COURIER-MAIL: Reds Show
Their Ware [Joining the Queensland Reds in
Argentina]
Friday, March 11, 1994
By
ANDREW DAWSON
Michael Ware's head was in a spin when he tumbled
from his motorcycle and was seriously injured in
early 1990. Yesterday Ware's life was again in a
spin, this time in celebration of his call to
reinforce the 28-man Queensland rugby union touring
party in Argentina.
The GPS hooker, 24, will leave today for South
America after answering an SOS from Queensland coach
John Connolly to replace first-choice hookers Michael
Foley (ribs) and Brendan Cannon (concussion).
An associate to Mr Justice Tony Fitzgerald, Ware has
dropped everything at work to grab a chance, which
first emerged in 1990. That season Connolly had gone
to a club match between GPS and University at St
Lucia to check the form of Anthony Herbert and Isei
Siganiyavi, but came away raving about Ware.
Ware was bound for the state reserves bench in the
match against Auckland when, one week later, he was
thrown from his bike in a collision with a car.
Ware sustained head and back injuries, and a broken
and dislocated shoulder, while bruising of his brain
affected his memory and concentration. As a result,
he did not play again until 1992.
"I came back in 1992 but my shoulder kept
dislocating," Ware said. "I saw Dr Peter Myers and he
diagnosed it as a broken shoulder and put me in for a
reconstruction. Last season I missed two-thirds of
the season recovering from the operation but played
the last seven matches."
Ware, his frame as light as 87kg when he returned,
has started this season weighing 103kg after
undertaking a weights and dietary programme in the
off-season.
Ware is originally out of the Alex Evans stable after
being coached by the former Wallaby assistant coach
throughout his secondary schooling at Brisbane
Grammar School.
Ware could be thrust straight into Sunday's match
against the powerful Tucuman.