Quote: rubber duckie "Love these stories me.'"
You may like this one as told by Aus journalist Steve Crawley, a judge on the 8 man panel deciding who will be the next Aus immortal(s) which will be announced tonight
During the 1948 Kangaroo tour of England captain and first immortal inductee Clive Churchill told the team that he was taking them to see the world's best player. When Brian Bevan ran out some of the team laughed at his appearance which soon turned to amazement as he produced his usual try scoring performance complete with his full kitbag of speed and evasive skills.
When asked last night on TV his 2 choices for immortal status Crawley nominated Dally Messenger followed by Brian Bevan.
Evidently when Brian arrived in England in 1946 after 8 games and no tries for Easts in Sydney with a letter of recommendation, he was turned down by Leeds and Hunslet before Warrington gave him his chance in English RL.
620 appearances and 740 tries was his massive contribution to the game.