Josh Morris

I loved his loyalty to his players, how protective he was.

You know, there were certain journalists that weren't allowed into Belmore at stages because they'd written a bad story about one of the boys.

But, yeah, the way he worked.

But the way...

His game plans were so detailed and I would go out and it was almost like I knew the opposition better than they knew themselves.

Yeah, wow.

And that level of confidence it brought to my game made me a better player.

And, you know, Desi's a unique character.

The general public don't get to see what Desi's actually like because when the cameras aren't in front of him, he's completely different.

He's quite...

Quite funny.

Yeah, he lives around the corner.

Yeah, he was our neighbour.

People don't know that he was a... Actually, he's born in Kiama.

Is he?

Well, the funny stories was when, like, because he got the house there with the picket fence and then the beach whenever there was big surf.

Mate, he would be on a knife's edge at training.

He'd be pacing and we're like, what's the matter, mate?

He goes, I might lose my ass today.

We're like, well, you shouldn't have built it on a fucking beach.