What was Darren like as a whippersnapper?
[Grins] He was a cheeky little fellow. We used to tie him up in the luggage racks by his shoelaces and tie. Any indications then that he’d become a man of the cloth? None. If anything, quite the opposite. He’s obviously had an epiphany somewhere. Mobile phones were once banned on racecourses. Should they bring back the same rule for rugby league players? [Laughs] You’d think so. What’s happened in rugby league this year has been astounding. There’s still a boy’s club culture and that needs to change. It has been changing but some are kicking and screaming all the way – they want it to be as it was 20 years ago. As the game’s been promoted, it’s attracted more women, which means the dynamics have changed. You have to accommodate them and league hasn’t. Does horseracing have similar issues about how it treats women? It did, but it’s not so much a gender-specific sport any more. In the jockey ranks perhaps it’s still a problem. But Gai [Waterhouse] has changed the way people think about w
