halifaxjohn wrote:
Played against Brian Jefferson in our earlier years on three occasions, for some reason he didn't like me, a bit like my fellow posters. Every time we ended up fisticuping together, he went on to represent England, me? I have an England flag proudly flying in the back garden at HalifaxjohnTowers.
I remember him, bet he doesn't remember me.
I bet not too many people on this messageboard know that Brian legend Jefferson has coached at Halifax RLFC, I played my first colts season under his coaching expertise. He was in charge of the Keighley Colts in the period when they withdrew from the league & he brought the bones of what were left with him including some outstanding characters, Paul Moses being the star man & Cougars hall of famer, Paul Bardgett ( brother of Joe ), Mark Wooller, Mick Greenwood, Lee Humphries, some big crazy punk rocker of a dude called Jason and a couple of lads also came with us when we toured the South of France easter 1983 ( iirc ) notably current Keighley Cougars director (Chief Executive Officer ) Neil Cullen and his club secretary husband & wife combo of Richard & Carole Bramley who worked tirelessly behind the scenes. Great memories of way back in my youth with some fantastic lads & some of them still involved at Silsden i believe.
Mr Jefferson was an absolute superstar to play youth rugby for, i had tons of respect for him, he knew how to look after lads and certainly knew how to coach.