The Gladiators (photograph)

The 1963 NSWRFL season#Grand Final between long term rivals Western Suburbs and St George was played in a torrential downpour on Saturday, 24 August.

At the conclusion of the hard-fought match, which was won by St George, the captains of the two teams, the tall Norm Provan and more diminutive Summons respectively, embraced in appreciation of each other's stoic efforts.

In 2008 the Western Suburbs Magpies celebrated their centenary by inducting six inaugural members into the club's Hall of Fame.

Its sculptured design is similar to the Winfield Cup trophy, which, despite its name, was introduced for the 1982 NSWRFL season.

It is a three-dimensional cast of a famous photo called The Gladiators,[3] which depicts a mud-soaked Norm Provan of St. George and Arthur Summons of Western Suburbs embracing after the 1963 NSWRFL season's Grand Final.