How influential on your career were your dad Ernie and your uncle Trevor?
I watched my dad play when I was a kid and I watched Trevor a lot when he played professionally. He was a big influence. I followed them into rugby, but if they’d played football, I’d have made a lot more money! Trevor and I never played against each other. I was at Hunslet in Division Two when he was in Division One. Then he went from Leeds to Keighley around the time I signed for Bradford Northern. It would have been frightening to play against him. As I’d seen him tackle, I’d have played on the other side of the pitch! He was a world-record signing for Hull, and he was due to captain the Great Britain tour in 1984 before he got injured, so he was clearly one of the top players.