‘Bullying’ tactics won’t be repeated, insists Liston
“Back in 1984 John Todd was in charge of the Australian team and his thing was ‘look, we have to win at all costs.’ It was a case of, the first chance you get, if someone is in trouble, to bang the fella next to you’. I remember looking down the field and just like that everyone just turned and they drew on us. It was total violence and it set down a marker. Everyone just turned and banged.
“That was the start of it in ‘84. There was some nice series in between and then some bad sportsmanship. The rules are right now and hopefully we’ll get a good sporting contest and a good physical sporting contest to see how close we are.’’
