Quote: Father Ted "Sutherland first came to Wigan, he and his "qualifications" were checked out. He was not recruited and was not heard of again until he re-appeared at Saints and the RFL.
So why didn't they check him out as Wigan did?'"
who knows. Saints "got him" on a recommendation from the RFL, so probably did less stringent checks than they would on someone who had just wandered in off the street.
According to Sculthorpe's book, it was Stan Wall who first sussed him out at Saints.