Shute Shield: Oh brother, Newcastle Wildfires looking forward to showdown with Gordon
By MARK CASHMAN
Newcastle Wildfires head coach Scott ‘Bubba’ Coleman like any younger sibling worth his salt knows how to get under the skin of his well-credentialed and storied big brother Darren.
So it’s of no surprise that the Round Six Shute Shield game in Newcastle was quickly highlighted once the draw was released a couple of weeks ago.
The Wildfires v brother Darren’s Gordon Highlanders and the campaign to put the wind up ‘big bro’ DC has already begun.
“Yeah the sledging has started already on our family What’s App group,” Scott said earlier this week.
“Darren started boasting about what his boys were going to do to my side when we first saw the draw and he’s just continued on.
“My plan though is to play the long game and ramp things up in the days leading up to that game. Darren’s very serious about his rugby and he gets pretty stressed out 24 hours out from kick-off.
“So that’s my time to up the barrage and annoy him so much