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Mark Geyer
HERE we go ladies and gentlemen; it’s that time of the must lead the way and show his teammates the only way to
year again. win is through hard effort, not grabbing opponents’ testicles,
Christmas for us older league lovers arrives next not trying to rip open an opponent’s stitches on a head wound,
Wednesday in the form of State of Origin footy, and if you’re not slapping an opponent in the head when he is knocked out,
like me you simply can’t wait. not getting into a fi ght with a teammate, and most defi nitely
In what has been a miserable three months off the fi eld for not racially abusing an opponent.
rugby league, next Wednesday’s opener brings a sigh of relief It is going to take Gallen a long time to regain the status
as we try and put those forever occurring misdemeanours at he once held in our game but in the meantime might I suggest
the back of our minds as we centre our focus on the game’s an anger management programme? Trust me, it works
true showpiece. wonders.
Congratulations to all players but a special well done
to Panthers players Petero Civoniceva (QLD) and Michael Great to see ex-Panther legend Craig Gower going from
Jennings (NSW debut) who made their respective teams. Also, strength to strength in his new newly adopted code of rugby
at the time of writing Luke Lewis may well have found his union. Gowie has had his fair share of unwanted headlines in
way into the Blues line-up (should have been from the get years gone by but it would seem that the anonymity of life in
go) as Glenn Stewart awaits his judiciary fate. France has been the perfect fi t for he and wife Amanda. Over
The Canetoads are rightly favoured to take out this year’s the next couple of weeks he will don the blue jersey of Italy
series but don’t expect Craig Bellamy and his men to curl up and take on the Wallabies in Melbourne in what can only be
and choke. Here’s a stat that may help the baby Blues as they described as a sensational effort for one of the Penrith Panthers
try and scale the highest of highs. all-time favourite sons. Gowie and Amanda were both spotted
The last time a NSW team fi elded as many debutants at Westfi eld Penrith on Tuesday!
(eight) was back in 2001, and the score that night? 32-4 to
NSW! COME ON THE BLUES! Best of luck to the Panthers tonight as they travel to
Wollongong to take on the top of the table Dragons. With both
Racial vilifi cation reared its ugly head again last week teams without their Origin stars this really is a big chance for
when Sharks skipper Paul Gallen uttered a misguided attack Matt Elliott and his boys to consolidate their spot in the top
at Dragons young Polynesian player Micky Paea. Without four. Look for a big game from Trent Waterhouse who will
going into specifi cs Paul Gallen has got to pull his head in. lead his team out tonight in the absence of big Petero.
This is a bloke who can play the game as hard as the best of
905WWD1306 them but unfortunately he has a tendency to do things on the With all junior league games washed out last weekend let’s
footy fi eld that are quite ‘unmanly’. As captain (not anymore) hope that the sun starts to shine so that all those youngsters
of a club that is under siege like never before it is he who can do what they love doing most.
MG
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