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Sean O’Loughlin OBE
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:20 pm
by josie andrews
Wigan Warriors legend and assistant coach @seanol13 visited Windsor Castle today to receive his OBE for services to Rugby League.
https://twitter.com/wiganwarriorsrl/sta ... 12736?s=12
Re: Sean O’Loughlin OBE
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:15 pm
by Wintergreen
Well deserved. He wasn't the most talented, and imo was a blinking liability in his early years.
However, and it is a big however, his obvious work ethic paid dividends and by the end of his career he was a very very good RL player.
A credit to his sport.
Re: Sean O’Loughlin OBE
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2023 11:41 pm
by Charriots Offiah
Congratulations Lockers. One of the best rugby players and an even better person.
Re: Sean O’Loughlin OBE
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 5:41 am
by josie andrews
Charriots Offiah wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 11:41 pm
Congratulations Lockers. One of the best rugby players and an even better person.
That’s true.
Re: Sean O’Loughlin OBE
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 5:50 am
by josie andrews
Wintergreen wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:15 pm
Well deserved. He wasn't the most talented, and imo was a blinking liability in his early years.
However, and it is a big however, his obvious work ethic paid dividends and by the end of his career he was a very very good RL player.
A credit to his sport.
I disagree completely with your first statement!
I watched Lockers from him playing at St Pats & through his academy years. I could see then the potential & even told him at 18, he would take over the captaincy from Andy Farrell. (You can ask him the about the last bit)
He became the best attacking & passing Loose Forward of his generation. As to being a liability when he was young, that’s how a person learns by their mistakes.
A credit to his family, the sport, Wigan Warriors & the town of Wigan.
Re: Sean O’Loughlin OBE
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 8:18 am
by jaws1
Had a good chat with Sean I was brought up with his dad and Uncle Kevin on Norley Hall such a nice lad he gave me time of day .Keirons family was such a nice family His dad always wore a tie and i think a trilby and was always courteous always saying hello when passing .
Re: Sean O’Loughlin OBE
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 8:31 am
by PJC
Sean O’Loughlin was an extremely talented player. It shows much about his character when you consider that he took on the captaincy at a young age when the team were performing poorly and threatened with relegation and came through it .
I often thought that it was a pity for him that over the years he wasn’t able to play behind consistently strong packs.
