Published: March 25, 2022
Be it NRL or AFL, football teams on the Gold Coast are more likely to win a wooden spoon than a premiership
Mat Rogers can still hear “Lemonade” Tom’s words ringing in his ears three decades later.
It was 1988 and, along with the Brisbane Broncos and Newcastle Knights, the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants were contesting their inaugural season in what would become the National Rugby League. Having settled on the Gold Coast after a career that saw him anointed a Cronulla Sharks “Immortal”, Steve Rogers was keen to run his eye over the city’s newest sporting stars and young Mat was more than happy to tag along.
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