January 28, 1997: Magpies go bonding
John Singleton, Laurie Lawrence and Roy Masters join Tom Raudonikis' men on the Gold Coast.
On this day 25 years ago, a rather engaging piece by Roy Masters appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald.
As the club’s most famous coach, he had been invited to join Western Suburbs at their pre-season training camp in Currumbin on the Gold Coast.
He kicked off his colour piece by saying that women still had a fairly lowly position in rugby league in 1997…