Sorry to hear that Roger Millward has passed away. He was a few years older than me but I remember when amateur rugby league used to be on Sunday afternoons. My grandfather took one look at him playing for Cas, i think, and said straight away "He's a future international". How right he was. I watched him many times when we played Hull K.R. and was always worried when he was named in the team. Great, great player RIP Roger.
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I agree.
He was one of those players that was respected by all fans. He was an honest hard working very skilful player (and coach)
RIP Roger

Always enjoyed watching Roger. He was well respected by fans of all clubs. RIP Roger.

Played against him in the u17' and 19's, although he'd signed on pro forms, because of Hepworth and Hardisty and also Edwards at FB, he had to play in the juniors quite a lot even though at 18 he was good enough for most first teams, even if we'd played touch and pass it would not have mattered, you just could not lay a finger on him.

Brilliant player rip

One of the greats and cousin of Brian Lockwood was Roger RIP fela

One of the names that I could reel off straight away from my teens when watching Wakey all them years back, great player and coach, R.I.P Roger and my condolences to the Millward family.

Can't deny he was a gifted player, but I'll never forget that blatant trip on Toppo when he had a clear run for the line in the Floodlit Trophy Competition at Belle Vue. Having said that, a very sad loss at such a relatively young age. RIP Roger.

Was it Toppo? I thought it was David Smith but could well be wrong (long time ago). My mate and I were standing in the south stand and saw the whole thing very clearly. Roger got penalised but turned round with a great big grin on his kite and gave two fingers to the Wakey fans and said 'two's better than five' and it was. If we'd have got five then we might well have won. As it was, thanks to Roger, we lost. Great player though and much admired by all of us. RIP Roger the Dodger.

Definitely Toppo, Two Points. Both were competing for the GB stand off position at the time as I recall. Eddie Waring had a fixation with RM. I may be wrong but didn't Millward go to HKR because the two half backs at Cas at the time (Hepworth & Hardisty) were immovable from their positions.

Think he did move to Hull KR to get first team football. On that night wasn't he playing full back?

Roger the dodger.He was a top player and ambassador to RL and a nice bloke to talk to. He will be sorely missed. R.I.P.

Back in the day many Cas fans would argue that Derek Edwards was the best stand off at the club, but because he was equally as good at full back it suited the club to play them in those respective positions.
I worked with Frankie Fox who was the blind side prop at KR at the time and fwiw he said the club paid Cas £6,000 for him which was reported in the papers at the time.

The first part is incorrect chissit, the 6k part is about right. Derek Edwards was signed from junior football as a stand off half, but was quickly converted to full back where he became top class, an international and member of the last squad to win the Ashes. The great stand off you are talking about was Alan Hardisty who was already established as the no 1 at the club. At no time was DE ever a recognised stand off as such and he only ever played there when Hardisty and latterly Millward were injured. Both Hardisty and Millward were also both members of that last Ashes winning squad that went down under.

Roger was sold for about 6k which was a huge sum in those days, (many though still contend he was obtained on the cheap) just a month short of his nineteenth birthday. He was already a full international and regarded as one of the greatest prospects in the game. He duly became one of the greatest ever players in RL history and a supreme talent, and was equally as good in any of the half back positions. Even now almost 50 years after the event, I can assure you it is still a source of great annoyance from those fans in Castleford old enough to remember, such as myself, that they let this lad go, particularly as at the time it broke his heart as all he ever wanted to do was play for his own town club. The clubs excuse for it was because they already had two world class half backs in Hardisty and Keith Hepworth, but there were and has always been strong claims that one major director had shall we say ''his palms crossed'' for concluding the deal.

It still remains and will do forever our greatest ever loss. However he found a new home at HKR, where he quite rightly was an absolute hero and legend.

RIP supremely talented Roger, you will be sorely missed.

HKR have retired the number 6 shirt in respect: www.hullkr.co.uk/club/news/artic ... rd-tribute

HKR have retired the number 6 shirt in respect: www.hullkr.co.uk/club/news/artic ... rd-tribute