Wests & The Kennel desperate to win in memory of Stan Pilecki

By Tim Mosey Wests take on Brothers at Sci-Fleet Stadium on Saturday for the Pilecki-Shaw Cup. The occasion will be marked with the inaugural Pilecki Lunch being held in conjunction with the clubs’ Old Boys Day. Stan Pilecki passed away this year. The Wallaby front rower affectionately known as ‘The Pole’ was an icon of Australian Rugby. Stan hailed from an era when players still smoked on the reserves bench. There is a famous photo doing the rounds with Stan sitting on the sideline, mid match, cigarette in hand. “Stan was always a larger than life character,” head coach of Wests Pat Byron remembered. “He was someone at Wests who always told it how he saw it. “He’d always talk with the players and coaches no matter how well we were going. He was always down at the club and that dedication rubbed off on everyone. “The players loved him. Everyone loved him.” This year’s Old Boys Day will be the first without the Bulldog stalwart in a
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