Discipline is the key to success, says ‘Big Jim’

Saturday 3rd May 2008, 9:29AM BST.

The elder of the Elliott brothers has now been involved in Siams for a decade. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0488498)

IT WOULD be hard to argue against the fact that the ‘Big Jim’ tag belongs to James Regnard in the Guernsey Rugby Club.

However, it would not be out of place attached to Jim Elliott, who, as well as being solid as a rock, has something else in common with his No. 8 colleague – both are today looking to complete a hat-trick of Siam Cup wins.

Only Darren Jones of the current squad was also involved in the famous victories of last year and 2005. Elliott admitted that ‘it is not until you see it later on TV’ that a player can fully take in what happens in a Siam match because it goes by so quickly, but he recalled that the two victories had been contrasting ones.’