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| Like many on here I was lucky to see turner at his peak ,never above 14stone but as an enforcer as vast man says there was no better when Aussie greats like johnny raper describes him as the hardest player he'd faced. Vasty talks about mal reilley another great loose forward who came under Derek's influence at cas and I can assure you he modelled himself both as a player and a coach on rocky . His pre match team talks Saturday lunchtime in Talbot and falcon were legendery and lads like budgie firth and mal Sampson were ready to face owt better to face a fierce Wigan or saints pack or an unhappy rocky who never looked forward to loosing pay RIP dereck
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| Have I missed something here - I know the great man has passed but the silence about his passing is deafening!
Perhaps it may be at the request of his family that no public announcement has been made, I don't know but I cannot help thinking if it had been a Wigan or Leeds 'great' we would have had it stuffed down our throat.
Never though that DT got the recognition he deserved, as far as I am concerned his status as a RL player is up at the top.
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Quote: sandaltrinityfan "Have I missed something here - I know the great man has passed but the silence about his passing is deafening!
Perhaps it may be at the request of his family that no public announcement has been made, I don't know but I cannot help thinking if it had been a Wigan or Leeds 'great' we would have had it stuffed down our throat.
Never though that DT got the recognition he deserved, as far as I am concerned his status as a RL player is up at the top.'"
This is dated yesterday on the club's website:-
www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... r-obituary
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Quote: sandaltrinityfan "Have I missed something here - I know the great man has passed but the silence about his passing is deafening!
Perhaps it may be at the request of his family that no public announcement has been made, I don't know but I cannot help thinking if it had been a Wigan or Leeds 'great' we would have had it stuffed down our throat.
Never though that DT got the recognition he deserved, as far as I am concerned his status as a RL player is up at the top.'"
This is dated yesterday on the club's website:-
www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... r-obituary
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| Quote: wildshot "This is dated yesterday on the club's website:-
Thanks - I did miss it!
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| The best loose forward I've ever seen,When I was playing Amateur under 17s rugby in 1957, I used to try and style my game on Rocky. I think he was playing for Oldham then. At that time Whiteley and Karalius were top loose forwards but Rocky Turner was the best. RIP
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| They included a small note on him on Boots and All too.
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