Rod Reddy

Arguably the most influential forward in the competition from 1977 to 1979, when a key figure in two Saints premierships and part of Australian teams that retained the Ashes in 1978 and 1979. Originally from Rockhampton, was only 17 when he played his first game for St George — a reserve-grade trial against Wests in February 1972 — and was immediately compared to Norm Provan. Made his first-grade premiership debut three months later and was in the NSW side before his 20th birthday. Injuries kept him out of the finals series in 1975, but two years later he was chief catalyst for the young Saints’ team’s stunning surge to the premiership. Was equally superb in the ’79 Grand Final, when he was a dominant figure in the first half (St George led 17–2 at half-time) and scored Saints third try

Played a total of 239 games for St George and Illawarra