Craig "Piggy" Young. You didn't sign him up-- you
unleished him!
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Craig Norenbergs - Sydney
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22/07/2004
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Craig "Piggy" Young. You didn't sign him up-- you
unleished him! You just knew that "training" days
consisted of a couple
of laps of the oval at Kogarah, a game of touch and off to
the leagues
club.
But he never huffed and puffed or took a backward step.
With
scratches and bruises on his face, I can only imagine how
many schooners
were sunk after the games back at the club, or the night before.
Imagine
Piggy and Rod Reddy on the piss together.
(Quigs email off to Craig and questioned his calling Young
'Piggy' as his nickname has always been Albert- this is Craigs
reply - many thanks Craig)
I used to sit on the hill at Seiffert Oval in Queanbeyan
and we’d call him “Piggy”…should have
said that!
Actually, I remember a cold day when the Raiders beat the
Saints in the old days. The Raiders had just come into the
comp, and we’d got to Seiffert early, drove our old Ford
in—as you could in those days—and took our place
lined up on the old hill.
The Raiders were stacked with “household”
names back then, like Gerry De la Cruz and Sammy Vukago, but
they were heroes in lime green to us.
We beat Piggy (Albert)
and his men that day, with speedster Angel Marina scoring
the winner in the corner.
And then—after the game—we saw Craig Young at the
Quenbeyan Leagues Club.
It was like Elvis was in town!
We still called him “Piggy”, and he laughed
Appears in the following pages ....P94_Craig YOUNG
Date of posting ... 21-May-2007
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