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Cam Munster.Credit: NRL Photos<\/p>\n
I approached Cam Munster for a chat at Kangaroos training on Wednesday, but he was reluctant to talk because he didn\u2019t want to get dragged into a discussion about Papenhuyzen\u2019s decision before it was made public. Munster had known since Sunday that Papenhuyzen was leaving.<\/p>\n
We linked the 27-year-old to a move to R360 months ago. He was the first player I\u2019d heard being associated with the proposed competition. Papenhuyzen\u2019s exit means Munster will not be let go early.<\/p>\n
Only full HD will do<\/p>\n
All of us who still refer to venues by their old names, such as Shark Park, Parra Stadium and the Sydney Football Stadium, were taken aback by the naming requirements at Hill Dickinson Stadium, where the Kangaroos played the second Test. Here is the note to media:<\/p>\n
\u201cUnacceptable References:
\u2022 The Hill Dickinson Stadium (please refrain from using \u2018the\u2019 ahead of Hill Dickinson Stadium.
\u2022 The HD
\u2022 HD Stadium
\u2022 The Hill Dickinson
\u2022 Dickinson Stadium
\u2022 Hill Stadium
\u2022 The Dock Stadium
\u2022 Bramley-Moore Dock (as a standalone reference post-transition)\u201d<\/p>\n
In fairness, it is a magnificent venue \u2013 better than almost any other stadium at which I\u2019ve covered a game. I rank it second behind Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
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Hill Dickinson Stadium.Credit: NRL Photos<\/p>\n
Keary and Crowe call a truce<\/p>\n
Luke Keary has revealed he has smoked the peace pipe with Russell Crowe \u2013 at least to some degree.<\/p>\n
Keary, who has now officially retired from playing rugby league, famously walked out on a team camp at the Rabbitohs owner\u2019s farm after he didn\u2019t appreciate the way he and other young team members were being treated by Crowe and senior players.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve talked with Russell since that time,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is no issue any more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keary retired as one of the modern-day greats \u2013 three titles at two clubs and a Clive Churchill medal is hard to argue with. Standing up to Crowe defined him as a strong individual who knew his worth.<\/p>\n
While he was always well-spoken and full of smiles, Keary\u2019s courage and fierce competitiveness allowed him to dominate while weighing around 80kg.<\/p>\n
The game will miss him. He will work with the Roosters in a coaching capacity and is sure to eventually be a leading official in the game.<\/p>\n
Harry the new Hindy<\/p>\n
Harry Grant has a new nickname \u2013 one he is keen to shake. His brother started it, and it relates to his inability to win a premiership.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, they are calling me Hindy … after Nathan Hindmarsh,\u201d Grant admitted. \u201cI don\u2019t need reminders about that and yeah, I\u2019m sorry to Nathan for bringing it up again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Melbourne Storm captain Grant has been on the losing side in the last two grand finals, and missed the Storm\u2019s premiership triumph in 2020 while on loan at Wests Tigers. He knew how the nickname made it from his family into the Roos realm \u2013 and to this reporter \u2013 and smiled about it being made public.<\/p>\n
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Harry Grant.Credit: NRL Photos<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fair enough … but not winning one does burn me. It makes me want to succeed. And it\u2019s not a failure, to get as close as we did and have before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grant has a strong interest in the game and is becoming known as an ideas man.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of last year, Harry gave me four or five things for me to consider,\u201d V\u2019landys revealed. \u201cIf he wants, he will be a very good official for a club.\u201d<\/p>\n
Told of V\u2019landys\u2019 praise, Grant replied, \u201cIs that what he said? Well, I\u2019ve got a whole lot of thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n
The family game<\/p>\n
If you wonder why Nathan Cleary is such a decent individual, you only need to look at the family support he gets.<\/p>\n
Staying across the road from the team hotel in London were his mum Bec, dad Ivan and brother Jett. They stayed out of his way pre-game, but had a nice family outing the day after the game.<\/p>\n
Nathan was sporting a trendy pair of black sunnies to hide the facial injuries he suffered in the first Test. Despite being in significant discomfort, he fulfilled every media request that came his way. He rarely says no to the media, win or lose, and that is enormous credit to him.<\/p>\n
Stars have time of their lives<\/p>\n
The designer bum bag Reece Walsh is sporting in the UK has set tongues wagging. Far more subtle are the watches on the wrists of some of the players, including Mitch Moses and Angus Crichton. Those boys have good taste when it comes to telling the time.<\/p>\n
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Reece Walsh.Credit: NRL Photos<\/p>\n
Passing the pub test<\/p>\n
Andrew Johns and Gorden Tallis are an unlikely duo but, apart from Origin time, the pair are firm mates. Tallis was the first person Joey and his wife Kate caught up with when they landed in London on Monday. It was straight to the pub to discuss the good old Kangaroos memories.<\/p>\n
Shark sightings<\/p>\n
The Cronulla Sharks were well represented at the first Test. Apart from having their captain Blayke Brailey as a part of the Roos squad, in the stands were chief executive Dino Mezzatesta, chairman Steve Mace and coach Craig Fitzgibbon. The Eels had a similar representation in London earlier in the week but Jason Ryles left well before the first Test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next big play is the TV deal. That\u2019s what they will ultimately be judged on. But overall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-254892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}