John Muggleton News Today

In my last article, I picked a team of UK Test players who made it to the grand final in Australia, and there were quite a number of talented players to choose from. It hasn’t all been one-way traffic, though, and there has been a long history of Australian players heading to the Old Dart […]

With the original super coach, Jack Gibson, taking over from John Peard, the Eels had formed a potent side. He combined hard heads like Ray Price, Mick Cronin, Steve Edge and Bob OReilly with a precocious batch of young talent that the Eels had brought through their junior ranks, including future internationals Peter Sterling, Brett Kenny, Eric Grothe, Steve Ella and John Muggleton. Newtown were a fading inner-city club brought back to life by coach Warren Ryan and the acquisition of former Tes...