Canberra Rugby League mourns Graham Willard, a pioneer of women's rugby league, coach of many successful teams.
The Canberra Region Rugby League wishes to acknowledge the passing of one of the pioneers of Women's Rugby League in Australia and the Canberra region, Graham Willard.
Graham was a passionate supporter of women's rugby league, coaching numerous teams in the 1990's locally, then the ACT representative teams and finally was the inaugural Jillaroos coach.
Players such as Cath Welch, Katrina Fanning, Maree Bush, Rom Emmanuel, Robyn Miller are just some of the players who had the privilege of being coached by Graham.
Graham had played with the North Sydney Bears (#598) in Sydney...