Dick Clay & Francis Bourke deserve a mention. Two former wingers who dropped back into defence late in their careers. Both were tough as nails & personified the phrase 'Tiger Tough', both played with incredible grit & determination. They both utterly despised getting beaten & would find a way to either out-muscle or out-think their opponents, it was like watching stone wheels grinding flour! At times they would both get flogged early in a match, but during the second half they always fought back & got their opponents measure. Some of the great memories include the epic battles like Clay Vs Len Thompson & Bourke Vs Jesaulenko! Dick Clay did it hard in his day - Hudson one week, McKenna the next, then Wade or Newman next. Some of the Bourke Vs Blight battles in the late 70's were just so good! Our boys always did us proud. These were the blokes who made us 'Tiger Tough'!
