Rabbitohs stars hail Koori Knockout as the approach to offer back to rugby alliance
Taking part in the NSW Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout is the ultimate way to foster the growth of the game, that’s the word of South Sydney Rabbitohs stars Greg Inglis and Cody Walker.
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Inglis and Walker both bowed out in the opening round of the 2018 Koori Knockout at Apex Oval on Saturday, with Walker’s Walgett Aboriginal Connection falling to the Kempsey Dunghutti Bloodlines 12-4 before Inglis’ Wall Street Warriors going down 22-6 at the hands of Combined Countries.
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But they were just two of a multitude of NRL stars taking the field this weekend, with Rabbitohs teammate Brendon Burns, a Coonamble Bears junior, lining up for Castlereagh All Blacks as well.
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NSW Origin center James Roberts and outgoing Cronulla Shark Jesse Ramien, another Coonamble product, also played for Kempsey and the Panthers’ Tyrone Peachey returning home to play with Nanima Common Connections.
Gold Coast Titan Ash Taylor and Dally M prop of the year Andrew Fifita also took the field, all of them bringing an undeniable amount of star power to an already incredible-caliber competition.
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Walker said it was “awesome” the NRL and clubs had approved their players to take part.
“It’s just awesome if NRL players can pass on little tips here and there, whether it be the way we prepare for games or what we eat the night before
“If we can help a young kid – really inspire them to follow their dreams – because a lot of them want to be NRL players and if we can give them tops here and there then we’re doing our job.”
For Inglis, a multiple premiership-winner and Clive Churchill medallist, this year marked his first Knockout since playing with the Newcastle Yowies at just 15 years of age and the first since he has become a household name.
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It has also marked a return to the place it all began – playing footy in the front yards of Wall Street, Macksville.
The Rabbitohs, Melbourne Storm, Queensland, and Australian superstar said it’s as much about giving back as anything else too, though.
The Warriors club, formed by Inglis and his cousin Stephen Blair 12 months ago, featured about seven players under the age of 18 and the former said it was an absolute pleasure to take the field with them.
“We always talk about grassroots footy, and you never forget where you came from,” Inglis explained.
“The boys that come back here, they love it. I love coming back here and playing.
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“I’m just extremely proud. Obviously, it didn’t go our way but like I said, we’re a young side and we’ve got the future to look forward to.”
The competition will wrap up on Monday, with the Fifita-led Doonside Brown Bears taking on the La Perouse Panthers in one semi-final and the Newcastle All Blacks meeting the Bourke Warriors in the other.
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