Grim Reaper wrote:Yes folks the original singletball man!

ah , the great & late.. Laurie Nicholls
as tough as teak ... & one of the most passionate Rugby League fans that ever lived
his antics of shadow boxing after his beloved Balmain scored a try are legendary & part of our games folklore
he used to don this same singlet every where he went including when he followed the Kangaroos over to Britain
he'd be standing there in temps of -1 in Wigan , Leeds or Hull .. with a singlet on to the astonishment of the pommy supporters
the NRL lost a colourful character when Laurie passed away in 2000 , the night before his Beloved Balmain were to play their first game as the merged entity Wests Tigers ... & while he was on board publicly with the merger ...some say Lauire died of a Broken heart.
giggleball only wishes it had fans like this great man
thanks grim for reminding us all of this great Australian.
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