Jake Duke interviews Roosters legend Anthony Minichiello about mentorship from Ricky Stuart, air time 7:30pm AEDT Tuesday on Fox League.
Watch Jake Duke go Face to Face with Roosters legend Anthony Minichiello on Fox League at 7:30pm AEDT on Tuesday!
They say the best mentors see things in individuals that they themselves can't - and thankfully for Roosters and NSW Blues fans, that exactly what Ricky Stuart did for an up-and-coming Anthony Minichiello.
The legendary Roosters and NSW fullback has paid tribute to the current Raiders coach for instilling him with the belief that he was born to be a No.1, after playing the majority of his junior career in the centres.
In tonight's Face to Face episode on Fox League, Minichiello recounts the Rooster's 2002 premiership year, when then-new head coach Stuart was forced to make a call on fullback between Mini and prodigious Broncos transfer Justin Hodges.
"They made a change and Ricky Stuart came in as coach. He said 'everyone thinks the Roosters are the soft underbelly, the latte boys and all that'. We're going to be the fittest team in the NRL," Minichiello recalled to Face to Face host Jake Duke.