Aussie cricketers’ VERY cheeky requests when they met the Queen are remembered as footy boss recalls hilarious exchange with her majesty and codes reveal how they’ll pay tribute to monarch
- Numerous Australian sporting codes will pay tribute to the Queen this weekend
- ARLC boss Peter V’Landys said NRL finals will have a minute’s silence pre-game
- Likes of AFL, football and cricket expected to follow suit as a mark of respect
- Legendary Aussie cricketer Dennis Lillee once asked Queen for her autograph
- She declined due to royal protocols, Lillee was later sent a signed photograph
- Fellow cricketer Rodney Hogg once stated Queen had ‘nice pins’ with her nearby
- Full coverage: Click here to see all our coverage of the Queen’s passing
Racing NSW boss and Australian Rugby League commission chair Peter V’landys has paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, recalling her ‘mischievous’ smile and wicked sense of humour at a dinner earlier this year.
The NRL is expected to hold a minute’s silence prior to this weekend’s finals fixtures with the AFL, football and cricket expected to follow suit as a mark of respect for the 96-year-old monarch.
V’landys, in his capacity as chief executive of Racing NSW, was seated next to the Queen for a dinner at Royal Ascot in June earlier this year.
The Queen was a racing enthusiast – her own horse Estimate won the 2013 Ascot Gold Cup – and V’landys gifted her a replica of The Everest trophy as thanks for the invitation.
‘She asked why I didn’t give her the original one and my response was, “The original has about 6,000 diamonds on it, that’s more than you’ve got”,’ V’landys told AAP on Friday.
‘The room stopped when she walked in, it was like we were looking at an angel.
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