Peter Inskip was from Tamworth and went to Sydney to be a Bear and Bulldog in 1970, when that was done, he found his way to Wynnum and a Seagull. This goal kicking back became a vital link in the green and red chain.
Peter Inskip Q&A
You played at the Bulldogs and Bears in Sydney; how did the conversation go that got you to Wynnum in 1973?
I didn’t know anything about Wynnum or Brisbane league to be honest. Doug Kelly who played for Valleys and signed with Wynnum had links to the Bulldogs and he put Jim Geraghty onto us. Jim was the Wynnum president at the time and he came down to Sydney. John Rhodes picked up Jim at the airport and took him to the Leagues Club to sign Nev Hornery, then came to my house and signed me and John Rhodes. The three of us were off to Wynnum.
1975 Wynnum made the finals for the first time and made the reserve grade and third grade grand final so things were turning around. 1975 and finals for the Seagulls for the first time in 16 years.
We finished fifth and snuck in there, elimination final against Easts we hold on and win 9-7. John Dowling got a try and our fullback Bob Patterson scored, kick the goal and field goal. We’d been beaten by the Tigers just a few weeks earlier 27-4. Then we came up against Redcliffe and lost 22-15. We were down at half time 9-3 and came back to 15-15. Bunny Pearce scored a try and kicked five goals. He was just too good.
Four goals in the 1975 reserve grade grand final win over Norths Devils 23-9 and man of the match.
We made week two of the finals in A grade, won the reserve grade against Norths and won the third grade against Wests. It was a very positive year. I honestly believe we started the club moving forward towards greater success.
You played at No.6 and No.1 for Wynnum, what did you prefer?
I preferred fullback and just popping up everywhere, I always played fullback through juniors.
Did you enjoy goal kicking?
Not really, it was just something I did. I remember 'Bullfrog' Moore said to me once when I was at the Bulldogs, did I practice my kicking and I said 'yeah of course, I am always at the park'. I lied. I remember going to Balmain’s ground once to practice because we were playing the Tigers that week - just let myself in to see the best way to kick there. That was about the extent of it.
Do you have a favourite Nev Hornery story?
I have a few, he was very skilful on the field and he was great for the young players at Wynnum. If we went out and someone looked like getting in trouble, Nev would step in and solve the problem for him.
Why the move to the Gold Coast after Wynnum?
An opportunity came up and living on the Gold Coast didn’t seem too bad at all so we moved there and I kept playing. I captained coached at the Gold Coast Tigers we won the premiership in 1976 and 1977. Then coached the Vikings when they were in the State League. I got to play in 10 grand finals over my career and never lost one, I am pretty happy with that.
You got picked over Wayne Bennett in 1973 for Brisbane against Wide Bay?
We played Wests and I got man of the match playing No.6 and that must have impressed them, they picked me at fullback for Brisbane. I was always impressed by Bennett; he was hard to get a hold of in tackles. The Brisbane selectors didn’t pick Sattler or Des Morris for some reason in a selection shock. We got the win over Wide Bay 41-5.
