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SO WHERE the bloody hell is Eddy Pettybourne?
Last time anyone saw the Wests Tigers recruit - unmistakable with peroxide blond hair resembling Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man - he was paddling a kayak off down Wyong River.
But that was an hour back.
And since then, the rest of the Tigers squad haven't just re-emerged from their 5km trek in sweaty dribs and drabs, but started tucking into the steak sandwiches provided for lunch.
Elsewhere, skipper Robbie Farah is attaching an ice bag to his ankle.
It's the first of many pains incoming coach Mick Potter is expecting, some may say demanding, over what will be four days of torture here at the Competitive Edge fight camp on the NSW Central Coast.
Indeed, speak with the reigning English Super League Coach of the Year and he has nothing but praise for today's workout - all hard sparring, heavy ropes and wrestling drills.
"I want to find out who enjoys the grind," Potter says while watching his troops sweat. "See which players stand up - and which ones give up."
As the minutes tick by with no sign of Pettybourne, we wonder if maybe Potter will discover which player floats belly up too.
Initially, the shortest odds for a potential drowning hung heavy on Liam Fulton, the larrikin back-rower who fell from his kayak three, four, five times … and that was just pushing off from the rocks.
"But I've never been in a canoe before," he pleaded afterwards. "Or is this a kayak? I really have no idea."
Fulton, too, had the river run first up. Pettybourne, meanwhile, has been asked to complete his 5km trip down to an overhead traffic bridge after both boxing and grappling drills complete with mouthguards and UFC gloves.
"It's certainly a welcome back to reality," says Anasta who, when The Daily Telegraph passes by, has swapped a clifftop Bali marriage to Jodi Gordon for hard rights in a sparring session with Olympic boxing local Jai Opetaia.
Elsewhere Keith Galloway works the heavy bag. Lote Tuqiri, the heavy rope. While Benji Marshall and Tim Moltzen grapple like two rednecks whose cooler has only one beer.
And as for Pettybourne ... well, eventually he too re-emerges from Wyong River. Completely drenched.
"Some of us island boys, we just aren't built for the water," he says. "I must've fell out 10 times. And that was just on the way back."
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/wests-tigers-pushed-to-their-limits-in-tough-pre-season-workout/story-e6frexnr-1226515387549
Last time anyone saw the Wests Tigers recruit - unmistakable with peroxide blond hair resembling Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man - he was paddling a kayak off down Wyong River.
But that was an hour back.
And since then, the rest of the Tigers squad haven't just re-emerged from their 5km trek in sweaty dribs and drabs, but started tucking into the steak sandwiches provided for lunch.
Elsewhere, skipper Robbie Farah is attaching an ice bag to his ankle.
It's the first of many pains incoming coach Mick Potter is expecting, some may say demanding, over what will be four days of torture here at the Competitive Edge fight camp on the NSW Central Coast.
Indeed, speak with the reigning English Super League Coach of the Year and he has nothing but praise for today's workout - all hard sparring, heavy ropes and wrestling drills.
"I want to find out who enjoys the grind," Potter says while watching his troops sweat. "See which players stand up - and which ones give up."
As the minutes tick by with no sign of Pettybourne, we wonder if maybe Potter will discover which player floats belly up too.
Initially, the shortest odds for a potential drowning hung heavy on Liam Fulton, the larrikin back-rower who fell from his kayak three, four, five times … and that was just pushing off from the rocks.
"But I've never been in a canoe before," he pleaded afterwards. "Or is this a kayak? I really have no idea."
Fulton, too, had the river run first up. Pettybourne, meanwhile, has been asked to complete his 5km trip down to an overhead traffic bridge after both boxing and grappling drills complete with mouthguards and UFC gloves.
"It's certainly a welcome back to reality," says Anasta who, when The Daily Telegraph passes by, has swapped a clifftop Bali marriage to Jodi Gordon for hard rights in a sparring session with Olympic boxing local Jai Opetaia.
Elsewhere Keith Galloway works the heavy bag. Lote Tuqiri, the heavy rope. While Benji Marshall and Tim Moltzen grapple like two rednecks whose cooler has only one beer.
And as for Pettybourne ... well, eventually he too re-emerges from Wyong River. Completely drenched.
"Some of us island boys, we just aren't built for the water," he says. "I must've fell out 10 times. And that was just on the way back."
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/wests-tigers-pushed-to-their-limits-in-tough-pre-season-workout/story-e6frexnr-1226515387549
