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<\/p>\nRamsey played 26 reserve-grade games for the Red V last season. None was more significant than the first. \u201cI just wanted to get back and play football, see what that looked like, I didn\u2019t really know. No one really knew, did they?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI could have played five games and something with my guts could have happened. I wasn\u2019t nervous, I was just ecstatic. Emotional was the feeling.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was such a big relief for me and my family too because they haven\u2019t seen me play, they haven\u2019t seen me train. They didn\u2019t know what it looked like. I was still 80 kilos, so they still saw me as recovering or didn\u2019t really know. So then they see me run around, tackle, get tackled, get smashed. Obviously I was well-prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Roosters pre-season has only just begun and Ramsey is unsure what role he will play in 2026. Skipper Tedesco, fresh off another Dally M-winning year, is the fullback and will remain there after extending his contract until the end of 2027. Promising youngster Rex Bassingthwaighte is also viewed as a future option.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to put my head down and learn anything from what he does, he\u2019s the best player in the comp,\u201d Ramsey said of Tedesco.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I can soak in some information and learn just a little bit from him, I\u2019ll be much better for it, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Roosters recruitment boss Joel Carbone said the club likes what they see in Ramsey. \u201cCody is a competitor who brings energy, toughness and genuine strike,\u201d Carbone said. \u201cIt says a lot about his character that he\u2019s overcome the challenges of the last couple of years.<\/p>\n
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Cody Ramsey in action for the Dragons in 2022.Credit: NRL Photos<\/p>\n
\u201cHe adds terrific depth to our outside backs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ramsey, 25, said he was grateful for the support the Dragons provided him during his illness and has no animosity towards the club for not keeping him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have gotten back if not for what they did,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t have asked for a better situation to be in. If I ever needed something, it was just one phone call.\u201d<\/p>\n
So what will it be like playing against his junior club and a possibly NRL return to end a four-year drought?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would be strange, wouldn\u2019t it?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d be up against some of my best mates. Blake Lawrie is godfather to my daughter, so it would be strange. He\u2019d probably come after me.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI honestly think I would cry if I ran out onto the field. It\u2019s just special, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n
\u201cI probably took football for granted when I was playing week in and week out in the NRL. After the surgeries and it looked like I wouldn\u2019t play ever again or for a really long time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just have this love and appreciation for the game again \u2026 I have a lot more appreciation of life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d be a bit emotional if I get the opportunity to run back onto the NRL pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ramsey played 26 reserve-grade games for the Red V last season. None was more significant than the first.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-301095","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\/301095","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=301095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}