By Kirra Livingstone
THE Beerwah Bulldogs 2020 premiership winning coach and captain, Jordan Meads, has been named the captain of the first ever Greek World Cup team.
Meads played for the Bulldogs from 2018-2020 when the club still competed in the Brisbane rugby league competition and said he loved being a part of the A-Grade side.
“I’m super blessed to have the Beerwah bulldogs as part of my journey,” he said.
“I was really fortunate to had have that opportunity at such a proud club and incredibly grateful for the opportunity.”
The 30-year-old has quite the career under his belt, having been signed at the New Zealand Warriors in 2011 for a few years and playing in France and the UK.
But once the opportunity came up to potentially play rugby league for his home country at an international level, he couldn’t pass it up.
“I’ve got a young family and a really good career so for me the World Cup is the pinnacle and I’m just super excited to represent our nation on a world scale,” he said. He has been playing for the Greek side since 2014 in the European Championships and has been the captain of the team ever since his second game.
However, the team haven’t been eligible to play in the Rugby League World Cup but won through to the tournament through the qualifying rounds.
“It was a pipe dream five years ago to make it into the world cup and against all odds and against all the adversity we have faced we have just kept winning,” he said.
“And although we are extremely fortunate, we are really proud of the effort we have put in to get to this stage because it was certainly a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get there.”
The World Cup is hosted by England and starts on October 15.
Greece is in Group A and will face England, France and Samoa in the opening rounds.