VALE Brian Lockwood - Tiger #667
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Vale Brian Lockwood
Wests Tigers are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Balmain Tigers Player #667, Brian Lockwood.
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Vale Brian Lockwood
Wests Tigers are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Balmain Tigers Player #667, Brian Lockwood.
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Wonderful english footballer with great ball skills and tough as old boots
How about that flick pass he used to throw to Pringle close to the line.
lauriefromleichhardt
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I remember that flick pass well. Pringle under the posts.
Buttface
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Link is up boys?
I was a Magpie and don’t remember them, but I love seeing a bit of old stuff from my Tiger bros.
supercoach
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Hard as nails with silky ball playing skills. The try he laid on for Bing Pringle in a final match of the mid week comp was amazing. Classy player and classy guyVale Brian Lockwood
Wests Tigers are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Balmain Tigers Player #667, Brian Lockwood.
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supercoach
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Yep from memory it was against the Bears in the final of the mid week comp
Ron Brodrick's Spirit
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He'd dummy open side and flick back inside to a charging Neil Pringle. I don't remember watching a game where they played together and they didn't run that play, yet it worked time after time There wasn't a whole lot of video review in those days.
Ron Brodrick's Spirit
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Ron Brodrick's Spirit
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You watching Benji? Run that this year!!!!
Jolls
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What a loss to the Wests Tigers community. He was my idol at one stage. That flick pass to Neil Pringle inspired my football career (not that it came to much). Rest in Peace Brian, you were a great player and an inspiration to at least one young footballer.Vale Brian Lockwood
Wests Tigers are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Balmain Tigers Player #667, Brian Lockwood.
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The-moP
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What a pass .. Pringle on the burst up the centre .. well played lads .. poor old Russel Fairfax had no chance of stopping him .. he couldnt see Pringle coming up the centre because all of his hair was obscuring his vision .. get a haircut u muppet .. !!
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Tim Sheens
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I was about 9 or 10 when Neil came to Balmain, so just starting to understand the game properly, and his line running is a major reason why Pringle remains my all-time favourite.
Buttface
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Thanks.
Great play, and well executed from a big prop too. They were skilful back in the day.
Buttface
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Someone needs to get this to Benji, I’d love to see us pull this off this year.
pawsandclaws1
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Vale Brian Lockwood
Wests Tigers are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Balmain Tigers Player #667, Brian Lockwood.
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Vale Brian Lockwood
Wests Tigers are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Balmain Tigers Player #667, Brian Lockwood.
www.weststigers.com.au
Thanks mate for posting this sad news. Both Lockwood and Dave Bolton are now deceased. My father often comments his ball skills were exceptional. Many coaches today would not permit this type of passing, preferring a more robotic style with one of our former coaches in particular coming to mind.
Here is an interesting fact about Lockwood -
Brian Lockwood, a member of a famous rugby league family, entered the Guinness Book of Records as, at the time, the only player to have appeared at Wembley on six occasions, where he never lost.
And his story
In a league of his own: The Brian Lockwood Story - rugbyleaguebooks.com
Brian Lockwood is indisputably one of the finest rugby league players, indeed sportsmen, of the last 60 years. Superb skills as a ball-playing forward, with the rugby intelligence to make maximum use of his talents – and, crucially, of those of the men around him – helped him famously create the...
rugbyleaguebooks.com
Not to forget Dave Bolton
Balmain’s English hero passes on – Total Rugby League
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pawsandclaws1
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Was it Bing Pringle who told Junior Pearce if you are going to make a covering tackle at Leichhardt, do it on the western touch line? Pearce apparently thought it was because of the downhill slope of the ground toward that touch line. Pringle said no if you are going to make a spectacular tackle, you want the most applause and that will be from the Latchem Robinson stand.
