This is the same school that produced Australia Rugby Union Wallaby star Adam Ashley-Cooper, Scottish and British Lions player Nathan Hines, Olympic Marathon runner and City to Surf winner, Martin Dent and icon of The Entrance Cricket Club & Mingara, Michael Thorpe.
At the end of 1999, North Sydney merged with arch rivals Manly-Warringah to form the Northern Eagles as part of the NRL's rationalisation policy.
Stringer played with South Sydney until the end of the 2004 NRL season although his time there wasn't successful with the club finishing last in 2003 and 2004.
[4] Stringer was a key player in Parramatta's Minor Premiership in 2005 and again earned representative honours as a starting prop for the Country Origin side.
[7] Having been forced to retire prematurely in 2006 due to a neck injury, Stringer began as head coach of the Wyong Roos in 2007.
Having withdrawn from the Central Coast competition and joined the much stronger Newcastle Rugby League, Stringer led the club to a grand final appearance in his first year in charge, losing to Lakes United.