A long overdue honor & about bloody time IMO
Otablu / Kiwis / Rugby League Legend & a genuinely humble top notch bloke as well
I've had the honor of meeting the great man on a few occasions both as a kid & an adult & it's something I'll truly never forget
Back in the day when the Kiwis played the Roos Mark Graham was the only player we had that they genuinely feared, so much so that it was actually part of the Roos gameplan to take Graham out of the game by any means necessary if he was playing
In Graham Lowe's book ...
Lowe & Behold ... Lowe does not hold back on his praise for the great man & considered Graham not only an integral part of any team he played for, but quite simply
The Greatest Rugby League Player Of His Generation
That's extremely high praise when you also consider Graham played in the same era as men such as Lewis, Sterling, Kenny, Price, Meninga, Pearce, Hanley, Schofield, McGahan, Bell, The Sorenson Brothers ... just to name a few off the top of my head
Mark Graham = A True Rugby League Immortal in my book
Captain Indestructible in the famous blue strip of Otahuhu sitting front row to the left of Coach Lowe ...
Graham in ball playing mode for the North Sydney Bears ...
Graham breaking the line for The Kiwis against The Roos ...
Mark Kerry Graham Born 29 September 1955 (age 62)
Height: 191 cm (6ft 3in) Weight: 90kgs Position: Second Row
Teams: Otahuhu mid-late 1970's, Brisbane Norths 1979-80, North Sydney 1981-88 - 145 games 29 Tries 1 Goal 105 Points
Wakefield Trinity 1988 Representative: Auckland mid-late 70's, New Zealand 1977-88 - 28 games 7 tries 28 points (wiki says 24 points ???)
Head Coach: Auckland Warriors 1999-00 Games 50 Won 18 Draw 2 Lost 30 Win% 36 (ouch ... almost didn't put that in there lol)