A MINUTE'S silence will be held before tomorrow's match between Featherstone Rovers and York City Knights for Terry Ramshaw, who passed away last Monday after a long illness, aged 74.

A top back-row forward, Ramshaw played for both clubs at either end of a distinguished 18-year career which also included spells at Halifax, Bradford, Wakefield Trinity, Salford, Hull KR and Oldham.

Featherstone chairman and Knights benefactor Mark Campbell said: “The game has lost another truly great player."

Ramshaw - dad of Keighley Cougars legend Jason Ramshaw, the former Knights assistant-coach and community chief - first joined Rovers in 1960 and enjoyed five seasons with the club, having debuted in the 1961-62 season.

A highlight came when he scored a superb try against the touring Australian side in 1963, helping the Colliers to a memorable shock win.

He was later a cornerstone of the Wakefield pack which got to within 80 minutes of the Challenge Cup final in 1969, and later still helped Salford to another notable victory over a touring side, the lauded New Zealand team of 1971.

He joined York in 1977, before retiring the following year, after helping the Wasps reach the old Yorkshire Cup final.

During his career he also got to the Yorkshire Cup final with Featherstone in 1963, the Championship final with Halifax in 1965, and the John Player Trophy final with Salford in 1973, but never came away with a winner's medal.