The
twins Steve and Mark Waugh came from a sporting family. Their
paternal grandfather Edward was a greyhound trainer. Raised in the
North Coast town of Bangalow,
Edward earned selection for the New South Wales Country team in rugby
league.
He
was about to join Eastern
Suburbs in
the New
South Wales Rugby League,
but had to give up his career due to family reasons.Rodger was
Edward's only son and was promising tennis player, who was ranked
eighth in Australia in his junior years and was the state champion at
under-14 level.On the maternal side, Bev was a tennis player who won
the under-14 singles at the South Australian Championships. Her
eldest brother Dion Bourne was an opening batsman who played for
Bankstown in Sydney
Grade Cricket and
remains the leading runscorer in the club's history.
