One of the most respected front-rowers of rugby league’s modern era has jumped on Gus Gould’s Bulldogs bandwagon for 2023.
Former Kiwi skipper Roy Asotasi has joined the Canterbury staff on a part-time basis.
In a game that has many Islander players, there are few coaches or administrators of Islander extraction – and Asotasi will help correct that imbalance.
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The many young Polynesian players at the Bulldogs worship the former Test prop.
Asotasi played for both the Kiwis and Samoa and had a distinguished 12-year career in the NRL with the Bulldogs and Rabbitohs, playing over 200 games in the engine room, before finishing his career with Warrington in England.
“He made a guest appearance this week and the young guys were in raptures over him,” Bulldogs boss Gould told Wide World of Sports.
“He said he’d like to help mentor kids in our Academy program.
“The more the merrier. You can never have too many good people in your football club and it’s great to have him on board.”
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