The Coaches: Architects of Shamrock Success
The Club's first coaches played as Captain-Coach. The first was Bobby Brown who coached for the first 2 years and then played on for a further 2 years tallying 54 games. A succession of one season coaches came and went in those formative years – Max Aitken from Bude (aka "The Duke of Cornwall") who helped the Club get its first premiership in 1972; Dave Ramanui, a kiwi; and Terry Lawton. The Blood Cup, Shamrocks Blood Worth Bottling Dexter Porter came to Shamrocks in 1975 as a non-playing coach with the reputation of being "a club-builder" and coached until the...
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