It's wierd, coz I have followed the Dragons/Saints for 49 years and I have only ever met 3 of them in all that time!
And that was this year at the State of Origin 'meet the players' function in Melbourne (Bull Bailey, Matty Cooper & Ben Hornby).
Actually out of the 34 players (both sides) that were there, only 6 blokes were 'nice & friendly' blokes willing to spend time and chat.
Strangely enough it was Bull, Matty & Ben from the Dragons, Sam Thaiday from Broncos!, Gordy Tallis (ex-Bronco), and Anthony Minicello (who wasn't even in the State of Origin, but went along for the fun of it whilst on the injured list). Minicello was terrific because he spent heaps of time with my son Jake!
The funniest part of the whole day was I got stuck with Mario Fenech. Boy, he can talk the ears of a concrete rabbit!!!!
