He has no idea who we are, but we wish him the best in the next chapter of his life. We’re excited that our fake think tank was a small part of his rugby league journey. We loved Sia when he played for the Roosters and we’ve loved him ever since – he’s been a great player and a great man. No one has ever enjoyed a bad season more than we did that year, the Roosters’ first without Freddy Fittler. He played 19 games that year, scoring six tries.Įach time he ran onto the field at home, TRI was credited as his sponsor on the big screen, as we were when he scored his two home tries, all to delirious celebrations. We were having so much fun it was ridiculous.Īfter attending the pre-season sponsors BBQ and getting an official sponsor’s polo shirt, we were excited to see Sia made his debut in Round 1 that year against Souths. Sure, my mate the graphic designer pulled one together using a silhouette from Queer Eye, which was popular at the time. “Do you have a logo?” asked the Roosters. Were we still a think tank or were we now an industrial hose enterprise? Who knows? Sure, we did! It was ‘The Pressure Specialists’. “Do you have a slogan?” asked the Roosters. He did, however, according to Wikipedia, “have a long and influential career in indoor cricket”.ĭid our contact at the Roosters make this connection? No. Rheinberger tasted premiership victory, with giants like Arthur Beetson, Ron Coote and Johnny Mayes, injured his shoulder during the 1976 pre-season and never played first grade again. He was a replacement for Mark Harris, who broke his leg the week before.
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It’s called The Rheinberger Institute, but we usually just shorten it to ‘TRI’.”Īt this point, the lark should have been up – John Rheinberger, as any true Roosters fan knows, played only two first grade games, the last of which was in the glorious 1975 grand final victory. We talked about the options and then wondered: “Do they check up on the companies? Do they do due diligence, or do they just write in whatever name you give them?”Īccordingly, we went back to the Roosters and said: “Well, in fact, we do have a company.
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They needed a company, because, I think, the sheet of paper the sponsorship guy had said “enter company name here”. Later in the email, Stringer wrote: My team and I will be speaking further to your team leaders about this process throughout the week, but at this point I. So, we said to the Roosters: “Do we need a company? Can’t we just be three guys who love the club?”Īpparently, we could not. The internal email said: I am writing to let you know that Denis Handlin will be leaving Sony Music Entertainment after more than 50 years with the Company, effective immediately.