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Sports Bar - January 2008

LEGENDS RELIVE SCG GLORY

January 8th 2008 05:01

The ground may have drastically changed but for six of Rugby League’s oldest surviving Foundation club players the memories were as rich as the history of the SCG itself as they reunited at the game’s spiritual home yesterday.

Walking onto the SCG for the first time in decades Wally O’Connell (Easts/Sydney Roosters), Bill Keato (Wests), Jack Lawrence (Souths), George Debnam (Newtown), Norm Strong (Norths) and Sid Ryan (Balmain) unofficially kicked off Rugby League’s Centenary.

Australia’s oldest surviving Test captain, Wally O’Connell has fond memories of the SCG; he first played for the Roosters in 1942 and went on to captain his country and coach Manly to their first Grand Final appearance.

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