Johan went onto international success, Plucker was the Aussie we all wanted and loved. Feared no one, took no grief and gave everything for the club. Baz Ham brought something we’d not seen before as younger players. A desire and will to win that was infectious as the article says. Baz would go up for LBW’s in the nets or if he nicked you off in practice he’d be in your face letting you know. He turned nets into a battle and he challenged you constantly. That challenge really turned the beliefs of a lot of the team. Not only could and would we compete, we’d get on the front foot and make sure we won games we’d probably have lost in previous years.

Like Hara in ’99 and 2000. Baz Ham was a man the club needed in ’03.