He was built so strongly that he was nicknamed “the Incredible Hulk”, but was quick enough to burst through traffic and away from flailing opponents. He could fly for big marks, kick long goals with his left or right boot with casual nonchalance, and tackle so hard that you wondered how his victim ever got up. He advertised oranges. And he had a starring cameo as Magpie strongman Tank O’Donohue in the film version of David Williamson’s The Club.

No wonder so many Collingwood fans loved Rene Kink.

Almost from the moment he burst onto the scene as a 16-year-old in 1973, Kink was a crowd favourite who carried the burden of expectation that he could be the excitement machine Collingwood so desperately wanted. In the years that followed he thrilled and tantalised and frustrated in equal measure.

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