March 9, 2015
The Kumbia Hotel is making a habit of attracting rugby league royalty to the South Burnett … last year it was the Walters brothers, on Saturday it was the turn of Allan “Alfie” Langer.
Langer, another part of the Broncos’ famous “Ipswich Connection”, is one of the finest half-backs Queensland has produced.
He captained the Broncos to their first premiership win in 1992, has won both the Clive Churchill and Rothmans medals and represented Australia in 25 games. He was a fixture in the Maroons’ State of Origin team during the 1980s-90s.
In one remarkable year – 1998 – Langer captained the Broncos to take out the NRL Premiership, the Maroons to a State of Origin series victory and Australia to a Test series win against New Zealand.
During his 12 years at the Broncos (1988-99 and his “comeback” year in 2002), Langer played 258 first grade games.
The “little general” had plenty of tips to share with Kumbia schoolchildren at a mini-coaching clinic held at the State School oval on Saturday afternoon.
The children were put through basic drills under Alfie’s watchful eye.
After working with the kids, Langer turned his attention to entertaining their parents.
The Kumbia Hotel was packed for the “pig-on-the-spit” dinner during which Langer shared a lifetime’s worth of rugby league anecdotes and posed for photos late into the night.
- Related article: Three Of The Best Pass On Tips
[Photos: southburnett.com.au, Adam and Jules Entwistle]
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