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The Kaiviti Silktails rugby league team are already back home in Fiji, after their season was ended early for a second straight year because of Covid-19.
The rise of former Mackay Cutters team-mates and house-mates Nicho Hynes and Aaron Booth helped inspire Jordan Grant to keep pursuing his NRL dream while forced to sit out last season due to COVID-19. Grant, who made his NRL debut alongside Hynes and Booth in Melbourne’s 48-4 defeat of Newcastle last Saturday, lived with the pair in 2018 but thought he’d never get to play with them again after they joined the Storm. While Hynes and Booth were part of Melbourne’s 2020 premiership-winning squad, Grant spent the season in limbo as all second-tier competitions were cancelled. Living in Brisbane, the 26-year-old worked as a bank teller and trained with former Wests Tigers hooker Manaia Cherrington in the hope of finally getting a chance to play in the NRL.
SP PNG Hunters Buoyed By Backline Strength SP PNG Hunters hope to begin a mid-season charge with the return of key backline combinations for Saturday’s Intrust Super Cup clash with Mackay Cutters at Bycroft Oval. Winger Brendon Gotuno is among the returning players, three months after he broke his arm in the opening minutes of the last clash between the Hunters and the Cutters in Mackay. The Hunters overcame Gotuno’s injury to sizzle through three tries in 14 minutes in one of the best passages of football since they arrived at their Gold Coast base for the 2021 season. Since then, the Hunters have dealt with an unlucky injury run that has tested their depth away from home. They’re now waiting with other teams to see if the Queensland Government will lift a COVID lockdown at 6pm tomorrow night to enable Round 12 of the competition to proceed.
Premium Content Subscriber only A superfan took to the field during the Intrust Super Cup clash between Mackay Cutters and Northern Pride on Saturday. During the first half of rugby league, play was stopped when the fan charged onto the field and tracked down Cutters’ halfback Ata Hingano. Once the fan spotted Hingano, he quickly changed direction and embraced the Cowboy. The two had a quick hug before the young man was escorted off the field. The young man’s parents also entered the field of play to help the Phoenix Place member off the pitch to the standing ovation from the crowd.
Teenage back-rower Teui Robati could become Brisbane’s second debutant in as many weeks while Anthony Milford will get a third chance in first grade as the Broncos search for replacements for suspended duo Matt Lodge and Tyson Gamble. Milford is set to partner Albert Kelly in the halves after the marquee playmaker was told to sit out Sunday’s Intrust Super Cup game for Souths Logan after the Broncos were advised of Gamble’s crusher tackle charge and one-game suspension. The 26-year-old had held talks with coach Kevin Walters after being dropped for the second time this year and with Gamble taking the one-game ban Milford will get a chance to partner fellow livewire Kelly against Melbourne on Thursday night.
Rugby League by Chris Honnery Premium Content Subscriber only Anthony Milford will be back for the Broncos this week as coach Kevin Walters reached out to the club's former strength and conditioning expert Dean Benton ahead of Thursday's clash with Melbourne. Watch The 2021 NRL Telstra Premiership Live & On-Demand with No Ad-Breaks During Play. New to Kayo? Try 14-Days Free Now > However, with halfback Tyson Gamble suspended for one week after taking the early guilty plea for a crusher tackle, Milford is expected to be pitchforked into the side to face the Storm at Suncorp Stadium. Kelly was kept busy during his return to the NRL on Saturday night, with GPS data recording him running a total of nine kilometres throughout the entire game.
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But his time away from the game was not deprived of benefits, as he became a teacher aide at Heatley State School. Bell said it gave him something to get up for every morning, while also an insight into what life after rugby league may be for him. He said football was never going to last forever, but his experience working with the school students opened his eyes to a new future he had not previously considered. NRL; North Queensland Cowboys training at Queensland Country Bank Stadium. Michael Bell . Picture: Alix Sweeney “I really enjoyed it. It was awesome. I’d never really done something like that before,” Bell said.
Premium Content Subscriber only When Jarrod Mullen went down in round one of the Intrust Super Cup the former NRL star immediately feared the worst. The former Newcastle Knights player's fairytale return to rugby league was soured when he injured himself in a tackle as the Falcons lined up against the Northern Pride. The 33-year-old dislocated his shoulder and was in a bad way as he was taken to hospital. "Because it took so long to go back in - two and a half hours - the longer they're out of place more the more damage you can do," Mullen said.