t-ba said:
At least Nick politis doesn't pen an article in the telly discussing how Mark O'Meley was just walking down the Road one day with a big smile on his face and decided to give him a call...That was even funnier than a Matt Orford Hatrick...
...The Migraine idea is 10/10.
What you mean Rusty's script for his latest love story? I've gotta admit i absolutely pissed myself laughing when i read it the first time just as i did when i re-read it then. Then when the laughing subsided i just wanted to spew :lol:
How Souths snared Craig Wing
By Russell Crowe
South Sydney co-owner
June 21, 2007
I CAN remember the words clearly ..."I'm coming home." Last Wednesday - after a series of meetings and phone calls - Craig Wing told me he wanted to sign with Souths.
I told him to go away and mull things over for a few days. I wanted him to really examine the move and said he should ring me by 5pm last Friday. At five minutes to five my mobile phone rang and it was Craig.He then said those three words, "I'm coming home."
Craig's signing is equal in significance to us attracting Roy Asotasi last year.But the deal with Wing didn't just happen. It took time.It started about four weeks ago when Craig phoned me personally. He had been told in no uncertain-terms that Souths had no interest in him. He said to me that he just wanted to hear it first hand. I was surprised and told him that it simply wasn't true.
When Craig left Souths in 1999 when the club was kicked out he always said he wanted to return. So I asked him. Do you want to come back? He said yes.We had initially been tipped off about Craig's desire to return home by Alan Jones. Alan had rung Peter Holmes a Court and told of Craig's ambitions.
Peter was happy that Alan had rung - Alan wasn't one of our supporters when we took over last year but obviously he has Souths at heart. After that phone call Craig came to my office in Woolloomooloo. There was no lunch served or any meal - it was work.
I was immediately impressed with Craig - he wore a suit and presented himself extremely well.I asked him what it would take and Craig looked me straight in the eye and gave me a figure. I told him we couldn't afford that but there was scope for negotiation. Craig then told me a funny story.
In 1999, he said his favourite player was Wally Lewis. He managed to find a piece of Lewis memorabilia which was signed.Craig told me he still has it. And it's still on his wall.
He said it drove him for years through four grand finals, 10 State of Origin games and 16 Tests.
We had several more meetings at Woolloomooloo where Craig said this would be his final contract in Australia and that he wanted to complete the full circle and return home to Souths. His returning to Souths is about loyalty and passion.
In those latter meetings we found out more about Craig, his ambitions and who he was as a person.There was a collective desire there for him to sign with us.The money situation was working itself out but Craig knew where he wanted to play.
He rang me one day and said: "I'm walking down the street with a smile on my face. It feels like the weight of the world is off my shoulders. I feel I'm in the right place'.
