Maroons, Broncos and Roosters nice Trevor Gillmeister has mentioned his glittering profession in rugby league together with the legendary 1995 State of Origin collection and enjoying underneath Arthur Beetson.
Known as ‘The Axe’, attributable to his hard-hitting tackling approach, Gillmeister performed 233 video games throughout 11 seasons in addition to representing Queensland 22 occasions.
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Gillmeister captained the Maroons to an upset 3-0 collection sweep of the Blues in 1995, one of many biggest moments in Queensland rugby league historical past.
The Maroons have been huge underdogs that 12 months, because of the Super League-aligned gamers not being eligible for Origin.
That dominated out gamers from the Brisbane Broncos, which made up a lot of the Queensland backline.
“I think we had 9-10 debutants for that series,” Gillmeister stated.
“I remember (coach) Fatty Vautin rung me up and told me he was the coach, and I started laughing and said is this a gee up then he said what’s so funny? You’re the captain.”
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“Fatty spoke to me before camp and asked how should he approach the series, I said well we aren’t going to beat them on talent or skill but we’ll beat them on mateship and having a crack.
“That’s what we did and we beat them in all three games.”
Gillmeister additionally detailed his time on the Roosters, the place he performed underneath the legendary Arthur Beetson.
“I loved playing when Arthur was coach, he was more like a second father to us Queenslanders who didn’t have any family down there.
“I can’t thank Arthur enough for what he did for my career.”
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