Very sad news. He will be celebrated for being Mr State of Origin, an Australian legend, but he left a massive impression way back in the 60s during his short time at Rovers. I was a ball boy at the time and I was awe struck by him.

RIP big guy,another legend of the game gone but never forgotten.

did'nt he organise a trip to the 4 nations this year with a group of aussies? i'm sure Colin Hutton went to Huddersfield and gave them all a rovers shirt.



R.I.P

Really sad news. Genuine legend.

Quote red al="red al"did'nt he organise a trip to the 4 nations this year with a group of aussies? i'm sure Colin Hutton went to Huddersfield and gave them all a rovers shirt. R.I.P'" He sure did mate, hullkr.co.uk/aussies-become-adopted-robins-728 Walked offa the pitch after breaking his leg for rovers against fc. A very hard player who was also a very nice fella. Did bundles with the young kids back in aus.

Quote red al="red al"did'nt he organise a trip to the 4 nations this year with a group of aussies? i'm sure Colin Hutton went to Huddersfield and gave them all a rovers shirt. R.I.P'" He sure did mate, hullkr.co.uk/aussies-become-adopted-robins-728 Walked offa the pitch after breaking his leg for rovers against fc. A very hard player who was also a very nice fella. Did bundles with the young kids back in aus.

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Didnt get the pleasure to see him play in the flesh but I have seen alot of Beetson on dvd, excellent player and a sad loss to RL.

saw him play 1968, he was a hardnut and a brill player , rip mate

Bit before my time but my Dad used to rave about how good Artie was. Widely regarded as the greatest prop ever to play the game. Sad day.

Had a few beers with him once.

Very easy guy to talk to.

I actually didn't recognise him at first. He was with a couple of guys i know who were former firstgraders and it was five minutes before i worked out where i knew the face from.

He came across as a guy with nothing to prove to anyone.

I had a beer with him on a GB tour (organised by Willow) and he recognised me as soon as we met up. I was known as raggy (of scoobydo) back then. Gavin Miller, a good friend of mine, was also there. Artie was great company. Its hard to come to terms he is no longer amongst us.

talk of his time at Hull KR on the national news in Australia tonight.