Volunteer of the Week - Timothy Burgess Coogee Oval Ground Announcer

Interest in rugby was sparked when I started at St Josephs College, Hunters Hill 1990 where rugby is more a religion than religion itself.

Played rugby for Joeys from under 12s ending with 2nds and 3rds in 1995; after school played with Southern Districts.

Favourite players to watch
Randwick: Tim Wright he's a local product and great leader on and off the field
Super 15: Kurtley Beale, great player with a X factor
Wallabies: Quade Cooper hitting a good patch of play leading into the World cup

Best thing about announcing at Coogee is meeting a lot of the players and supporters and also having the ability to give Sydney Uni supporters some stick and make them choke on the cucumber sandwiches.

Best country visited would have to be Russia because of the women, the culture, the women, the vodka and the women.

Game day story........ Sydney Uni supporter trying to heckle me before I told him to "sit down, shut up and have another pie, you clown"; the Sydney Uni crowd then applauding me for getting this goose to shut his mouth for the rest of the game. Handshakes and thank yous given to me after the game by Uni.

Pre-match ritual comes from the book of Tommy Raudonikis: 12 cigarettes, 3 cans of red bull and a steak sandwich and I'm good to go!