By Mark Cashman

Sad to hear that one of the real lifters in our game Barry Want passed away last weekend.

Want was a life member at the now defunct St George club as well as Southern Districts and did a number of roles in the wider game including acting as a selector for the all conquering Sydney sides of the 1990s and the Rugby World Cup winning Wallabies in 1999.

Around The Traps spoke to one of his great mates Peter Fenton earlier this week about his passing.

“He was a true selector and I vividly remember him telling me I had to go and watch this kid playing for Sydney Uni who were playing in the second division then,” Fenton said.

“It was Nick Farr-Jones, so that gives you an idea about the good eye that he had for emerging talent.”

Want played 127 games for St George, ending up at tightwad prop after some time in the back row after starting his Shute Shield career on the wing as an 18-year-old winger.

He also was one of the key movers in the formation of the Classic Wallabies.

Yes, a good man gone.