ON THE BALL: Leadership of Australian football codes leaves a lot to be desired

By Brian Burke
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:33am, first published March 12 2019 - 11:00am
TAKE THAT: Merv Wright tackles Lakes winger Jim Porter - he gave the Lakes winger a torrid time in the 1969 Newcastle Rugby League grand final.
TAKE THAT: Merv Wright tackles Lakes winger Jim Porter - he gave the Lakes winger a torrid time in the 1969 Newcastle Rugby League grand final.

It was the 1969 grand final, Maitland versus Lakes, and Lakes winger Jim Porter had received the ball and run straight at his opposing winger, Maitland's Merv Wright, the greatest front-on tackler I've ever seen.

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