Eastwood Rugby Admin

Apr 211 min

Hail the Pineapple cutters!

Way back in Feb 1953, The Woods were being hailed for our "progressive attitude". The Club had just introduced the ground breaking innovation of team managers - something we all take as given these days.

The tasks of these brand new team managers was set out as;

  • After each match to supply the coach with a list of players available for the following round

  • To collect players' fees for the club treasurer.

  • To ensure all players are properly dressed — club stockings, dark blue strides, clean boots, and properly numbered (the club supplies the jerseys).

  • To ensure water buckets, towel and pineapple are available at half-time.

  • To assist the coach in getting the team on to the field punctually.

Might have to let Coach know that we're missing out on that extra 10% not having pineapple for the players!

(This snippet is from the National Archives service "Trove" https://trove.nla.gov.au/ - truly a national treasure. Trove has just added the old Daily Mirror to its archives and that's where this story comes from)

Daily Mirror Sat 7 Feb 1953 Page 12

Here's a picture of our modern day pineapple cutters

from left: Wally Rosada, Paul Maguire, Rob Pappalardo and John Cropper

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