Paul ‘Fatty’ Vautin
This weeks NNRL Player of the Week – Paul ‘Fatty’ Vautin The Fat as he is known, and has been since 1979 carved out an illustrious career with Brisbane Wests, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, St Helens and Easts (Sydney). He is of course best known now days for his role as host on Channel 9’s hit […]
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This weeks NNRL Player of the week – Steve Price Steve Price is considered one of the greats when it comes to front-rowers in the NRL. His leadership qualities and inability to go backwards helped him carve out an astounding career which he played for and captained both the Bulldogs and Warriors. Price’s career started […]
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This weeks NNRL Player of the Week – Petero Civoniceva This man lives and breathes no-nonsense. He has done it all when it comes to the game of rugby league. Petero made his NRL debut for the Brisbane Broncos in 1998 as a centre believe it or not. He played just 39 reserve grade matches before […]
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This weeks NNRL Player of the Week – Matt Cooper For a man chiselled out of stone the poor guy had his fair share of injuries. Had it not been for these unfortunate injuries Cooper would have easily become a member of the NRL’s 300 club. Making his debut for St George Dragons in the […]
Read Full StorySteve ‘Beaver’ Menzies
This weeks NNRL player of the week – Steve Menzies The Beaver is known to many in the rugby league world and is a legend to many more. A tall, solidly built unfortunate looking player who has stood the test of time, twice. Menzies made his debut for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles way back in […]
Read Full StoryBen Matulino
This weeks NNRL Player of the Week – Benedict Andrew Matulino Somewhat of a cult hero in New Zealand, Ben Matulino has not always been the league player we all know and love. Growing up he played the other code in Wellington at St Bernards College. Matulino didn’t last long in the 15 man game […]
Read Full StoryNathan Friend
This weeks NNRL Player of the Week – Nathan Friend Weighing in at 85kg dripping wet Nathan Friend, or ‘Friendy’ or even ‘The Hobbit’ oozes everything No Nonsense. Friend has always been the ‘small one’. When he was growing up in Toowoomba he took part in dog shows – as the dog. He was […]
Read Full StoryMichael Luck
This weeks NNRL Player of the Week – Michael Luck Lucky as he was known to team mates was born and breed in Gatton, Queensland. He made his professional debut with the North Queensland Cowboys in 2001 for whom he played 76 games, mostly off the bench. Having had a gutsful of playing bit part […]
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