ManlyBacker
Winging it
Manly players were granted a rare audience with the NRL's richest major backer, Yevgeny Kaspersky.
Having recently extended his sponsorship deal with the Sea Eagles, the eccentric Russian tycoon - believed to be worth $900 million - wined and dined players and officials at the Overseas Passenger Terminal in Circular Quay during the week.
He regaled the players - including Jamie Lyon, Keiran Foran, Jason King and George Rose - with some cracking yarns in his broad Russian accent.
Legend has it that when his son was kidnapped, Kaspersky - a former security specialist with the KGB - rang the Russian president and son Ivan was returned unharmed the next day.
Onlookers were amused to find that the 46-year-old's drink of choice was a double-scotch on ice. ''We all expected him to order vodka,'' an attendee said.
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/storm-salary-cap-scandal-sends-top-players-scarpering-from-banned-agents-20120526-1zbow.html#ixzz1vzBadTk5
Having recently extended his sponsorship deal with the Sea Eagles, the eccentric Russian tycoon - believed to be worth $900 million - wined and dined players and officials at the Overseas Passenger Terminal in Circular Quay during the week.
He regaled the players - including Jamie Lyon, Keiran Foran, Jason King and George Rose - with some cracking yarns in his broad Russian accent.
Legend has it that when his son was kidnapped, Kaspersky - a former security specialist with the KGB - rang the Russian president and son Ivan was returned unharmed the next day.
Onlookers were amused to find that the 46-year-old's drink of choice was a double-scotch on ice. ''We all expected him to order vodka,'' an attendee said.
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/storm-salary-cap-scandal-sends-top-players-scarpering-from-banned-agents-20120526-1zbow.html#ixzz1vzBadTk5