Originally Posted by
Tallaght Tiger
Another from the dark days of the late seventies through to the more optimistic mid eighties when Mal lifted the spirits.
Pinner was a very good player and captain of GB for the home series against New Zealand, GB had a very good team then after the hammerings from "The Invicibles" at the start of the 80`s, maybe just short of two/three form props at the same time, Ward, Crooks, Harrison, Big Brendan, Waddell, Platt and Medley never seemed to be on song together for tests. To be named captain in them teams was no mean feat.
Haggerty missed him when he left as he used to over run Cooper during his first season, with that Roy staccato run and step but with Pinner it seemed easy, yeah another "good`un" was Harry.