Pegasus Post: September 04, 2018

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MATCH-WINNER: Alex Todd was named man of the match in the Pat Smith
Trophy final win against the Hornby Panthers. PHOTO: ANDREW AUIMATAGI
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in league final
• By Jacob Page
IT’S SAFE to say, Linwood Keas
vice-captain Alex Todd is the man for
the big occasion.
The hard-working prop was awarded
the Mel Cooke Memorial Trophy as man
of the match in the Canterbury rugby
league club grand-final for the second
year running last Sunday.
The 29-year-old had done plenty of
hard yards in the middle of the park and
was still able to find the energy to take
an off-load from halfback Daniel Hartley
and crash over the line for the matchwinning
try 2min from full-time.
Todd’s heroics secured the Keas a
20-16 win, after they were trailing 14-16,
against a gallant Hornby Panthers at
Rugby League Park, ensuring Linwood
would be the first club since 1981 to
win three finals in a row and lift the Pat
Smith Trophy.
“Finals are always amazing games
with the big crowd and the atmosphere,
I always want to give it everything to get
the win,” he said.
“Let’s face it, afterwards you can have a
rest for a few weeks,” he joked.
Todd said it was an honour to win the
Mel Cooke Memorial Trophy.
“To play in a final is something special
but to be considered the best on the
ground and win an award named after
someone like Mel Cooke is great.”
Cooke was a Hornby loose forward
who represented the Kiwis 23 times
between 1959 and 1964.
In 1962 Cooke was captain of the first
Canterbury team to win the Northern
Union Cup from Auckland at the then
Addington Showgrounds and was
named in the New Zealand Rugby
League all century team.
Todd debuted for the Keas premier
team 10 years ago as a fresh-faced
18-year-old.
Keas coach Andrew Auimatagi said
Todd deserved credit for his gamewinning
try.
“For a prop to be pushing up and looking
for a pass after a tough 80min like
that is nothing short of exceptional,” he
said.
Todd said he didn’t check to see if the
referee was going to award the try before
being congratulated by his teammates.
“I took the pass and put (the ball)
down and it was close to a (defender’s)
boot but I got up and just started celebrating,”
Todd said.
Auimatagi said: “He’s not a guy who
says a lot but the boys love playing with
him and for him. He’s the kind of guy
who sets a quality example for the young
players and that performance certainly
showed it.”