Hornby is worth it, says Provan
> Passing the baton … Norm Provan and Ben Hornby yesterday. Photo: Ken Robertson
St George Illawarra captain Ben Hornby is probably achieved his main goal for the club today, if you have a record that goes back beyond 46 years.
Notby Norm Provan last game for St George in 1965, accumulating a player capable of so many games for the Red V.
But the 12-year career, a Premiership a World Club Challenge and a prey of shares, at 32 years, insists that he has succeeded only ever watched the next game included” future”.
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It was a mentality of a big game until his retirement as a 35-year-old shared. ” Ben describes perfectly – just think of every game,” Provan said yesterday. ” You must not be taken into account the numbers at all. If you do, well, you will not get to it to get there. Just take each game at a time. ” When we won the Premiership, we just thought the next game. We were not thinking about what he had done, we were just thinking about the next game and we like to look after it.” with a wry smile, joked with the Dragons players Provan yesterday on the set To avoid an assassin to break his record Hornby. But that was not”” sticks, he offered during his visit to the training that his successor can take more pride in.
” During the journey from Sydney down to Wollongong, I said: ‘I I could no better guy to break it to think. I am so glad that happens,” ‘said Steve Edge, close companion Provan.
” I sat down with him in Wollongong and he was so nervous about meeting all the young people. He spoke as he said. I know it was something I did not mention in his speech to the players” on whether he thought Hornby was the right man to take his mantle old Pressed said Provan.” Sure it is not. This question is answered by him to be there for all the games. He will set a new standard. I’m not pretending I know all about Ben and all his games, but I can say, that would be achieved, too much pride in the greatest number of games for the Saints. ” You just hope they can go further. While it is necessary or not, and do good things and the backup, it should be there.” Edge, who have seen Provan, from the sidelines as a child, b efore going on to win by five Premierships itself has seen many similarities between Hornby and his former idol. ” ‘is only a charisma that you understand whether or not to have. Players react to it,” he said. ” They ask how many Premierships norm won and he will not tell you. He was doing an aura about him then and still today. You walk into a room and everyone behind him. Young, old, whatever”was Predictably, Hornby reluctant to self-talk as the most senior players yesterday, dragons, and was also on the fact pleased his record will be overshadowed easily by celebrations Anzac Day today.
” There is a great honor ‘,” Hornby said.
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