Whether it’s this weekend or sometime in the future, our time at TG Millner is coming to an end. But before Eastwood move on to a new, exciting future, we asked some club greats about some of their best memories at one of the great Australian rugby fields.

John Cullen - Eastwood legend

“I originally played for Western Suburbs but when they were relegated from first grade, a friend convinced me to join Eastwood in 1953. That was the year Tommy Millner purchased the land for around £7000. He was a terrific fella and we all just called him Tommy. His only condition when he bought the land was that he never wanted to be paid back.

“It was seven acres completely covered with trees. It didn’t look anything like a rugby field.

“But we all got stuck in and began clearing the field. I was young, so it was my job to climb up as high as I could and put a rope around the trees. One of the fellas had a Ford Mercury, so we tied the rope to the back of his car and dragged the trees down that way.