Buttface
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A hydraulic lift thing of some kind i think?
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stevied
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Granite's too hard.
hank37w
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So is getting a brain for him. 🤣
king_sirro
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Yeah Benny's incident with Mario was that he bit his own arm then showed the ref and said Mario did it. Great player Benny, the greatest hooker of all time, but a low person
Tom Shines
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The incident Im referring to is well known between Fenech and Elias and I first heard about it 40 years ago …( and several times since) you are likely referring to a separate incident ( or maybe Johnstone even said similar) …its not like Fenech only had one blue during his career.. he was an absolute lunatic on the field and always punching on when he played at Souths
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Go_You_Good_Things
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And as Balmain was in it's death throes . . . he bled them dry for his own financial gain. Great guy !
Yet the media praises him as some sort of revered legend.
Yes. The lift at the back of a truck.
That's what I heard anyway
Buttface
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Falcon got white line fever different bloke off the field.
Buttface
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Yeah as an apprentice I remember the boss pointing at something like that saying Piggins invented that is is making a killing off it. Good idea. Good luck to him.
My dad knew George and Jack Gibson when they had vested business interests - nurseries and trucks. Always said what astute business man George was.
Tiger_Fanatic3
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Buttface
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I heard the same, a nice guy but not if you were lazy.
Buttface
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His manager’s dream.
Gallen smarter than most of us, made more money in a few years of boxing than he did in his whole NRL career (and he was well paid in football).
Tigerdazz2
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A Telegraph story on the "exodus" of Wests Tigers juniors from the club.
It's behind a Murdoch Paywall. You guys know my Murdoch policy 😆😆
Wests Tigers enter new era after Galvin, Da Dilva and key juniors leave | Daily Telegraph https://share.google/7eM84X3Z6pAGBJbaQ
It's behind a Murdoch Paywall. You guys know my Murdoch policy 😆😆
Wests Tigers enter new era after Galvin, Da Dilva and key juniors leave | Daily Telegraph https://share.google/7eM84X3Z6pAGBJbaQ
Odessa
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I use to talk with Jack at Peter Michael's seafood in Cronulla in the early 90's he loved his fish
Enjoy Below Mate
Wests Tigers’ juniors mass exodus reveals brutal development truth as team enters new era
After losing big names like Lachlan Galvin, Tallyn Da Silva and the Laulilii brothers, the ugly truth of having a deep development stable has been revealed for the Wests Tigers.Tyson Jackson
2 min read
April 12, 2026 - 5:00AM
Six NRL debuts, inaugural signings of expansion clubs, and a pathways powerhouse which is producing first grade talent, left, right and at the centre of south-west Sydney.
Some had considered the Wests Magpies 2022 Harold Matthews premiership winning side as one of the strongest under-age footy sides of all time.
But while the Wests Tigers are seemingly on the up this year, a lot of the juggernaut of the side out of Campbelltown has ended up - or is about to be - playing rugby league elsewhere.
The biggest name of them all, Lachlan Galvin, was headhunted to be the Bulldogs main man. Tallyn Da Silva left for Parramatta for a better chance at first grade.
Laulilii brothers Kit and Luke will play a role in the Perth Bears’ inaugural team, while Nathaniel Gallagher moved to Perth to be a part of the Western Force.
The Tigers have developed - and lost - some of the NRL’s top talent. Picture: Sam Ruttyn
Along with Jordan Miller, Heath Mason and William Craig, the Tigers looked to be set for the future. But the brutal truth is that you can’t keep them all.
That won’t stop clubs from trying though.
Off the back of an upgrade to Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Tigers interim CEO Shaun Mielekamp has made the pathways a high priority for the club.
“The pathways are a complicated thing,” Mielekamp tells this masthead ahead of their first game in Campbelltown in 2026.
“The first thing you need to do is develop talent, which is what we have been doing.
“And as we continue to build what is the Wests Tigers way and the brand, you will continue to see more Wests Tigers pathways players fully committed and stay a part of the club.
“I think this is something we have a long way to go to get right. But it takes resources, quality coaches, and the upgrade to our stadium is the first step to get this right.”
Kit, who played lock in the 2022 premiership winning team, has remained in touch with most of the members of the side, even the ones who have given up on their NRL dream.
Both Kit and Luke are on their way to Western Australia to join Mal Meninga’s Perth Bears.
Kit has a deep passion for the steady stream of talent to come out of south-west Sydney.
“It’s a massive credit to the club on how many juniors have come through,” Kit said.
“You obviously can’t keep them all, but its going to keep growing.
“I thought we would be the last crop of players through this area, but the best is yet to come with guys like Christian Taupau-Moors and Phoenix Godinet.
“They’re going to be really strong.”
