WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Dave Fitter Dave was one of our colts in 1997 He left Melbourne to travel north in order to further his rugby career as a prop He played senior club rugby for Sydney University and played super rugby for the Brumbies and the Force Dave won two wallaby caps against England and Wales in 2005

Tamaiti Horua Tamatai was born in Nelson in the southern part of the Eastern Islands. However, he learnt his rugby in Melbourne under the watchful eye of his father Kingi Tamaiti joined the Western Force, this year, from Japan, where he spent the past two seasons with the Toyota club. Prior to that, the flanker was a regular at the Brumbies, having made his Super rugby debut against the Blues in 2002. He played for the Australian U21s in 2001 and captained the team the following year, later representing Australia A in 2003 and 2005. A one-time captain of the Canberra Vikings and touted as a future skipper of the Brumbies, Tamaiti’s experience and no nonsense style will be well received at the Western Force.

Colts 1983 Back Row: A.Stuart-Menteth, C.Taylor, J.Bott, R.Coe, K.Lester, H.Mosley, B.Cohen, E.Baillieu Centre Row: P.Ryan, P.Dunphy, D.Manson, C.Schowatter Front Row: C.Hewitt, J.Anghie, P.Buckley, N.Reid Andy Stuart-Menteth is the proprietor of Sports Conscious in Brighton Ted Baillieu (the hairy one on the top right) is the Leader of the Opposition in Victoria

Ken Stokes Older club members would remember club legend Ken Stokes Ken was a no nonsense, tough second rower who played with us in the seventies Stokesy left the RAAF and went on to be a co-owner and managing director of Hunter Aerospace Hunter Aerospace carry out the maintenance on the FA/18 fighter and were given the contract to build the Hawk Trainer. Ken and his partners recently sold Hunter Aerospace to BAe Systems He is now quite well off

Ralph Waters And even older members will remember Ralph Waters. Ralph was a speedy winger and also edited The Unicorn which was our club magazine in the early seventies After leaving Melbourne, Ralph went on to become CEO of Email before it was taken over He has recently retired as CEO of Fletcher Building and now amuses himself with his half dozen directorships Ralph is not speaking at a meeting of one of his boards. He is singing a song he wrote many years ago, in collaboration with Rod McLeod, called "A Hairy Arse." And sung to the tune of "Aquarius."

Nigel Farrow Big Nigel, AKA Dragon, has played 96 first grade games for Melbourne, and was a member of the 1998 premiership team, playing at lock. Since a bad fall from a quad bike when not wearing a helmet, Dragon has been living with his mother in Clifton, Qld. He played full forward in the local AFL team, kicking 8 goals for the season. Nigel is on his way to the UK to play for Northwich RUFC. Northwich is the home of former rampant unicorns Jaffa and Goof, and was once the home of Paul ‘Geezer’ Johnson and Nick ‘The Black Pearl’ Blake.