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As he prepares for his second and final game in England, Adam Reynolds has revealed how it could have been dozens, while the Broncos captain also considered retiring after last year\u2019s grand final triumph.<\/p>\n
Reynolds will oppose close friend and mentor Willie Peters’ Super League premiership winning Hull KR team in Thursday\u2019s sold-out World Club Challenge at Hull\u2019s MKM Stadium.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old halfback has a perfect record in the fixture, having helped South Sydney to victory against St Helens in 2015.<\/p>\n
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\u201cObviously winning the grand final and having that high, there was a bit of talk about doing it there and then on the spot,\u201d Reynolds told NRL.com in reference to last year\u2019s 26-22 win over Melbourne and his retirement announcement which came earlier this month.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Well), not right on the spot but I certainly questioned whether it was worth going around again.<\/p>\n
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“Look, I love the challenge of competing with my team-mates daily but the body\u2019s not getting any younger. We\u2019ve got a fair squad here. We\u2019ve got some good players coming here and if I was to go around again, it would probably have to be at another club and at this stage of my career I don\u2019t think it\u2019s worth it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I just thought I\u2019d get it out of the way before the season starts. I don\u2019t want it to be a distraction. I just wanted it to be over and done with so I can get on with life. (Before that) it\u2019s another opportunity for me to have a bit of fun, create some memories with this lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
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It could have been very different though – and instead of having one year to run at Red Hill, Reynolds could be playing for the opposition with two or more seasons ahead of him in East Hull.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were rumours about coming over here,\u201d the double premiership winner said.<\/p>\n
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Look, I\u2019ve got a good relationship with Willie Peters and if I was going to come over to a club it would have been KR.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt was last year or the year before, obviously trying to see if I wanted to extend my career and play a few more years but luckily enough Brisbane gave me an opportunity to go around again and I\u2019m glad I get to do it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty hard when you\u2019ve got a young family and quite a big family a number of kids there. If I was to come over here it would probably be on my own and it\u2019s not ideal.\u201d<\/p>\n
One more week of an English winter it is, then, and afterwards a lifetime of the mild Australian Eastern Seaboard equivalent.<\/p>\n
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Reynolds: \u201cIt was good to mix it with the boys over here\u201d<\/p>\n
Reynolds says of his sometimes temperamental rival on Thursday, Mikey Lewis: \u201cMikey\u2019s coming off a fair<\/p>\n
season himself. He\u2019s a big game player. He lives for these moments and I\u2019m excited about going up against him.<\/p>\n
“He\u2019s certainly got a big future in the game. He\u2019s already had a great career. You never know, we might see him in the NRL.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Reynolds is reserved and composed, and Lewis – 11-years younger – has a temperament that could scarcely contrast more, they share a mentor. Willie Peters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spoke to him prior to coming,\u201d Reynolds says of his fellow former Rabbitohs No.7. \u201cIt will be good to catch up with him and a few of the other boys. I know a couple of the boys there.<\/p>\n
“They\u2019re a wonderful team coached by a great coach. He\u2019s got a big future, Will, and no doubt we\u2019ll share a hug and a chat over hopefully something warm.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m genuinely excited to see him. He\u2019s a big reason why I am where I am. I had a bit to do with him as a young fella. I probably owe him more than he thinks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As he prepares for his second and final game in England, Adam Reynolds has revealed how it could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-487420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487420","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=487420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}