NRL: Rugby League Immortal Wally Lewis sits down for a face to face interview to talk through his career and State of Origin.
Maroons great Wally Lewis has opened up on his unceremonious removal as the Brisbane Broncos captain role as during the 1990 NSWRL season.
Describing the meeting in which Bennett delivered the news to him, Lewis explained: “He called me in and said ‘I’m taking the captaincy off you.’ Lewis clarified that it wasn’t just the removal of him as Broncos captain that frustrated him, but also the general sense of the club transitioning away from their inaugural captain.“It wasn’t just the captaincy. I’d been moved . Kevvie was playing five-eighth and I was playing lock. Which didn’t go too well,” he said.
Kevin Walters featured in the halves every game during that campaign including in the club’s preliminary final loss to Canberra, a match Lewis was resigned to coming off the bench in. That loss ended up being Lewis’ final for the Broncos, who cited salary cap constraints as a reason for not being able to retain Lewis’ services.
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