Danny Weidler shared a funny yarn from his early days in rugby league journalism involving NRL’s newest hall of fame inductee, the great Jack Gibson.
Speaking on Footy Talk’s The Journo’s Show, Weidler explained the Gibson once called for the reported to Sydney Roosters HQ after not liking an article he wrote about one of his players.
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Walking into one of Australian sports most successful and intimidating figures already made a young Weidler very nervous, more so when he saw a big german shepherd in his office “slobbering” everywhere.
Though, Gibson asked if the quotes from this certain player were true, when Weidler said they were, the legendary figure summoned the player himself and once it was confirmed, Gibson sacked him on the spot!
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