-news.html
Harlen lucks out again
Emma Greenwood
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Bad run: Pride forward Luke Harlen’s knee could be bound for the surgeon’s table again.
THE Pride will be without Luke Harlen for at least six weeks after the barnstorming forward was ruled out with a knee injury.
Harlen will have an arthroscopy on his degenerative right knee, although Pride coach Andrew Dunemann said there was uncertainty whether that alone would help much.
"It looks like he may need surgery," Dunemann said.
"He was struggling on the weekend out there."
Dunemann said Harlen had consulted doctors earlier this year who had picked up a degenerative problem.
A week off was unlikely to improve things for the former Wests Tigers and Cronulla forward, and Dunemann was unsure how much relief the arthroscope could provide given his lack of cartilage.
"He’s going to be out a minimum of six weeks, I’d imagine," Dunemann said.
The Pride will not be without starch in the forwards for Sunday’s crunch match against Brisbane Norths though, with Alex Starmer and Manase Manuokafoa starting in the front row.
Starmer impressed last week, although his time on the field was limited by a nasty head cut.
Atherton forward Greg Byrnes, who, like Harlen, played for the Cowboys in the NRL last season after impressing for the Pride, remains in the Cairns District Rugby League.
Dunemann said while he had remained loyal early in the season to the players that got the job done for the Pride last year, other squad members deserved a chance when the starters’ form wavered.
"Those blokes that got a crack have taken it," he said.
"I was pretty loyal for the first four or five games but we just weren’t producing.
"At the end of the day, you’ve just got to win games."
Luke Millwood has retained the starting five-eighth’s position, although Tom Humble has been named on the bench, giving Dunemann a range of playmaking options.
"It gives us the option to give Roosy (Jason Roos) a rest as well," he said.
James Tamou has been called up by the Cowboys for Friday’s match at Parramatta, with Dunemann thrilled to see the young forward rewarded.
Harlen lucks out againCairns Post, AustraliaA week off was unlikely to improve things for the former Wests Tigers and Cronulla forward, and Dunemann was unsure how much relief the arthroscope could provide given his lack of cartilage. "He's going to be out a minimum of six weeks, I'd imagine," ...
Source: http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2009/04/29/40295_local-sport-news.html
Harlen lucks out again
Emma Greenwood
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Bad run: Pride forward Luke Harlen’s knee could be bound for the surgeon’s table again.
THE Pride will be without Luke Harlen for at least six weeks after the barnstorming forward was ruled out with a knee injury.
Harlen will have an arthroscopy on his degenerative right knee, although Pride coach Andrew Dunemann said there was uncertainty whether that alone would help much.
"It looks like he may need surgery," Dunemann said.
"He was struggling on the weekend out there."
Dunemann said Harlen had consulted doctors earlier this year who had picked up a degenerative problem.
A week off was unlikely to improve things for the former Wests Tigers and Cronulla forward, and Dunemann was unsure how much relief the arthroscope could provide given his lack of cartilage.
"He’s going to be out a minimum of six weeks, I’d imagine," Dunemann said.
The Pride will not be without starch in the forwards for Sunday’s crunch match against Brisbane Norths though, with Alex Starmer and Manase Manuokafoa starting in the front row.
Starmer impressed last week, although his time on the field was limited by a nasty head cut.
Atherton forward Greg Byrnes, who, like Harlen, played for the Cowboys in the NRL last season after impressing for the Pride, remains in the Cairns District Rugby League.
Dunemann said while he had remained loyal early in the season to the players that got the job done for the Pride last year, other squad members deserved a chance when the starters’ form wavered.
"Those blokes that got a crack have taken it," he said.
"I was pretty loyal for the first four or five games but we just weren’t producing.
"At the end of the day, you’ve just got to win games."
Luke Millwood has retained the starting five-eighth’s position, although Tom Humble has been named on the bench, giving Dunemann a range of playmaking options.
"It gives us the option to give Roosy (Jason Roos) a rest as well," he said.
James Tamou has been called up by the Cowboys for Friday’s match at Parramatta, with Dunemann thrilled to see the young forward rewarded.
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Two chosen for NT Mosquitoes
Two chosen for NT MosquitoesCentralian Advocate, AustraliaA former Cronulla-Sutherland Shark, Robinson is no new-comer to the big stage. Hooper said: "I'm looking forward to playing for the Mozzies again. It is a great experience, and if I have a good game I'm hoping I might become a permanent member of the ...
Source: http://www.centralianadvocate.com.au/article/2009/05/12/3622_sport.html
Two chosen for NT Mosquitoes
Chris Ward
12May09
TWO Alice Springs union players have been chosen for the NT Mosquitoes representative team to play in Darwin on May 23.
Mark Hooper and Travis Robinson will both travel to Darwin, ready to take on the Queensland Country team.
Hooper was chosen in the squad last year and is hoping his selection in the centre position means he may cement a spot in the elite team, while Robinson will pull on the jersey for the first time and will probably play in the fullback position.
A former Cronulla-Sutherland Shark, Robinson is no new-comer to the big stage.
Hooper said: "I'm looking forward to playing for the Mozzies again. It is a great experience, and if I have a good game I'm hoping I might become a permanent member of the team."
Robinson said: "This is my first time playing for the Mozzies, and I am very excited to be a part of the team."
Hooper said, from experience, playing in the Mozzies side was much more intense than the Alice Springs competition.
He said: "It's quicker and tougher, but playing in the Alice Springs summer comp means we should adapt to the conditions in Darwin."
Two chosen for NT MosquitoesCentralian Advocate, AustraliaA former Cronulla-Sutherland Shark, Robinson is no new-comer to the big stage. Hooper said: "I'm looking forward to playing for the Mozzies again. It is a great experience, and if I have a good game I'm hoping I might become a permanent member of the ...
Source: http://www.centralianadvocate.com.au/article/2009/05/12/3622_sport.html
Two chosen for NT Mosquitoes
Chris Ward
12May09
TWO Alice Springs union players have been chosen for the NT Mosquitoes representative team to play in Darwin on May 23.
Mark Hooper and Travis Robinson will both travel to Darwin, ready to take on the Queensland Country team.
Hooper was chosen in the squad last year and is hoping his selection in the centre position means he may cement a spot in the elite team, while Robinson will pull on the jersey for the first time and will probably play in the fullback position.
A former Cronulla-Sutherland Shark, Robinson is no new-comer to the big stage.
Hooper said: "I'm looking forward to playing for the Mozzies again. It is a great experience, and if I have a good game I'm hoping I might become a permanent member of the team."
Robinson said: "This is my first time playing for the Mozzies, and I am very excited to be a part of the team."
Hooper said, from experience, playing in the Mozzies side was much more intense than the Alice Springs competition.
He said: "It's quicker and tougher, but playing in the Alice Springs summer comp means we should adapt to the conditions in Darwin."
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Gavinn Miller ended the career of a great shark players. Believe me, a very ordinary
The girl that charged McGaw was never is ex. She was a business partner ONLY. The same girl also had law suits against David Campese. here name is Louise Boucheron, now Lou Reed (you think you could come with a better name than that). A very nasty piece of work.
I live down at pyrmont ans quiet often see Mark walking around.
Great player, very really go the credit he deserved.
The girl that charged McGaw was never is ex. She was a business partner ONLY. The same girl also had law suits against David Campese. here name is Louise Boucheron, now Lou Reed (you think you could come with a better name than that). A very nasty piece of work.
I live down at pyrmont ans quiet often see Mark walking around.
Great player, very really got the credit he deserved.
The girl that charged McGaw was never is ex. She was a business partner ONLY. The same girl also had law suits against David Campese. here name is Louise Boucheron, now Lou Reed (you think you could come with a better name than that). A very nasty piece of work.
I live down at pyrmont ans quiet often see Mark walking around.
Great player, very really got the credit he deserved.
Would ET very been a good player if McGaw was not playing beside him. Other great players in the same era that cronulla liked ET because they never had to wash his jerseys after the game because mcgaw did all the work.
it was not the money, it was the satification of clearing his name.
Gavin Miller: punching above his weightYass Tribune, AustraliaRugby league hard man Gavin Miller played 214 first grade games for Western Suburbs, Easts and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, on top of representing NSW in five Origins and Australia on three occasions. At the height of his powers he was regarded as ...
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Gavin Miller: punching above his weight
13/03/2009 10:24:00 AM
Sharks' Immortal Gavin Miller.
Rugby league hard man Gavin Miller played 214 first grade games for Western Suburbs, Easts and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, on top of representing NSW in five Origins and Australia on three occasions.
At the height of his powers he was regarded as one of the game’s most potent second-rowers. A fly-weight by first grade standards, the 87kg Miller would tackle himself to a stand still. He was admired for his uncanny ability to pop the ball out the back and suck in two and three defenders close to the line.
By his retirement in 1992, he was a two time Dally M medal winner, a Rothman’s Medal recipient, English Super League’s 1985/86 Man of Steel and a Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks’ Immortal.
A Goulburn lad and a country boy by heart, Gavin recently took over as manager of the Club House Hotel. He has since moved to Yass, a place he’s thrilled to call home.
Gavin kindly took some time out to sit down and have a chat with the Tribune’s Lloyd Scroope about his lengthy career, the blood shed on the football field and life away from the game…
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As a young boy Gavin John Miller and his father would board the train in Goulburn each weekend and trek to Sydney. There was only one thing on their minds - rugby league.
They would be regulars among the crowd at the SCG on a Saturday afternoon for the match of the round.
A young Gavin loved rugby league. Like many children in this sport-loving country, he dreamed of playing at the highest level; of donning the green and gold.
“I think every young kid out there has dreamed of playing for their country,” Gavin said.
“But when I was a kid I could have never envisaged the way it would pan out. Sometimes you make your own luck. The people who make it to the highest level don’t get there by fluke, but I do guess you need your fair share of luck and I certainly got that.”
At just 17-years-of-age, Gavin – a speedy centre three-quarter for Goulburn United - was contracted with Western Suburbs, a proud club boasting the names of Tommy Raudonikis, Les Boyd and John Dorahy. It was a steep learning curve for a player earmarked as a future test star.
“I suppose ’77 was a great education in life for me,” Gavin recalled. “Or not… I’m still trying to work out whether that year was a good thing for me or not. I don’t think anyone’s ready for first grade football at that age.”
While he may not have been allowed to set foot in a bar, he was more than capable with a leather ball in his clasp. As it was, he played out the entire season in 1977 and began a 16 year first grade career.
Toward the end of 1979, Gavin was hand picked by the late Steve Rogers and lured to the Shire. In 1980 he played the first of his eleven seasons with the Sharks. Little did he know he would go on to become one of the club’s most celebrated figures.
Perhaps the biggest moment of his rugby league career came in 1981. Under the guidance of coach and now fellow Sharks’ Immortal Greg Pierce, Miller was shifted from the centres to the second-row. It was a masterstroke. For ten years he would terrorise opponents with his hard-hitting defence, uncompromising running and crafty play making.
“I was always a fairly confrontational player, so I really didn’t mind getting in the thick of it. If anything I relished it,” he explained.
Less than two years after his move into the forward pack, Miller was hand picked to represent New South Wales in a sudden death clash as they set about dethroning a Queensland outfit sporting names like Wally Lewis, Mal Meninga, Gene Miles and Chris Close.
In his first Origin, Miller flourished. NSW, through sheer determination, held off a fast finishing Queensland outfit 10-6 to send the 1983 series into a decider. It was Miller’s sole taste of victory at Origin level. He would play another four matches, each time he and his team mates in sky blue would find themselves on the wrong end of the score.
According to Miller, State of Origin truly is as tough as it’s made out to be. “It’s as hard as they say and more,” he explained. “The huge variance between Origin and club football is the speed. To get back in the line, you need a second effort. When you’ve got the ball, your decision making needs to be twice as quick. It’s the hardest rugby league there is.”
Miller was a prominent figure in a time when Australian Rugby League was changing. In the 1970s, 80s and 90s, playing footy for your club was a mere part-time job. By the turn of the century, some of the game’s leading players were reeling in $400,000 a year.
Many regard Miller’s era as the most talented to have graced the field. Pinpointing just who the greatest player was during those decades would be a near impossible task, even for one Gavin Miller.
“There’s a long list of great players when you think I played in the 70s, 80s and 90s,” he explained. “Steve Rogers – perhaps the game's best all-round player – Arthur Beetson and Andrew Ettinghausen are some of the best players I’ve ever seen, just to name a few.
“And then of course there are guys like Tommy Raudonikis, Les Boyd, Ron Coote and Bob Fulton… I’ve been really lucky to play with and against so many talented players.”
In a career that spanned 16 years and 214 games, Miller never once played in a grand final. In fact his beloved Sharks are one of just three clubs in the NRL today who’ve never tasted premiership success [the other two clubs being St George/Illawarra – who merged in 1999 – and the Titans – who came into the competition in 2007].
“I guess my biggest regret is not having played in a grand final. But having said that I was very fortunate in so many ways, so I guess that’s life,” Miller reflected.
During an expansive career, Gavin Miller was a tireless leader on the field; a man well-respected by all for his ability to make that second effort and refuse to give in.
Today, he is the man charged with running the Club House Hotel. He has relocated to Yass, a place he feels welcome.
“I’d like to think I’m here for the long haul,” he said. “Goulburn, my home, is just a stones throw away, so I couldn’t be happier. I’m enjoying Yass.”
Well to start things off, Jonathan Docking was always one of my favourite players, apparently he was a mobile phone salesman at one stage after his playing days were over (was told this by none other than ET), but that was a while ago now. As far as I know Gavin Miller is still running his pub in Goulburn, and Mark McGaw was in the news recently when he won a court case against his ex...any other news of former players that people want to share on this thread?
The girl that charged McGaw was never is ex. She was a business partner ONLY. The same girl also had law suits against David Campese. here name is Louise Boucheron, now Lou Reed (you think you could come with a better name than that). A very nasty piece of work.
I live down at pyrmont ans quiet often see Mark walking around.
Great player, very really go the credit he deserved.
Well to start things off, Jonathan Docking was always one of my favourite players, apparently he was a mobile phone salesman at one stage after his playing days were over (was told this by none other than ET
The girl that charged McGaw was never is ex. She was a business partner ONLY. The same girl also had law suits against David Campese. here name is Louise Boucheron, now Lou Reed (you think you could come with a better name than that). A very nasty piece of work.
I live down at pyrmont ans quiet often see Mark walking around.
Great player, very really got the credit he deserved.
Well to start things off, Jonathan Docking was always one of my favourite players, apparently he was a mobile phone salesman at one stage after his playing days were over (was told this by none other than ET
The girl that charged McGaw was never is ex. She was a business partner ONLY. The same girl also had law suits against David Campese. here name is Louise Boucheron, now Lou Reed (you think you could come with a better name than that). A very nasty piece of work.
I live down at pyrmont ans quiet often see Mark walking around.
Great player, very really got the credit he deserved.
Would ET very been a good player if McGaw was not playing beside him. Other great players in the same era that cronulla liked ET because they never had to wash his jerseys after the game because mcgaw did all the work.
it was not the money, it was the satification of clearing his name.
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What happened to Nick Zisti? Nick once played for the mighty Sharks. Nick was a great Sharks player in 1998.