Anthony Barranca - my best captain

One of the best captains I had the pleasure of playing for and with, is a man by the name of Mark Hullet.

He had a great cricket brain, but it was how he managed the team and more so the individuals within the team, a real man manager.

I’ll never forget when we were playing in our first grand final and we were all in a tight circle and he made it clear that the 11 blokes that were going to take to the field that day could share in something very special together and that the odds of the same 11 guys to get the chance to do it again was extremely unlikely.

“This side will never be the same 11 ever again”!

It really made me think about the opportunity ahead and that I would do anything for the other 10 men taking the field. He was right, we won, and those same 11 blokes were never a team again even though we won 3 premierships in 4 years.