What an absolute shame, Syd and Shoey were my all time favourites at Leeds .I was lucky enough to visit Perth a couple of weeks ago and was thinking about Syd ,wishing he would walk around the corner so I could say hello and buy him a pint .
Never saw him play live, but he was the coach when I first started going to HQ. Sobering to think that he was amongst the scorers the last time we won the ashes. Sad to lose these legends.
Caught the very end of his playing career when he came back after breaking a leg (i might have actually been there when he broke it, if he was the player who was dropped by the stretcher bearers). Regardless he didn't play much after I started watching. He did however coach those great cup winning sides of 77 and 78 that kept me coming back ever since. RIP Syd.
