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Toohey's News: fans might disagree, but Adam O'Brien sowed the seeds of grand final success (opens the original)
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More than two years ago, after hearing Cody Hopwood speak on stage while accepting an award at a club junior presentation night, former coach Adam O'Brien told me: "I think we've found our next Paul Harragon." It wasn't a throwaway line. So impressed by the 18-year-old prop, O'Brien rang Hopwood's mother Sandra the following morning to talk to her about how proud she must be of her son. In his final game as Knights coach last year, O'Brien gave Hopwood his NRL debut and this season, both on and
The Toohey's News awards: my winners, unheralded stars and a dumb decision lands Knights a gun (opens the original)
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Come on, tell the truth. How many of you genuinely believed the Knights would reach the finals before a ball was kicked this season following last year's wooden spoon disaster? No, me neither. Poor judges all of us. The resurgence under coach Justin Holbrook has been nothing short of remarkable. The style of footy has been exhilarating to watch and the side's consistency is borne out by the fact they spent only two weeks across the 27 rounds of the competition outside the top eight. What's more,
Toohey's News: Knights' high-stakes roster balance in frenzied market and a calculated surgery risk (opens the original)
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Is there a club in the NRL this season that has done a better job than the Newcastle Knights of future-proofing their playing roster? The emergence of expansion clubs Perth Bears and the Papua New Guinea Chiefs has only intensified the usual frenzied player market rumour mill in the countdown to November 1. Very few clubs have been immune with even the hugely successful Penrith, Brisbane and Melbourne in the firing line. But as it stands right now, the Knights won't lose a player they wanted to
Toohey's News: Star Knight emerges as World Cup bolter as another's contract talks stall (opens the original)
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Fletcher Sharpe has stormed into World Cup selection contention with Kangaroos coach Kevin Walters admitting he is "on my radar" in the wake of his scintillating try double against the Gold Coast Titans last Sunday. "I'm a big fan - I think everybody is, aren't they?" Walters told us when we asked him for his thoughts on the outstanding young Knights five-eighth. "He's been playing some really good footy and he's versatile as well. He can play in a few different positions which makes him very va
Toohey's News: Knights boss makes bold premiership declaration about next five years (opens the original)
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Newcastle recruitment boss Peter O'Sullivan has boldly declared the Knights capable of winning at least two premierships over the next five years and is not surprised at the dramatic resurgence this season under coach Justin Holbrook that has the club on the verge of playing finals footy again. The Knights have all but locked in a finals berth but can guarantee their involvement in September's big end-of-season matches as early as Sunday with a win over the Titans at a packed McDonald Jones Stad
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