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Women Scale New Heights
Calling all women who are looking for an extra game of bowls in a relaxed, enjoyable atmosphere.
The Saturday afternoon women's social competition has been running for a few weeks at Workers Heights and although it is yet to attract big numbers of bowlers, those who have attended have had a ball. Players of all abilities are most welcome and are assured of a good afternoon. Names into the club by 12.30pm, please.
Lismore RSL Bowling Club will be holding the Snow Rose mixed triples fun day at the Goonellabah Sports Club on Sunday, July 29. It will be mufti dress and bowlers have the choice of playing a morning game followed by a light lunch or playing an afternoon game followed by a BBQ tea or playing both games. Names can be left on the sheets at the Goonellabah Sports Club Notice Board or ring Dusty Allison on 6625 2424 to leave names or ask for more information.
The Lung Support Group Charity Day held at the Heights last Sunday was a great success. Not only did bowlers turn out in numbers to play, but they also dipped into their pockets to show generous support for the cause, helping to raise close to $1,000. Organiser, Claudette Shearman, who is relinquishing her position in the group after a long, hard slog expresses her sincere thanks to the Workers Heights Bowling Club, the generous prize donors, the workers behind the scene and the bowlers. From all of us, Claudette, congratulations, well done and enjoy the break.
Workers Group members are getting ready for a visit from Woolgoolga BC which will take place on July 28-29. Venue for the Saturday will be South Lismore BC and on Sunday, City BC. Names in to Ken Willis on 6628 4110.
It will be a busy few days for Lismore City BC which is holding its Annual Carnival on July 27-30. Sponsored by Doug Hogan Station Hotel, mixed fours is the format on Friday with two rounds after a noon start. On Saturday, sponsored by Caroona Retirement Village, men will play two rounds of triples, after a 1pm start. North Coast Insurance will provide the prizes for men's pairs on Monday; 12.30pm start and two rounds. There will be prizes for winners, runners-up and best round each day. Entry for all events is $6 per player and can be registered by phoning the Club on 6621 5991 or Doug on 6624 6884.
Coaching Tip
To avoid foot faulting, it is important to align the feet correctly before delivering the bowl. You can do this by stepping from behind the mat, placing the anchor foot (the one that stays put when you step forward) wholly within the confines of the mat, with the toes about 10 cm from the front and pointing along the aiming line. Then place the leading foot (the one that steps forward on delivery) in a comfortable position parallel to and beside (or slightly in front of) the anchor foot. Remember that one foot must remain on or over the mat as the bowl is released from the hand.
Umpire's Corner
Law 52: Play Irregularities: 52C Changing bowls.
A player shall not be allowed to change bowls during the course of a game, or in a resumed game, unless a bowl has been so damaged in the course of play that, in the opinion of the umpire, the bowl is unfit for play, on penalty of disqualification.
Until next week,
good bowling.
 Hook and Slices
with Stan Bendall
Lismore Ahead in Michael Cup
Lismore
This Saturday Lismore golfers will travel to Casino for the second and final round of the Michael Cup. Lismore are currently leading 7.5 games to 1.5. John (Smith) Vantaggiato, partnering Nathan Scroope, won the 4BBB stableford on a countback from Ian Marsh and Ray Evans, while Jason Adam and Wayne Underhill won the visitors' trophy.
The mixed foursomes champos will be played this Sunday with an 18 hole event in conjunction.
The Cummings Retravision 36 hole event which was to have been held on July 28-29 has been postponed to later in the year and will possibly be a mixed event on a Sunday.
Golfers, don't forget the 40th annual Lismore Motor Trades Golf Day, which will be held at Lismore Workers Golf Club on Thursday, August 16. The event will be a single stableford in three grades with over 100 trophies worth more than $6,000 up for grabs.
Organise your own foursome for tee off times from 7.30-11.30am. Entry fee is $30 and includes morning tea, luncheon, afternoon snacks and smorgasbord dinner. Great value but nominate now as the field is limited to the first 200 paid up players.
Don't forget the popular John Chant Holden Scramble on Sunday, September 2.
There will be two shotgun start ambrose fours events on Sunday, August 5: the Lismore Workers invitation social club day tees off at 7am and then the Marist Brothers Junior rugby league charity golf day tees off at midday.
Club captain Ed Bennett won last Thursday's single stroke by a shot from Will Roberts. Knox Tozier took out the front nine; Alan Scott won the second nine and Steve Fredericks again took out the gross.
In the single matchplay comp Justin Lane defeated Gerry Lynch; Darren Sirach beat Peter Heilbron in C grade and A grade will be decided between Steve Morrissey and Trent Webber.
Bev McLeod won division one in the ladies stroke event last week; Nicole Jenkins took out the gross; Jan Rogers won division two and the gross; Rita Riordan won division three and the gross and Elizabeth Quested won division four and the gross.
Alstonville Social
The first round of the club champos were played last Sunday at Byron Bay and the second round will be at Mullum this Sunday, tee off at 7.30am. Good luck Crossy!
Casino
Casino will host the second round of the Michael Cup this Saturday against Lismore.
Ron Rattenby returned to the winners list last Thursday, defeating club captain Ian Elkerton on a countback. Michael Greentree defeated Jim Donnelly in the final of the matchplay champos, winning the C grade double of the stroke and the matchplay event. Both of these players now go up to B grade. Dave Beaumont took out A grade from Jack Scully and Ron Murray won B grade from visitor Keith Harding.
The annual Holden Scramble was held last Sunday. Ben Benn, Shane Hogan, Brett Connelly and Steve Formaggin won the four person ambrose by a quarter of shot from Kyogle golfers Maurice Laarhoven, Neville Moon, David Walters and John McNaughton. The next round will be played on the Gold Coast.
NRDGA
Veterans' week will be at Yamba and Maclean from August 6-10.
There will be an interdistrict match for seniors (over 50), juniors, colts and open on Sunday, August 19 at Coolangatta-Tweed Heads between Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast and South East Queensland.
The Foxsports men's district final will be at Coraki on Sunday, August 19.
There will be a welcome day for the Northern Rivers Classic at Ballina on Sunday, August 26.
From Monday, August 27, there will be 13 days of golf at 13 different courses, with the farewell at Yamba on Friday, September 7.
The Zone regional championships will be held at Inverell on September 1-2.
Ballina
The members Par Backmarker event will be played this Saturday, as will round one of the matchplay knock out and a ladies single stableford.
Round three of the RSL championships will be played this Sunday together with a 4BBB stableford medley.
Matthew Hawkins won the single stableford from Peter Birney last Friday.
Tony Ridgeway won the overall trophy in last Saturday's single stroke. Athol Dodd won A grade from John Casey; Paul Taylor won B grade from David Blanch and Saustin Oorley took out C grade in fine style from Peter Agnew.
Coraki
A 4BBB event will be played this Saturday as will the semi finals of the club championships. Rodney Davison is still the man but Neil Garrett, Peter Gynther and Northern Rivers preso, Earl Scurr, are still in contention. The A reserve semi finalists are Arthur Fogarty, Alan Ganter, Danny Rogers and Bill Farrell. Peter Scroope is my pick to win C grade from Terry (Wolfman) McBurnie, Wal Wotherspoon and Guy Stewart.
Congratulations to young Calder Dryden, (son of bush poet Dingo Dryden) who played extremely well last week on the South coast, just missing out on State selection but defeating a number of more experienced players. Top stuff mate!
 What's My Line
with Ian Clark
It Was THIS Big
Talk about the one that got away. I have a mate who has just come back from holidaying in North Queensland.
He took with him a small baitcaster outfit with him and finally got to have a fish along the northern coastline.
Not really up with the local scene he finds a spot and starts to fish.
Time passes by and when he is just about to give it away the little bait caster reel starts to scream with line peeling off into the blue yonder.
With a bit of patience and skill he finally landed what turned out to be a nice trevally. Unfortunately the trevally was a bit bigger than the equipment was set up for and just as he got the fish up the rocks the line broke.
The fish landed in between a hole in the rocks. My friend was just able to just grab its tail when the fish kicked and managed to get its head into the water. Well, didn't this turn out to be a Kodak moment. A moment that definitely required more than minties as the trevally slipped out of his hand out through the rocks and back to the blue yonder.
Good on ya matey and glad to have you back home.
The Evans Head Fishing Comp winds up this Friday and from all the reports everyone is having a ball. The Coastguard boys, although busy manning the radios, have had minimal call outs for broken down vessels requiring a tow in.
For this weekend I have heard a report of some good flathead in North Creek in the 1 to 2kg size. This size fish is best targeted with pillies or live baits. I usually put out a live bait and then fish for bream or whiting drifting with the tide.
The rest of the area is patchy. Some people are reporting good catches and others are telling me they didn't have any luck at all.
On the Ballina walls they are getting mixed bags of bream, luderick, tailor and school jew.
This seems to be the case right along the coast. Stick to the rocky headlands for bream, jew and tailor. The beaches are home to some nice healthy bream. The rivers are seeing nice flathead, the odd whiting and heaps of small bream.
Don't forget about those restrictions for the Richmond River. Contact the Fisheries Department in Ballina for details.
Good luck to those in the comp at Evans Head and until next week fun fishing.
NAIDOC Week Sports Day a Great Success
 The Albert Namatjira Haven touch football team (pictured) were at Mortimer Oval last Friday for the NAIDOC week sports day.
More than 300 people were in Lismore for the day, which was a great success according to NAIDOC week organiser Ken Morgan.
'It was a fabulous day, just look at the number of people who participated. The March at the beginning set the atmosphere. It was a great day - just to see the families come together for the sporting events from so many different areas was great. It should happen more often,' he said.
Demons Take on Tigers
 Byron Bay's Sean Court and Nimbin's Norm Normal battle it out at Nimbin on Saturday.
Both the Nimbin Demons and the Grafton Tigers will be desperate for a win when they meet at Ellem Oval, Grafton at 2pm this Saturday in the Summerland Australian Football League.
The Tigers began the season with a bang when they defeated Ballina in their first game but haven't been able to repeat that form and have since slid down the ladder to last spot.
In their return season to the SAFL the Nimbin Demons have a chance to play in their first finals series ever after some exciting victories saw them notch up precious premiership points and move ahead of Grafton on the ladder.
Both sides need the win this weekend as this is the Tigers' best chance to regain fourth spot while a victory would almost certainly cement a finals berth for the Demons.
With a clean slate so far this season the Byron Magpies should have no trouble accounting for the Lismore Swans at 2pm this Saturday at Shultz Oval, Bangalow.
After being clear second several weeks ago the Lismore Swans have now slipped to third and need to record a few more wins if they are to go into the finals series with any confidence. With many players away due to University holidays the Swans have been struggling to field a competitive side and will need a big effort from returning players to make up lost ground as the business end of the season fast approaches.
Byron has been in superb form this year, lead by utility players Joe Davidson, Nathan Moss, John Porritt and Jason Rawnsley. The Maggies look set to make their third consecutive SAFL final as their experienced side continue to dominate every game they play.
Ballina has the bye this weekend after defeating the Swans last weekend, 21.14.140 to 4.9.33.
In the other game last weekend the Nimbin Demons fought bravely but weren't up to the standard of the Byron Magpies.
The Maggies were much more organised around the field and despite the partisan Nimbin crowd, Byron simply outclassed the Demons. The Demons had moments of brilliance but not enough of them for a win. Final score Byron Bay 18.10.118 defeated Nimbin 4.11.35.
Ladder: Byron Bay 36, Ballina 28, Lismore 20, Nimbin 8, Grafton 4.
Ballina Seagulls to Land at Oakes Oval to Take on Rams
Ballina will find out if they have what it takes to win the competition when they take on the Marist Brothers Rams this weekend in the Beach Hotel Group One Rugby League at Oakes Oval at 3pm this Sunday.
Both teams have only lost one game this season and sit on equal points at the top of the ladder with Brothers just ahead on for and against.
Ballina won the first round game between the two sides but Brothers are the best drilled and most disciplined team in the competition as they showed against the Grafton Ghosts last weekend.
After being behind the Ghosts at half time the Rams kept their composure to win the game 24-12, demonstrating the importance of maintaining discipline and not giving in to panic.
After posting massive 64-32 win over Workers last weekend Ballina are fired up to prove their first round win over the Rams was no fluke.
The top two clash will be one of the best games of the season in which the team who keeps their defensive line the tightest should win.
Casino have kept their finals hopes alive by recording a 42-16 win over the Mullumbimby Giants last weekend, putting them into the five on for and against.
The Cougars will have to put in a good game this weekend against the South Grafton Rebels if they are to stay in the five as Grafton, who are on equal points with the Cougars, have an easy game at home against the Kyogle Turkeys.
South Grafton also notched up a huge win last Sunday, humiliating the Byron Red Devils by 78-0.
The Devils will have another difficult game this weekend, up against a Workers Tigers' lineup keen to improve on their dismal performance against the Seagulls last weekend.
Workers' defence was once again disorganised and ineffective and although they had some good moments in attack if the Tigers' defence doesn't improve they won't really be a threat to the top teams in the finals series.
Workers won't be pressed against the Devils this weekend but they will need to work on their defence in preparation for their final two games against Grafton and Brothers if they are to be a serious finals contender.
Sunday Showdown
A large crowd is expected at Nielson Park from 2.30pm on Sunday to witness a feast of fast-paced, attacking soccer, when Richmond Rovers host Italo Stars in the highlight of round 17 of Soccer FNC's premier division.
With the other five games all set down for Saturday, opponents and supporters alike will have the chance to flock to East Lismore for Sunday's clash, which will have a major bearing on both sides' semi final aspirations.
Rovers are in third place while premiers Stars are three points behind in fourth place just ahead of a gaggle of semi final contenders, leaving both with plenty to play for.
Both sides are also at full strength and coming off good wins last week - Rovers downing Casino 3-2 to stretch their unbeaten run to six matches, while Stars had their biggest win of the season with a 4-1 romp over Alstonville.
Both coaches respect their opposition and anticipate a tough but attacking game. Rovers Noel Field believes stamina will play a major part in the result.
'It'll be all about finishing,' Field said.
'The two sides are pretty even in terms of defence and midfield, so whichever side wants to attack the most should win,' he added.
Field has an embarrassment of riches in selecting his strikers, with either Tim Sheridan, Tony Harrison or Troy Matthews having to start on the bench as the other two start.
All three are in top form, posing a dilemma for Field.
Stars coach Jim Holmes is looking for control and creativity from his players.
'Rovers' defence handles the long ball pretty well, so we'll need to control possession with short passes and use our pace to create chances,' Holmes said.
Testing Time for Students
Southern Cross Uni faces perhaps its biggest test of the season on Saturday, when the students decimated squad attempts to keep their semi final hopes alive, against the might of a full strength Maclean lineup, at Weston Park from 3pm.
The semester break is always a difficult time for Uni and with no juniors to call on, the club is once again suffering its annual slump, even being forced to forfeit in reserve division for the last two weeks.
Compounding the students woes, top scorer Scott Collins picked up a yellow card after scoring two goals in last week's luckless 4-4 draw with Ballina, ruling him out on Saturday.
With Uni's other striker Scott Dunstan also out with a knee problem for possibly the remainder of the season and Damien Hoffmier another casualty, few will rate the students a chance to contain Maclean's abundant attacking flair.
The Bobcats will be back to full strength with Kevin Crofton returning from injury to partner Daniel Fung and Grant Nielson up front and after a successful trial of their new 3-4-3 formation in last week's 3-1 win over Goonellabah, Maclean will have an even more ominous look about them.
With Maclean in second place and looking for a solid hit-out before next week's crunch game against leader Byron Bay, Uni can expect one of their toughest outings of the season.
Resurgent Redmen
Lismore Workers reignited their semi final prospects with last week's inspiring 1-0 win over Thistles, leaving the Redmen hungry to build some momentum with a win over Alstonville at Crawford Park on Saturday from 3pm.
The depleted Redmen showed great character to grind out a win under difficult circumstances last week, but still remain a point outside the top five and must keep winning to crack a berth in the semis.
The return of sweeper Jeremy Wraight and several other regulars will boost Workers' depth, but midfielder-coach Andrew Acton will be unavailable, leaving the Redmen to re-shuffle their lineup once more.
Young strikers Brad Hicks and Tom Jarman are expected to retain their places after strong games last week, with Hicks setting up Jarman for the winning goal.
Despite the disruptions, Workers will go in as favourites against a Villa outfit that lost 4-1 to Stars last week and has just two wins to show from 16 games since returning to the premier ranks this season.
The rigours of top flight competition have left Villa coach Michael Saric struggling to keep a consistent lineup on the paddock.
'We've been hammered, at the moment we have six guys on crutches, four awaiting knee operations and plenty of others carrying knocks, so the remainder of the year is going to be tough for those left standing,' he said.
Rams Flock Back
The return of five players will bring competition leader Byron Bay to full strength for their first home game in seven weeks, when the Rams host Ballina this Saturday from 3pm.
Byron has held its place on top of the ladder despite a lengthy string of away games and disrupted lineups, leaving the Rams relishing the prospect of a long-awaited home game and the roar of a friendly crowd.
Coming back into the side will be defenders Chris Kelly and Ian Bryce, flanker Tim Bird, midfielder James Lister and hopefully nippy young attacker Jed Wright.
With the returning regulars joining a host of in-form, quality players such as striker Bruce Morhaus and midfielder Todd Knaus, the Rams' pace and organisation should see them over-power the erratic Seahorses.
The Bay cruised to a 4-1 win over Souths last week and will be using the game as final preparation for next week's top of the table clash against Maclean, who loom as the Rams' only real threat for the pointscore championship.
Cobras Need to Strike
Casino's faint semi final hopes will be hanging by a thread at Oakes Oval on Saturday, when the Cobras take on Goonellabah at 3pm.
A 3-2 loss against Rovers last week cast Casino eight points adrift of the top five and the Cobras need to win virtually all of their remaining six games to have any chance of reaching the play-offs.
Their cause will not be helped by suspension of striker Nathan Scully, along with the expected absence of defensive general Stewart Coughran and useful midfielder Michael Picolli.
Last-placed Goonellabah are also in dire need of a win as they battle the spectre of relegation, in a game sure to be played at maximum intensity by both sides.
Blues Steel Up
The return from suspension of workaholic midfielder Anthony Nind and no-nonsense defender Martin Scott will add some much-needed steel to Lismore Thistles' lineup when the Blues host South Lismore at 3pm on Saturday.
The pair were sorely missed as Thistles dropped from fourth to fifth with last week's 1-0 loss to Workers, but the return of the two stalwarts should help give Thistles the edge against a Celtics lineup missing several regulars and struggling to stay out of the relegation zone.
Topcats on Fire
Southern Cross University face two difficult games this weekend in the Soccer Far North Coast women's first division competition.
Uni face the firing Maclean Topcats at 7pm on Friday at Maurie Ryan Oval and then play Richmond Rovers at Nielson Park at 10am on Sunday.
The Topcats scored a huge 9 goals last weekend with a 7-1 win over Woodburn and a 3-2 loss to Rovers and striker Tracy Want looks to be in great touch with the boot as does Natalie Anderson.
University, in contrast, couldn't find the numbers to field a side due to semester break and were forced to forfeit to Workers. The students will need to return with something special if they are to best the Topcats.
It will be a similar story for Uni on Sunday against Rovers. Rovers also have a star striker, Martene Edwards, and Uni's showing will depend on whether they can contain her.
Workers position on top of the ladder looks to remain certain for at least another week, as the competition leaders meet last placed Woodburn at Richards Oval at 7.45pm this Friday.
Although Woodburn have been beginning their games well they have been unable to play up to a high standard for an entire match. They scored the first goal against Maclean last weekend but were let down by sloppy defence as the Topcats scored goal after goal. Against the consistently impressive Workers Woodburn will need a massive improvement if they are to compete for the entire game.
Lismore Junior Tennis Aces off to Sydney for State
 Four sixth grade students from Lismore Public will travel to Sydney in August to see if they can bring home the Victor J Kelly shield for the NSW Public schools Sport Association state knock out teams tennis competition.
Katie Hinshaw, Lauren Edwards, Luke Sauth and Nathan Moore are off to the NSW Tennis Centre in Homebush with their coach Jean Berry, who is extremely impressed with her young charges.
'Being a good representative for the school and a good sport is extremely important whether we win or lose. They've been great representatives. They're just four lovely kids. They've all played a lot of competitive sport. I really just teach them about doubles - little pointers on where to stand and what you can expect,' Berry said.
'I think the most important thing the kids have learnt is to work together as a team and support each other - 'cause they do.
'I've seen an improvement in their tennis standard. As they came through the competition and the games became harder they became much more determined. Their concentration improved as did their determination to do their best,' she explained.
Berry believes that the attitude of the primary school students has enabled them to perform so well, beating Drake, Southern Cross Primary from Ballina, Copmanhurst and Banora Point primary schools on their way to becoming North Coast Area champions. The young Lismore tennis aces then defeated Glen Innes 5 sets to 3 in the quarter finals to earn their shot at the semis in Sydney.
'Their will to succeed as a team has been inspiring - not for themselves but really for the team. They understand that it's working together that has got them as far as they've got,' she said. Hopefully it will take them even further!
To help raise funds for the tennis team to get to Sydney to take on the city teams raffle tickets are available from Lismore Primary School and Southern Cross Credit Union.
If any business or person would like to help then please contact Jean Berry on 6621 5366 (w), 6621 6754 (h) or 0414 794 380 (m).
Lismore Public Primary tennis stars Katie Hinshaw, Lauren Edwards, Luke Sauth and Nathan Moore with their coach Jean Berry. The students are off to Sydney to compete in the Victor J Kelly state knock out competition. Photo: Terra Sword
It Doesn't Get any Better for Wallabies
Soar high, Sweet Harrison! You bloody good thing! As I sit here, basking in the warm glow of Saturday night's Wallaby victory over the Lions, I cannot help but send silent thoughts of gratitude to the drunken SCU Gold Rat who told Justin Harrison to play second row for that illustrious local team those eight short years ago.
Who would have thought that it would take him from Gold Rat to Golden Boy of the Wallabies?
If I could have grabbed 'Goog' after THAT line-out win in the dying seconds of Saturday's game, you would have seen more hugs, kisses and 'I love you's than a final Big Brother episode.
He and the rest of the Wallaby squad are destined to live out their lives with the tag of 'Champions' following this stirring and inspirational series win.
Again, the Lions capitulated when the Wallabies forced their hand in defence, often attacking down the short side for five phases, and watching the Lions fall away.
I am not writing the men in red off, they played the best rugby the Northern Hemisphere has ever created and, for the most part, have done their home unions proud.
Some select members of the Lions squad have chosen, in their infinite wisdom, to be a little nasty in the press afterwards, but hey, there isn't anything we Aussies listen to more than a whinging loser is there?
In fact, it is kind of enjoyable watching them squirm for excuses isn't it?
But let's not turn nasty ourselves, save to say it's just great to be an Australian ... heh, heh!
Local Upsets
In local rugby we had a weekend of upsets, with Casino defeating leaders, Ballina 19-5, and Grafton toppling Wollongbar 24-22.
The only predicted result was Byron Bay's 24-0 win over Mullumbimby.
This week brings some very interesting clashes, with two games holding implications for the comp ladder.
Grafton will be desperate for another home win against their western cousins, Casino, and Lismore will need to hold off the wounded Wollongbar bear.
Grafton and Casino are both coming off good wins and will look to maintain their run this week.
The Redmen started poorly this season, but have shown great heart to force their way to within one point of the top four.
A win to Grafton and a loss for the 'Bar would see the Redmen into finals contention.
Yet, Casino will be brimming with confidence after beating the top of the table team last week and are looking more threatening as the weeks go by.
The play of long-serving but still relatively young Casino backs, Dane Gilmore and Adam Burley, has been the saviour for the Bulls, allowing them depth outside their skilful forwards.
Hardest to pick, but Casino by 5.
The game at Lyle Park is the first for Lismore at Wollongbar this season and the Greens will look to undo the hoodoo that surrounds this place.
For years Wollongbar have made this a graveyard for travelling sides and they will be just as tough on Saturday.
Lismore are still smarting from their loss to Byron a fortnight ago but have talented flanker, Andrew O'Brien back in the squad along with Under 19 star fly-half, Joe Allan.
Joe has answered the call for greater pace and skill in First Grade, leaving his Under 19s side to maintain their undefeated run without him.
This week will be a test for the Lismore side, as they have not been training to expectations of late - this will hopefully be turned around with a victory.
Yet Wollongbar are very tough, especially with their backs to the wall and a loss on Saturday will see them slip out of the top four.
Undoubtedly Ben Grayndler and co will be pushing their boys this week to prepare for what could be their most crucial game this year.
I could be in for a ribbing but Lismore by 5.
Lastly, a huge thank you to outgoing Wallaby coach, Rod Macqueen for the titanic impact he has made on Australian and world rugby as a whole.
Macqueen is almost solely responsible for instilling the work ethic and brotherhood evident in the current Wallaby outfit - one that has captured every major rugby accolade available to them.
Macqueen should now sit back, relax and finally enjoy the fact that he has earned the title of Most Successful Rugby Union Coach EVER.
For all the stirring victories that have meant so much to us Rod, we thank you.
Ed Rummery
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