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By STEVE MASCORD, Sydney Morning Herald, Friday January 31 1997 ROD REDDY first walked onto Kogarah Oval some time very early in 1972, as an 18-year-old from central Queensland.  He doesn't remember much about the training session; there was certainly very little that night to indicate he would go on to play 16 Tests for Australia, or star on two…

By STEVE MASCORD DEAN Schifilliti is best remembered as one of Illawarra’s ‘Spaghetti Twins’ – the rather politically incorrect name given to the hooker and fellow Italian-descended forward Neil Piccinelli. ‘Skiff’ still describes himself the way continental immigrants and their kids did in the eighties – as “ethnic” – but his 12-year career had more to offer than syllables, with…